LSCM Forum 2026 program February 4, 2026
Welcome to the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Forum 2026, a premier event taking place on February 4, 2026, in Helsinki, Finland. This forum, held in collaboration with the LOGY Conference, brings together researchers and practitioners to foster collaboration between academic insights and practical applications in logistics and supply chain management.
- Date: February 4, 2026
- Location: Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Hanken School of Economics, room A411
9:00 Opening
Jyri Vilko, Chair of LSCMF 2026
9:15 Welcome
Diego Vega Bernal
9:30 Keynote 1: Sustainability-Enabled Resilience in 2026: What Matters, Why It Matters, and How to Build It
Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik
10:00 Keynote 2:
Tõnis Hintsov
10:30 Break
Parallel sessions
Parallel session 1 in room A411
11:00 Resilience on the route towards sustainable transportation: Experiences from logistics service providers in Sweden
Maria Björklund* & Erik Sandberg
11:30 From Feed to Fork: Digital Procurement and Risk Resilience in Finnish Poultry Supply Chains
Sajid Nazir & Nina Stenström-Iivarinen
12:00 Mess Mapping Challenges in Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Mari Suoheimo, Esther Sigauke, Michalina Fidos, Harri Pyykkö, Hermanni Backer Johnsen & Stephan Walter
12:30 Considering equity in supply chain network design
Olga Battaïa
13:00 Identification and analysis of hindering factors in natural in natural product supply chains
Ilkka Kero* & Jyri Vilko
13:30 Exploring the sustainability implications of last mile logistics using media data
Helleke Heikkinen & Anna Aminoff*
Parallel session 2 in room A303
11:00 An AI-driven approach for building a disruptive events database for transport resilience
Ketki Kulkarni*, Sarah Schiffling & Anna Aminoff
11:30 AI in Public Procurement Practice: Adoption Models, Capability Requirements and Lessons from Early Pilots
Mika Hänninen*, Mika Immonen, Jukka Hallikas, Jyri Vilko & Susanna Närvänen
12:00 Implementation Maturity of AI in Public Procurement
Teemu Hyppänen
12:30 AI for Routine Logistics Tasks: Enabling More Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chain Operations
Jyri Vilko & Reihaneh Naderi
13:00 Software concepts for sustainable material management in shipbuilding
Kimmo Tarkkanen,* Pertti Ranttila, Ali Khan, Antti Laatikainen, Janne Siivonen & Heli Aramo-Immonen
13:30 Collaborative Robotics for Automated Picking and Sorting in Large-Scale Warehouse
Anupam Bandyopadhyay*
Parallel session 3 in room A303
11:00 System dynamics model for market diffusion of electric vehicles in heavy road traffic
Oskari Lähdeaho & Jouni Juntunen
11:30 Factors affecting the adoption intentions of hydrogen-powered trucks among logistics service providers in Finland
Emilia Juntunen, Rashid Dehkordi & Timo Pohjosenperä
12:00 Hydrogen supply chain networks and ecosystems: systematic review of current perspectives
Emma Mulhern
12:30 Alternative Energy Supply Methods for Electric Truck Logistics in Finland
Rasmus Suojansalo, Ahmed Saleem, Lassi Aarniovuori, Pia Lindh, Jyri Vilko & Heikki Olkku
13:00 Why don’t you just buy a hydrogen truck? Constraints hindering the procurement of a hydrogen-fuelled truck in an emerging market
Timo Pohjosenperä, Marjaana Komi & Jouni Juntunen
13:30 Techno-Economic Sizing of PV–Wind–Battery Systems for EV-Enabled Households Using the Multi-Verse Optimizer: case study
Danyal Aghajani, Hanieh Aghaee, Jyri Vilko & Marko Torkkeli
14:00 Lunch
Parallel sessions continue
Parallel 1 at room A411
15:15 Application of Simulation Methods in Optimizing Logistics Processes and Assessing Environmental Impacts in the Battery Industry
Heikki Olkku, Jussi Sutela, Jyrki Kymäläinen, Lassi Aarniovuori, Pia Lindh & Rasmus Suojansalo
15:45 Optimizing the extra virgin olive oil imports from Mediterranean countries: a framework for Italy
Leonardo Agnusdei, Amenallah Zouari, Giulio Paolo Agnusdei & Pier Paolo Miglietta
16:15 Data-driven heavy traffic estimation for demand sensing, grid planning and electrification: A case study of Mussalo Port
Ahmed Saleem, Rasmus Suojansalo, Pia Lindh, Lassi Aarniovuori, Juha Haakana & Jyri Vilko
Parallel session 2 in room Futurum
15:15 Civilian-military asset handover: unsolved
Per Ödling, Tore Listou, Tomas Nordström, Freddy Jönsson Hanberg, Lizette Strandberg, Pia Kristiansson, Hanna Linderstål & Lauri Ojala
15:45 Autonomous vehicles for military frontline logistics
Tore Listou & Per Ödling
16:15 Opportunitien in digital service production: steel fatigue monitoring
Kalle Elfvengren, Ilkka Donoghue, Sara Aydar & Lea Hannola
16:45 Break
17:00 Closing
19:00 Dinner at restaurant Caverna (Yliopistonkatu 5)
