30th Annual CILT Logistics Research Network Conference (LRN2026)
2 to 4 September 2026
Hosted by the School of Engineering and Built Environment and Logistics, Offshore and Marine Research Institute (LOOM).
Venue: James Parsons Building, Liverpool John Moores University
Theme: Sustainable Global Trade and Integrated Logistics Systems for Resilient and Future-Ready Supply Chains
Sub-themes
- Sustainable and Resilient Global Trade Systems: Strategy, Decarbonisation and Multimodal Supply Chain Integration.
- Digital Transformation, Business Analytics and Decision Intelligence in Supply Chains.
- Urban, Last-Mile and Consumer Logistics Futures.
- Public Transport, Integrated Mobility and Sustainable Urban Transport Systems.
- Retail and Non-Food Consumer Supply Chains: Distribution, Fulfilment and Operational Performance.
- Food and Agri-Food Supply Chains: Sustainable Production, Cold Chains and Resilient Distribution.
- Humanitarian, Crisis and Resilience Logistics.
- Green and Smart Logistics Infrastructure.
- Offshore-to-Onshore Energy Logistics, Maritime Renewables and Infrastructure Transition.
- Project Management for Logistics, Infrastructure and Supply-Chain Transformation.
- Educating and Upskilling the Future Leaders.
Organised in partnership with CILT(UK) — the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Conference Chair
- Dr Dimitrios Paraskevadakis FCILT, Senior Lecturer in Maritime Transport and Logistics Management, LJMU
Co-Chairs
- Dr Chia-Hsun Chang, LJMU
- Dr Robyn Pyne, LJMU
Scientific and organising committee
- Dr Christian Matthews, LJMU
- Dr HM Belal, LJMU
- Dr Christos Kontovas, LJMU
- Dr Sean Loughney, LJMU
- Ms Anna Kaparaki, LJMU
- Dr Abdul Khalique, LJMU
- Dr Alan Bury, LJMU
- Dr Ben Matellini, LJMU
- Dr Maria Mouratidou, LJMU
- Professor Jin Wang, LJMU
- Professor Jun Ren, LJMU
- Professor Zaili Yang, LJMU
- Professor Phil Leigh, University of Cumbria
- Professor Vasco Sanchez, University of Cardiff
