OBJECTIVE OF THE CONFERENCE

The goal of the conference is to evaluate the impact of lab-based research in logistics. The following topics should be considered:

lab-based:

-technology and feasibility studies
-pilots and demonstrators
-inter-/multi-disciplinary research
-innovation

lab-centric:

-specifics of logistic labs
-synergies with labs in other research disciplines
-virtual research environments and communities
-remote research environments and virtualisation
-real research environments
-co-developments, co-publications and intellectual property rights
-living-labs in logistics and end-user involvement
-complexities of creating, using, maintaining and growing lab-infrastructures
-business models and sustainability concepts for research labs

technology-centric:

-the role of RFID, sensors, actuators, robots, intelligent material handling, and (de-) centralised data-processing in logistic labs
-data sharing
-the role of the Internet of Things and the Future Internet for logistic labs
-architecture developments and standards for multiple (networked) demonstrators and experiments
-social networking technology in research
-human interfaces

impact on:

-applied research in logistics
-research quality and collaboration
-business innovation and innovation marketing
-society (incl. e.g., opportunities of access to remote and virtual labs for developing countries)

educational implications:

-e-, m- and virtual learning environments
-interdisciplinary and cross-cultural education in engineering
-teaching experience and quality
-structures of supervision processes in distributed lab-oriented PhD research