On February 16, the 9th International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics (LDIC 2024) came to an end after three successful and stimulating days. The highlights of the last day included the keynote talk by Prof. Dirk Briskorn (University of Wuppertal) "Gantry Crane Scheduling in Seaport Container Terminals: A bottom-up Approach" and the tour through the Artificial Intelligence Lab by Prof. Michael Beetz.

Moreover, the best paper prizes were awarded. The first prize went to the authors Arunika Jasmine, Varuna Viraj Adikariwattage, Rafhan Rifan (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka) for their paper "Continuous Approximation Approach to Determine the Optimal Service Area for a Drone Port in Urban Air Logistics". Two Commended Paper Awards went to the papers "Investigation of the Digital Twin Concept to Improve the Value Stream Methodology" by Tim Wollert and Fabian Behrendt (Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences) and "Power and Digitalization within the Supply Chain - An Examination of Power Structures under the Influence of Digitalization and Digital Transformation" by Janosch Brinker (University of Bremen) . Congratulations to the award winners!

The evening before, our guests were given an exciting insight into the history of Bremen's ports at the port museum. Afterwards, they were able to continue the scientific discourse in a relaxed atmosphere at the conference dinner in the PORT Speicher XI restaurant. Also these program items were met with great enthusiasm.

The LDIC 2024 Conference Chairs Michael Freitag, Aseem Kinra, Herbert Kotzab and Nicole Megow would like to thank all authors and presenters for enriching the conference with exciting and innovative results from their current research. We would also like to thank all participants for their interest and active contribution to the scientific dialog. We look forward to seeing you again at the LDIC 2026!

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