ICHLSCM 2021: 15. International Conference on Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

August 30-31, 2021 in Sydney, Australia

DIGITAL

Conference Code: 21AU08ICHLSCM

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The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.

ICHLSCM 2021: 15. International Conference on Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.

Guidelines for Authors

Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.

Please refer to the Paper Submission Guideline, Abstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.

Conference Proceedings

All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Zenedo, OpenAIRE, BASE, WorldCAT, Sherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.

Special Journal Issues

ICHLSCM 2021 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.

Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.

Application Forms

Selected Papers

Feature Analysis of Predictive Maintenance Models
Zhaoan Wang
The Development of a Comprehensive Sustainable Supply Chain Performance Measurement Theoretical Framework in the Oil Refining Sector
Dina Tamazin, Nicoleta Tipi, Sahar Validi
Increasing Power Transfer Capacity of Distribution Networks Using Direct Current Feeders
Akim Borbuev, Francisco de León
Supporting Densification through the Planning and Implementation of Road Infrastructure in the South African Context
K. Govender, M. Sinclair
Concept to Enhance the Project Success and Promote the Implementation of Success Factors in Infrastructure Projects
A. Elbaz, K. Spang
Stress Distribution in Axisymmetric Indentation of an Elastic Layer-Substrate Body
Kotaro Miura, Makoto Sakamoto, Yuji Tanabe
A Study of the Alumina Distribution in the Lab-Scale Cell during Aluminum Electrolysis
Olga Tkacheva, Pavel Arkhipov, Alexey Rudenko, Yurii Zaikov
Stochastic Optimization of a Vendor-Managed Inventory Problem in a Two-Echelon Supply Chain
Bita Payami-Shabestari, Dariush Eslami
A Methodology for Characterising the Tail Behaviour of a Distribution
Serge Provost, Yishan Zang
Ordinal Regression with Fenton-Wilkinson Order Statistics: A Case Study of an Orienteering Race
Joonas Pääkkönen
Self-Organizing Map Network for Wheeled Robot Movement Optimization
Boguslaw Schreyer
Key Performance Indicators of Cold Supply Chain Practices in the Agriculture Sector: An Empirical Study on Egyptian Export Companies
Ahmed Barakat, Nourhan A. Saad, Mahmoud Hammad
Analysis of Residents’ Travel Characteristics and Policy Improving Strategies
Zhenzhen Xu, Chunfu Shao, Shengyou Wang, Chunjiao Dong
Optimal and Critical Path Analysis of State Transportation Network Using Neo4J
Pallavi Bhogaram, Xiaolong Wu, Min He, Onyedikachi Okenwa
The Effect on Lead Times When Normalizing a Supply Chain Process
Bassam Istanbouli

Digital Program consists of the e-proceedings book which is available online-only and includes the conference communications (proceedings abstracts and papers). Registered participants can access the digitally available conference proceedings ( and certificates ) by visiting their profile pages.

Humanitarian logistics
Emergency logistics
Disaster relief operations
Supply chain management in disaster relief
Development aid logistics and supply chain management
Assessing and managing supply chain vulnerability
Managing supply chain disruptions
Measuring performance in humanitarian supply chains
Decision-making in humanitarian supply chains
Knowledge management and transfer in humanitarian supply chains
Information and communication technology for humanitarian logistics
Supply chain co-operation, integration and collaboration in the humanitarian setting
Relationship management in humanitarian supply chains
Public-private partnerships in humanitarian logistics
Inter-organisational co-ordination across humanitarian supply chains
Crisis management
Civil-military co-operation in disaster relief
Humanitarian health care supply chains
Principles and theory of relief supply chain management
The role of donors and volunteers in humanitarian logistics
Not-for-profit supply chains

Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline		March 16, 2021
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection		April 01, 2021
Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline		July 29, 2021
Conference Dates		August 30-31, 2021

Aicha Aguezzoul	University of Lorraine, FR
Zakwan Skaf	Loughborough University, UK
Satya Shah	University of Greenwich, UK
Johnnie Ben - Edigbe	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UK
Pouria Karimi Shahri	University of North Carolina at Charlotte, US
John Chen	Bowling Green State University, US
Kang-Won Lee	University of Rhode Island, US
Issam Harik	University of Kentucky, US
Emmanuel Des-Bordes	Blue Ridge College, US
Marie Louis	Regis University, US
Hatem Abou-Senna	University of Central Florida, US
Sherif Elwakil	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, US
S. Hossein Cheraghi	Western New England Univrsity, US
Md Sarder	University of Southern Mississippi, US
Alina Radu	BigResourcing, US
Nivirita	Nivirita Productions Inc, US
Venkat Krishnan	Iowa State University, US
Broderick Oluyede	Georgia Southern University, US
Thierry Rakotobe - Joel	Ramapo College of New Jersey, US
Yung Jae Lee	Saint Mary's College of California, US
Kiattisak Phongkusolchit	The University of Tennessee at Martin, US
Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan	Iowa State University, US
Andreas Handojo	Petra Christian University, ID
Mohammad Heydari	Southwest University, CN
Mohamed Shahriman Mohamed Yunus	Centre of Excellence for Engineering and Technology, MY
Arvind Singh Vijay	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University of Social Sciences, IN
Nino Nutsubidze	Georgian Technical University, GE
Ahmed Hasanein	Helwan University, EG
Sushma M.b.	Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, IN
Mohammad Abedi	University of Reading, GB

Participation Type	Early Registration Ticket Fees	Registration Ticket Fees
Non-Student Oral/Poster Presenter Registration	€ 450	€ 500
Student Oral/Poster Presenter Registration	€ 350	€ 400
Listener Registration	€ 250	€ 300
Additional Paper Publication	€ 100

All conference materials and services will be delivered digitally to the participant with the online conference management system. Conference registration includes the following digital materials and services:

e-certificates [for Authors: Certificate of Attendance and Presentation; for Listeners: Certificate of Attendance; for Chairs: Certificate of Attendance and Appreciation; for Presenters: Certificate of Best Presentation (if conferred based appraisal)]
e-program
e-book
e-name badge
e-receipt
e-presentation

Presentation Types:

Physical presentation is an oral conferencing presentation that is made using digital technology including embedded digital elements ( texts, tables, graphs, or videos ) for PowerPoint sharing.
Digital presentation is a digital conferencing presentation that is made using digital technology including embedded digital elements ( texts, tables, graphs, or videos ) for PowerPoint sharing.

Early Bird Registration

Early Bird registration is valid until 2021-07-29 23:59:59

Online Credit Card Processing

Online payment option available for author and listener delegates.
Conference participants can make online credit card payments for conference registration fees.