The College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE), powered by MHI, is pleased to announce the 17th International Material Handling  Research Colloquium (IMHRC) planned for June 24-27, 2025, in the beautiful city of Trondheim, Norway's Tech Capital and Innovation Hub. 

The venue sponsor is the Production Management Research Group and Logistics 4.0 Lab at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the largest university in Norway. 

The IMHRC has occurred every two years since 1990 in different locations in the USA and Europe. The event provides a unique platform to disseminate world-class research accomplishments, projects, and trends in the field of material handling and logistics. It is structured to facilitate dialogue and collaborative research among teams of university researchers on leading-edge topics. With a philosophy of complete participation by participants, the program includes a mix of invited presentations, facilitated discussions, poster sessions, facility tours, and social events. 

To keep abreast with this rapidly changing field, researchers whose interests are in areas that directly support material handling within facilities and at facility interfaces are encouraged to submit an extended abstract, as well as researchers who focus more directly on material handling itself. Examples of relevant topics included, but are not limited to:

• Design and operation of warehouses, distribution centers, ports, container terminals, etc.
• Design and operation of material handling systems in various sectors. 
• Technology and automation in material handling, from assistive technologies to automated and robotic solutions.
• Cyber-physical systems with applications in material handling.
• Humans in material handling systems.
• Material handling and supply chain.