August 31 - September 02, 2026

Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco

ICCL focuses on the theory and applications of operations research, artificial intelligence, and management science to problems in logistics.

Authors are kindly invited to submit their contributions in the field of logistics involving operations research and management, decision support, artificial intelligence, and information systems. Practical cases providing insights and real-world experience are encouraged to be submitted.

Submitted contributions will be peer-reviewed and may be submitted as:
Full papers for publication in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).

Extended abstracts for presentation only.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Logistics in the Age of AI.”

The conference topics include, among others:

• Operations research, planning and decision support
• Machine learning and AI for logistics
• Routing
• Freight, multimodal and Nearshoring
• Maritime logistics and port operations
• Urban logistics and public Transport
• Warehousing and inventory
• Supply chain design and sustainability
• Reverse logistics and circular economy
• Humanitarian and health-care logistics
• Large-scale and combinatorial optimization
• IoT, real-time systems and ICT
• Data-driven logistics, benchmarking and reproducibility
• Uncertainty, stochastic and robust planning
• Simulation, modelling and digital Twins
• Energy-aware logistics
• Sector-specific studies (e.g., agro, land)
• Case studies, demos, datasets and tools

Important Dates

• Submission deadline for full papers: April 30, 2026
• Submission deadline for abstracts: May 31, 2026
• Notifications of acceptance (for both full papers and abstracts): June 30, 2026
• Early bird registration: July 15, 2026

Submissions
The submission of abstracts and papers will be handled through the ICCL 2026 EasyChair management system (see button below).

• Full paper submissions: Same as 2025 edition.
• Extended abstracts (for presentation only): Same as 2025 edition

Session proposals
Session proposals (length up to 400 words) should be submitted to m.sarhani@aui.ma and malek.sarhani.aui@gmail.com by March 15, 2026, and should cover the following points:

• Session title.
• The organizer(s). Include names, addresses, and affiliations, and indicate the main responsible person.
• A brief summary of the scope/topic.

Conference Chairs
Malek Sarhani, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco
Stefan Voß, University of Hamburg, Germany
Youssef Chetioui, Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco