Session: Decarbonization, ESG and transition policies

Moderator: Georgia Aifadopoulou

• ISO 14083 Guidance for Comparable CO₂ Reporting in Road Freight Operations.
  Authors: Dimos Touloumidis, Sofoklis Dais and Georgia Aifadopoulou
• Operationalizing Book & Claim Through a Digital Chain of Custody for Freight Decarbonization.
  Authors: Harris Niavis, Ettore Gaulandi and Ioanna Fergadiotou
• Optimising Policies for Incentivizing Carriers to Transition to the Physical Internet.
  Authors: Russell Thompson, Masoud Kahalimoghadam, Catherine Lou, Enna Hirata and Lele Zhang
• Promoting ESG in energy supply chain with digital twin and private equity: An evolutionary game analysis.
  Authors: Shengan Yu, Mengdi Zhang, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang

Session: Synchromodality, rail and multimodal itinerary planning

Moderator: Tarik Chargui

• Multimodal Itinerary Optimization for PI-Container Networks: Leveraging Inland Waterways for Sustainable Freight Consolidation.
  Authors: Gabriel Zambrano Rey, Monica-Juliana Perez, Tarik Chargui, Yves Sallez and Damien Trentesaux
• From Digital to Physical Internet: CBoXX-enabled LTL-on-Rail Demonstrators with Automated PI Nodes and Slot-based Booking.
  Authors: Hans-Juergen Weidemann
• Hybrid Hyper-Heuristic Reinforcement Learning Agent for Disruption-Resilient Synchromodal Transport.
  Authors: Thomas Kroiss, Felix Kamhuber, Sandra Stein and Fazel Ansari
• PI-Container flow optimization in a Multi-Echelon Physical Internet network.
  Authors: Hadjer Louzim, Abdelghani Bekrar, Fouad Maliki, Tarik Chargui and Atika Rivenq

Session: Digital twins, traceability and data-space execution

Moderator: Silvio Abrate

• Autonomous Edge-Integrated Digital Twins for Real-Time Physical Internet Optimization: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and Blockchain Framework.
  Authors: Umesh Gangadhar, J Singh and P Kumar
• Digitalizing a Territorial Fresh-Produce Wholesale Market as a Physical-Internet Node: Container-Centric Traceability, Evidence Packages, and Controlled Transparency at Mercato Ortofrutticolo del Roero.
  Authors: Claudio Salvadori, Franco Maciariello, Eddi Lorenzi, Massimo Torchio and Silvio Abrate
• Blockchain Enabled Traceability in Cyber Physical Internet Supply Chains.
  Authors: Jialing Lin, Mengdi Zhang, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang
• End-to-End Supply Chain Management in Plant Construction: A Simulation-Based, Data Space-Ready Approach.
  Authors: Lucas Schreiber, Till Lemmer, Susanne Klöcker and Julia Wingenfeld

Session: Risk, resilience and implementation barriers

Moderator: Matthieu Lauras

• Heterogeneous Graph-Based Risk Assessment for Industrial Chain Cooperation.
  Authors: Zi Hang Yu, Dong Liu and Shuang Xi Huang
• Stress Testing under Compound Disruptions the Readiness of Hyperconnected Supply Chains with Open Distribution Networks.
  Authors: Mahmut Metin Inan, Ashwin Pothen, Matthieu Lauras and Benoit Montreuil
• Automatic Risk-Conscious Hyperconnected Logistics Location Selection via LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems.
  Authors: Yinzhu Quan, Frederick Benaben and Benoit Montreuil
• Robust Resource Pooling in Hyperconnected Warehouse Networks.
  Authors: Yaxin Pang, Shenle Pan, Olivier Labarthe and Walid Klibi

Session: Urban systems and hyperconnected city logistics

Moderator: Fouzia Ounnar

• Urban Ride-Sharing as a Systemic Mobility Solution. Towards a Physical Internet of City Transport.
  Authors: Maria Matusiewicz
• A circular urban logistics messaging for the implementation of proximity-kilometer logistics.
  Authors: Fouzia Ounnar and Patrick Pujo
• Designing Scalable Multi-Tier Networks for Physical Internet-Enabled Hyperconnected Urban Logistics.
  Authors: Praveen Muthukrishnan, Walid Klibi and Benoit Montreuil
• Strategic infrastructure design for a Hyperconnected Urban Delivery System integrating public transport.
  Authors: Cecile Dupouy, François Clautiaux, Walid Klibi and Olivier Labarthe

Title: Physical Internet Projects: From Innovation to Market

Moderator: Pablo Segura

• HOLOGISTICS – Holistically Optimised Logistics Operations and Green Innovative Solutions for Transport Cargo Sustainably
• IKIGAI – Physical Internet and the Key steps to Innovation-driven supply chain transformation towards Green, Affordable, scalable and collaborative Zero-EmIssions Freight Transport solutions
• PILOTS – Physical Internet Logistics and Optimized Transport Systems
• Future Proof Smart Logistics – TNO programme on large-scale asset sharing in connected logistics networks

Title: Solutions for PI Containers, Hubs and Multimodality

Moderator: Jaco van Meijeren

• Modular Containerization and Shelf Robustness for Quick Service Restaurant Logistics: A Physical Internet Approach
  Speaker: Dominic Jose
• Live Demonstration: Bridging High-Tech and Low-Tech at the Doorstep with the First Residential π-Node
  Speaker: David Ruth
• Multimodal Interconnected Circular Economy
  Speaker: Yves de Blic
• Multimodal Inland Planner
  Speaker: Anna Valli (TBC)

Session: Smart assets, autonomous transport and human factors

Moderator: Joris Beckers

• IoT Enabled Smart Dry Containers as Foundational Infrastructure for the Physical Internet: A Standards Aligned Architecture for Fire Risk and Door Event Detection in Multimodal Transport.
  Authors: Marianna Levtov
• Autonomous Transport and the Physical Internet: Towards a Shared Research Agenda.
  Authors: Elisah Van Kempen, Hannah Onverwagt, Matthias Santing and Jaco van Meijeren
• Station Simulations for Hyperloop Systems.
  Authors: Lukas Eschment, Irina Jackiva, Jurijs Tolujevs, Thomas Schüning and Walter Neu
• Design Principles for Human-Centered and Resilient Autonomous Logistics Systems.
  Authors: Frank Phillipson and Ruben Fransen
• Unravelling logistics identities: A bottom-up classification of nodes based on truck GPS data.
  Authors: Emma Ceulemans and Joris Beckers

Session: PI architecture, maturity and orchestration

Moderator: Rod Franklin

• PIMM: A Maturity Model for Advancing the Physical Internet from Concept to Practice.
  Authors: Tadashi Mizutani, Yuki Kurakake, Kei Yazaki, Maki Aoki, Tomohiro Okuzumi and Satoshi Kagino
• Toward Minimal Enabling Conditions of the Physical Internet: Bridging Conceptual Maturity and Practical Implementation.
  Authors: Malte Spanuth and Rod Franklin
• Physical Internet Orchestration of Sovereign Logistics Networks Through Performance Commitments.
  Authors: Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh, Benoit Montreuil and Alan Erera
• Dynamic Slot Reallocation for Physical Internet Hubs.
  Authors: Anshul Vijay, Farzaneh Zirak, Russell Thompson and Neema Nassir

Session: AI/LLM-enabled intelligence for PI networks

Moderator: Shenle Pan

• The strategic value of AI-driven logistics data products.
  Authors: Shulin He, Mengdi Zhang and George Q. Huang
• Recursive Reasoning Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Production-Logistics Collaborative Scheduling in Physical Internet-Enabled Modular Integrated Construction Production.
  Authors: Yujie Han, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang
• Probabilistic Demand Generation for Hyperconnected Freight Networks with LLM Agent-based Improvements.
  Authors: Priyali Bandla, Yinzhu Quan, Praveen Muthukrishnan and Benoit Montreuil
• LLM-Augmented Strategic Framing for PI-Oriented Supply Chain Networks.
  Authors: Ghada Ben Meriem, Shenle Pan, Walid Klibi and Mohamed Haythem Selmi
• Cyber-Physical Internet-enabled Spatial-Temporal Traceability for Production Logistics Synchronization: An Agentic Reasoning Approach.
  Authors: Jinpeng Li, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang

Session: Dynamics, routing and network intelligence

Moderator: Frédérick Bénaben

• Physics of Decision: A Data-Driven Discovery of Physical Internet Dynamics.
  Authors: Benoit Morvan, Nafe Moradkhani, Victor Romero, Guillaume Martin, Benoit Montreuil and Frédérick Bénaben
• Federated Routing Optimization for Road Transport.
  Authors: Renaud De Landtsheer and Quentin Meurisse
• From Digital Supply Chains to Network Intelligence in the Physical Internet: An Empirical Consolidation of Capability Pathways.
  Authors: Nadia Hmitti and Ahmed Maghni
• LLM-Driven Multi-Agent Group Chat Framework for Decentralized Garment Supply Chain Coordination.
  Authors: Kexin Sun, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang
• A Generic Meta-Model-Driven Simulation Engine for Configurable Supply Chain Structures.
  Authors: Camélia Bellepeau, Camille Durthaller-Renard, Benoit Morvan, Victor Romero, Guillaume Martin, Benoit Montreuil and Frédérick Bénaben

Session: Urban living labs and sustainable implementation

Moderator: Paola Cossu

• Bridging the Gap between Physical Internet Vision and Urban Logistics Operations through DISCO Living Labs.
  Authors: Vasileios Giannoudis, Dimos Theodoros Touloumidis, Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Paola Cossu and Paola Astegiano
• The TREATMENT project: Physical-Internet-enabled end-to-end visibility for direct-to-patient clinical trial medicines via road–drone cooperation and connected logistic units.
  Authors: Franco Maciariello, Eddi Lorenzi, Cristiana Caponio, Giuseppe Tortora and Claudio Salvadori
• A City-Aware Fleet Management Radar for Zero-Emission Urban Logistics: Integrated Optimization and Simulation for Multi-Actor Decision Support and Adaptive Operations.
  Authors: Zisis Maleas, Sofoklis Dais and Georgia Aifadopoulou
• Improving the efficiency and sustainability of drayage networks using PI hubs.
  Authors: Russell Thompson, Elham Abdollahi Saadatlu, Joyce Zhang and Masoud Kahalimoghadam
• Operationalising Physical Internet Principles through Hybrid Fixed–Mobile Micro-Hubs: A Smart-Contract-Governed Living Lab within the IKIGAI Project.
  Authors: Stefania Pesavento, Dimos Touloumidis and Sofoklis Dais

Title: From Data Spaces to Process Spaces: Enabling Event-Driven Coordination in the Physical Internet

Moderator: Birger Schrevens

Title: Modular Load Units and Vehicle Design for the Physical Internet: Operational Requirements and System-Level Impacts in Urban Logistics

Moderator: Raffaele Vergnani

• Agent-based simulation modelling used to evaluate the performance of Physical Internet-inspired logistics systems in an urban parcel delivery context
  Speaker: Dr. Shafagh Alaei-Jordehi, VUB, Belgium
• Standard for Unit Load and Protocols to ensure interoperability and enhance efficiency across the entire logistics ecosystem
  Speaker: Heewon Chae, LogisALL Consulting, South Korea
• Integrating Physical Internet Principles with Emerging Urban Logistics Innovation
  Speaker: Paola Astegiano, FIT Consulting
• Standardisation development within the IKIGAI project
  Speaker: Prof. Eric Ballot, Mines Paris

Session: KPIs, operational resilience and replenishment

Moderator: Tarik Chargui

• Optimization and Resilience Assessment of Multi-Agent Delivery Using Evolutionary Neural Networks in the context of Physical Internet.
  Authors: Hisatoshi Naganawa and Enna Hirata
• Optimization in Multimodal Hubs under the Physical Internet Paradigm Through Environmental KPIs.
  Authors: Jihane Lamri, Monica-Juliana Perez and Tarik Chargui
• Incorporation of a Social Fatigue KPI in Physical Internet Hub Operations: A Comparative Study between FIFO and Social Policies.
  Authors: Pedro Nunes Maia, Monica-Juliana Perez and Tarik Chargui
• Simulation-Based Joint Replenishment Optimization for Multi-Product Retail Networks: Integrating Full Truckload Consolidation with Decentralized Inventory Management.
  Authors: Benoit Montreuil, Moussa Hodjat-Shamami and Xiao Huang

Session: Open networks, containers and fairness in an unstable world

Moderator: Matthieu Lauras

• A Physical Internet Approach to Disaster Management: Leveraging Open Distribution Networks for Humanitarian Supply Chains.
  Authors: Mahmut Metin Inan, Matthieu Lauras and Benoit Montreuil
• Optimizing Physical Internet Container Circulation under Demand and Return Uncertainty: A Case Study of Global Rubber Shipment.
  Authors: Yunyu Zhang, Song Huang, Fangchun Peng, Dong Yang, Saijun Shao, Ming Li and Zhiyuan Ouyang
• Toward a Physical Internet for Food Aid: Measuring Node Capacity and Need to Improve Cost, Reliability, and Fairness.
  Authors: Abdullah Konak and Sadan Kulturel-Konak
• Interoperable π-Containers: Physical-Internet Network Design and Multi-Firm Adoption under Uncertainty.
  Authors: Jinghan Huang, Mingxi Chen, Yumang Ye, Wenbin Wang, Timothy Tian, Libin Zhang and Zhaohui Lyu

Session: Simulation, interoperability and self-organizing CPI control

Moderator: Shenle Pan

• Cyber-Physical Internet-Constrained Spatial-Temporal Consistency for Modular Integrated Construction Logistics.
  Authors: Pengjun Yue, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang
• Investable Interoperability for the PI: Participant-Centricity and a Viable Market for Common Services.
  Authors: Inge Lucassen, Huib van Nieuwenhuijze and Harrie Bastiaansen
• A Cyber-Physical-Internet-Based Self-Organizing Path Planning Method for Production Logistics.
  Authors: Haoran Liu, Bin Huang, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang
• Cyber-Physical Internet-Enabled Logistics and Assembly Synchronization for Modular Integrated Construction in the Greater Bay Area.
  Authors: Wanyi Song, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang

Session: Coordination, inventory and business-model performance

Moderator: Junkai He

• Improving Transport Utilization via Proactive Consolidation and Coordinated Purchasing.
  Authors: Najat Bara, Mohamed Nour Kitri, Onur Ozturk, Frédéric Gautier and Junkai He
• Rethinking Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms: A Supply Chain Perspective through the Physical Internet.
  Authors: Imene Yasmine Benyelles, Sonia Mahjoub and Hicham Abbad
• Inventory management of Traditional and Physical Internet-Enabled Logistics Network - A Simulation Study.
  Authors: Sajan T John and K M Niyas
• Trust, coordination, and innovation catalysts for the Twin Transition: An evidence synthesis for Physical Internet implementation at scale.
  Authors: Alkis Theonas Pitelis, Zisis Palaskas, Paola Astegiano, Dimos-Theodoros Touloumidis, Sofoklis Dais, Paola Cossu and Ioanna Fergadiotou

Session: Urban/peri-urban freight interfaces

Moderator: Russell G. Thompson

• Towards Competitive Inland Waterway Logistics: Virtual Models for Modal Shift Assessment.
  Authors: José Luis López and David Ciprés
• Shipment Planning Protocols in Cyber-Physical Internet for B2C Cross-Border E-commerce Logistics.
  Authors: Xinyue Xie, Xuegang Li, Bo Liu (Jiugong Machinery Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China), Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang
• Modularization and Containerized Consolidation for Multimodal Three-Tier City Logistics.
  Authors: Najib Errami, Seyyed-Ehsan Hashemi-Petroodi, Jakob Puchinger and Walid Klibi
• Genetic Algorithm-Based Configuration of Logistics Hubs for Parcel Delivery: A Case Study of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
  Authors: Muhammad Ilham Fahreza, Sinar Noe Corzo-Garcia, Masoud Kahalimoghadam, Hiroki Sakai, Greg Foliente, Russell G. Thompson and Enna Hirata

Title: From PI Vision to Deployment: Buyability, Readiness and Maturity for Scalable Implementation

Moderator: Fernando Liesa

• Evaluating Intrinsic Buyability and Solution-Level Readiness (Solution Level)
  Speakers: Dimos Touloumidis & Sofoklis Dais
• Assessing Systemic Readiness for Physical Internet Implementation (Country Level)
  Speaker: Greg Foliente
• Measuring Collaborative Logistics Maturity for Physical Internet Implementation (Organization/Firm)
  Speakers: Takayuki Mori & Tadashi Mizutani
• Buyability and Adoption of PI-led Logistics Innovations
  Speakers: Fernando Liesa, Dimos Touloumidis, Sofoklis Dais

Title: To be announced