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Day 1 (Monday, June 8, 2026)

09:00 – 09:45 | Plenary

Opening Ceremony (Room 406)

Speakers: Walid Klibi & Frédéric Babonneau; Fernando Liesa; Benoit Montreuil & Eric Ballot; Matthieu Lauras & Olivier Labarthe

Moderator: Walid Klibi

09:45 – 10:00 | Plenary

Group Photo (Room 406 + outside)

Moderator: Olivier Labarthe

10:00 – 10:30 | Break

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00 | Plenary

Optimization in Sustainable Operations in Urban Logistics (Room 406)

Academic Keynote: Dr. Lei Zhao (Tsinghua University)

Industrial Guests: Yixiao Huang (SFx Express); Satoki Inoue (Aidiot)

Special Session: PhD 3-minute Pitch (Cécile Dupouy, KEDGE Business School)

Moderator: Shenle Pan

12:00 – 13:30 | Break

Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Sessions

Session: PI-Hubs - design, routing and dock operations (Room 700)

Moderator: Tarik Chargui

  • A Generalized Requirement Engineering Application for PI-Hubs: Integrating Triple Bottom Line and Physical Internet Fundamental.
    Authors: Monica-Juliana Perez, Tarik Chargui and Damien Trentesaux
  • Look Around Cyber-Physical Internet Port Operations.
    Authors: Yi You and George Q. Huang
  • Simulation-Optimization of Hyperconnected Mobile Supply Chain Networks.
    Authors: Julien Maurice, Benoit Montreuil, Walid Klibi and Olivier Labarthe
  • Dynamic Pricing and Bayesian Demand Learning for Loading Dock Management. (online)
    Authors: Hamrah Kor, Lele Zhang, Russel Thompson and Mark Fackrell

Session: Interoperability foundations (Room 511)

Moderator: Eva Petitdemange

  • Enabling the Physical Internet through AI-Driven Federated Interoperability.
    Authors: Leonardo Daou, Eva Petitdemange, Gregory Zacharewicz, Séverine Durieux and Nicolas Daclin
  • Dynamic Semantic Interoperability for the Physical Internet Using LLM-Based Translation Agents.
    Authors: Gero Niemann and Rod Franklin
  • From Fragmented Digitalization to Physical Internet Coordination: Achieving Concrete Data Interoperability.
    Authors: Liz Araceli Cristaldo and Marion Cottet
  • Policy-based and Process-Aware Interoperability in the Physical Internet.
    Authors: Philippe Michiels, Julián Rojas and Birger Schrevens

Session: Governance and collaboration openness (Room 508)

Moderator: Jaco van Meijeren

  • Contextual Optimization of Collaboration Openness in Physical Internet Systems.
    Authors: Nafe Moradkhani, Olivier Labarthe, Matthieu Lauras, Yann Bouchery and Walid Klibi
  • Enabling durable horizontal multilateral collaboration by integrating collaborative business modelling with multi-party optimization.
    Authors: Ruben Fransen, Tamara Oukes, Jaco van Meijeren and Marijn van Adrichem
  • Designing Multi-Stakeholder Governance Model for the Physical Internet.
    Authors: Attallah Qweider, Shafagh Alaei and Koen Mommens
  • Federated Autonomy and Availability Intelligence in Multi-Organizational Physical Internet Ecosystems for Critical Supply Resilience.
    Authors: Ashwin Pothen, Benoit Montreuil and Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh

Session: Last-mile services and parcel delivery (Room 506)

Moderator: Norina Szander

  • Logistics-as-a-Service: Consumer integration in the e-commerce last mile.
    Author: Joris Beckers
  • Order dispatching for on-demand delivery with elevator waiting time.
    Authors: Haitao Liu, Mouna Bamoumen, Juan-Carlos Piña Pardo, Zhaoxia Guo and Jan Fransoo
  • Container capacity sizing for light cargo last-mile delivery.
    Authors: Luis Marques, Yann Bouchery, Olivier Labarthe and Nafé Moradkhani
  • Open Parcel Lockers as Physical Internet Nodes: A framework for Accelerated and Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery.
    Authors: Ola Qasseer, Péter Bajor and Norina Szander

Practical & Innovation Contributions: Assessing Physical Internet readiness – A live urban logistics ecosystem diagnostic (Room 505)

Moderator: Stefania Pesavento

  • In-person lab built around continuous audience interaction and collective intelligence building.
    Animators: Jeanett Bolther & Stefania Pesavento

Practical & Innovation Contributions: Automation-ready Physical Internet Logistics: Digital Twins, Trusted Data Sharing and Interoperable Operations (Room 404)

Moderator: Giuseppe Luppino

  • AutoSUP project – Ilias Gkotsis and Ioanna Fergadioti
  • AutoMoTIF project – Giannis Kanellopoulos
  • SEAMLESS project – Manuela Guiducci and Vasile Lospodimatas
15:00 – 15:30 | Break

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 | Parallel Sessions

Session: Sustainable logistics, food and reverse flows (Room 506)

Moderator: Martyna Zielińska

  • Physical Internet Concept for Food and Beverage Distribution in Sparse Geographies.
    Authors: Uday Venkatadri
  • A Conceptual Physical Internet Framework for EV Battery Reverse Logistics.
    Authors: Martyna Zielińska and Marta Cudziło
  • Enabling collaborative timber transport by a smart multipurpose ACTS container.
    Authors: Sandra Stein and Matthias Hayek
  • Blockchain-Enabled IoT for Smart Food Traceability: Cost and Performance Insights.
    Authors: Hari Sannamuri

Session: Multimodal hubs, ports and deployable nodes (Room 508)

Moderator: Paola Astegiano

  • Implementing the Physical Internet in Multimodal Hubs: The AUTOSUP Digital Twin-Based Decision-Support Approach.
    Authors: Aristea Maria Zafeiropoulou, Konstantinos Christidis, Filippos Adamidis, Athanasios Karydis, Babis Magoutas, Antonis Mygiakis and Ilias Gkotsis
  • PI-Container flow optimization in a Multi-Echelon Physical Internet network.
    Authors: Hadjer Louzim, Abdelghani Bekrar, Fouad Maliki, Tarik Chargui and Atika Rivenq
  • Digital Shadow-Enabled Validation of Deployable π-Nodes for Distributed Modular Construction Networks.
    Authors: Miguel Campos, Benoit Montreuil and Leon McGinnis
  • A roadmap-aligned decision-support methodology to identify scaling mechanisms for Physical Internet-compliant logistics innovations: the IKIGAI approach.
    Authors: Filippo Mauro, Fabio Cartolano, Paola Astegiano, Paola Cossu, Dimos Touloumidis, Sofoklis Dais, Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Alkis Pitelis and Ioanna Fergadiotou

Session: Platforms, services and identity layers (Room 404)

Moderator: Shenle Pan

  • Auditable Compliance Decision Support for Cyber-Physical Internet Logistics Collaboration via Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
    Authors: Yanying Wang, Zhiheng Zhao and Guoquan Huang
  • Roadmap of Logistics Data Platforms for the Physical Internet: A DTLF-Aligned Assessment of Open Standard Data Exchange, Federated Data Spaces, and Governance for Adoption.
    Authors: Paulo Cantillano-Lizana, Gloria Giammei and Mauro Dell'Amico
  • H-CPI-ARP: A Hierarchical Proxy Mechanism Bridging High-Tech Hubs and Low-Tech Logistics Units.
    Authors: Wenqing Lei, Yong Hong Kuo and George Q. Huang
  • Converged Digital-Physical Identity Resolution Architecture for Enabling Traceability in the Physical Internet.
    Authors: Wenqing Lei, Ming Li, George Q. Huang and Yong-Hong Kuo

Session: Hyperconnected network design and pooling (Room 511)

Moderator: Walid Klibi

  • Optimization of Dynamically Hyperconnected Network Services for Heterogeneous Clients.
    Authors: Junkai He, Olivier Labarthe and Zhixin Wang
  • Adaptive Capacity Orchestration in Physical Internet Parcel Networks via Resource Pooling.
    Authors: Yaxin Pang, Walid Klibi, Matthieu Lauras, Eva Petitdemange and Johan Leveque
  • Implementing the Physical Internet: A Digital Twin Architecture for Collaborative and Cost-Aware Freight Networks. (online)
    Authors: Masoud Kahalimoghadam, Russell Thompson, Lele Zhang and Michael Kirley
  • Assessing the Role of Firm Size Distribution and Hub Localization in Collaborative Supply Chain Design under the PI Paradigm.
    Authors: Luz Helena Mancera, William Guerrero and Jairo R. Montoya-Torres

Practical & Innovation Contributions: Data Spaces as Enablers of Sustainable and Integrated Urban Logistics (Room 505)

Moderator: Marion Cottet

  • Urban Freight Data Space, DISCO & URBANE
    Speaker: Ioanna Fergadiotou, INLECOM
  • Federated ecosystem, interoperability and dataspace integration, DELPHI
    Speaker: Giannis Kanellopoulos, ICCS
  • Agentic Systems within Dataspaces, GREENLOG
    Speaker: Didac Columinas, EURECAT
  • Towards a common European mobility data space, DeployEMDS
    Speaker: Casper Van Gheluwe, imec
  • Perspectives from BoostEDICM&L
    Speaker: Casper Van Gheluwe, imec
  • Achieving semantic interperability of data
    Speaker: Christophe Maurin, Logist-X
 
17:15 – 18:30 | Plenary

From Vision to Action – Scaling the Physical Internet realization through its Ambassadors (Room 406)

Speakers: IKIGAI Ambassadors

Moderator: Paola Cossu, Sergio Barbarino, Fernando Liesa

19:30 – 21:00 | Social Event

Welcome Reception (Vintage Café, 19 Quai Richelieu, 33000 Bordeaux)

Organizer: Olivier Labarthe

Transportation : Tram B to "Hôtel de Ville"

Day 2 (Tuesday, June 9, 2026)

08:30 – 09:30 | Plenary

Physical Internet Scientific Roadmaps (Room 406)

Speakers: Benoit Montreuil; Eric Ballot; Russell G. Thompson

Special Session: PhD 3-minute Pitch (Sahrish Shaikh, Georgia Tech)

Moderator: Matthieu Lauras

09:30 – 10:30 | Plenary

HyperFreight: a Decentralized System for Shared Load Freight Shipments (Room 406)

Academic Keynote: Prof. Alan Erera (Georgia Tech)

Industrial Guest: Johan Leveque (La Poste)

Special Session: PhD 3 minutes-Pitch (You Yi, Polytechnic Hong-Kong)

Moderator: Benoit Montreuil

10:30 – 11:00 | Break

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 | Parallel Sessions

Session: Decarbonization, ESG and transition policies (Room 511)

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
  • 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
  • Digital Twins: Accelerating the transition of Port Community Systems toward the Physical Internet - The ATlantic Corridor Case Study
    Authors: Joao Nabais, Raquel Pereira and Carlos Batista

Session: Synchromodality and multimodal itinerary planning (Room 508)

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
  • Toward an Aviation-Enabled Physical Internet: Designing High-Speed Layers for AFrican Multimodal Logistics Networks.
    Authors: Abiy Asrat Jiru

Session: Digital twins, traceability and data-space execution (Room 506)

Moderator: Claudio Salvadori

  • 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
  • Cyber Physical Internet-enabled Spatial-temporal traceability for green methanol production and logistics.
    Authors: Qi Liu, Zchichen Wu, Zhiheng Zhao and George Q. Huang

Session: Risk, resilience and implementation barriers (Room 700)

Moderator: Matthieu Lauras

  • Heterogeneous Graph-Based Risk Assessment for Industrial Chain Cooperation. (online)
    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 (Room 505)

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions: Physical Internet Projects: From Innovation to Market (Room 406)

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions: Solutions for PI Containers, Hubs and Multimodality (Room 504)

Moderator: Olivier Labarthe

  • 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: Stefano Persi
12:30 – 14:00 | Break

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00 | Plenary

Physical Internet Industrial Roadmaps (Room 406)

Speakers: Fernando Liesa (Europe); Shelton Chan (Global Asia); Abiy Asrat Jiru (Africa)

Special Session: PhD 3-minute Pitch (Lukas Eschment, Institute of Hyperloop Technology)

Moderator: Sergio Barbarino

15:00 – 16:00 | Plenary

Space is the real constraint in logistics operations (Room 406)

Academic Keynote: Prof. Jan Fransoo (Tilburg University)

Industrial Guest: Todd Ullom (MITeK), Louis Faugère (Amazon Research)

Special Session: PhD 3 minutes-Pitch (Julien Maurice, Georgia Tech)

Moderator: Eric Ballot

16:00 – 16:30 | Break

Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:15 | Parallel Sessions

Session: Smart assets, autonomous transport and human factors (Room 504)

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 (Room 505)

Moderator: Matthieu Lauras

  • 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
  • Mapping the European Logistics Data Ecosystem for the Physical Internet: A Structural Analysis of Gaps and Interoperability.
    Authors: Yu Liu and Eric Ballot

Session: AI/LLM-enabled intelligence for PI networks (Room 506)

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 (Room 508)

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 (Room 511)

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
  • Operationalising Physical Internet Principles in Neighbourhood Urban Logistics: The IKIGAI Hybrid Fixed–Mobile Micro-Hub Living Lab.
    Authors: Stefania Pesavento, Dimos Touloumidis and Sofoklis Dais
  • Physical Internet Across Sovereign Borders: A formalized Design Framework and the Price of PI-Sovereignty
    Authors: Oscar Hasburn-Babich, Benoit Montreuil and Craig Tovey

Practical & Innovation Contributions: From Data Spaces to Process Spaces: Enabling Event-Driven Coordination in the Physical Internet (Room 700)

Abstract: Today’s logistics actors can exchange more data than ever. However, the process context is not always shared at a sufficiently granular level to permit efficient coordination. For the Physical Internet, digital interoperability must therefore go beyond data exchange: actors also need to share process state, roles, events and data in a controlled and governed way. This session explores process sharing as a missing operational layer between data exchange and real-world logistics execution.

Moderator: Birger Schrevens

  • How controlled data exchange becomes useful in real logistics processes
    Speaker: Birger Schrevens - imec
  • Dataspace technology as a foundation for the Physical Internet
    Speaker: Philippe Michiels - imec
  • Demonstrator: Container weighing in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges
    Speaker: Arne Kerremans - Inuits; Matteus Deloge - T-Mining
  • Why e-CMR is a natural candidate for process sharing
    Speaker: Stefan Gevaert - Pionira
  • Stakeholder perspectives on standards, open source, platforms and operators: How different actors view the role of e-CMR and process sharing in scalable logistics interoperability
    Speaker: Thorsten Huelsmann – OLF; Adrian Tirtea - GS1; Christophe Maurin - Logist-X
  • Panel discussion: Can e-CMR become part of a broader process-sharing architecture, beyond document content alone?
    Moderator: Dirk Staelens – VIL
  • Governance for the Physical Internet: What is needed to make process sharing reusable, trusted and scalable across actors and use cases?
    Speaker: Shafagh Alaei Jordehi - VUB
  • Closing statement
    Speaker: Tomasz Dowgielewicz - ALICE

Practical & Innovation Contributions: Modular Load Units and Vehicle Design for the Physical Internet: Operational Requirements and System-Level Impacts in Urban Logistics (Room 406)

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
18:30 – 23:00 | Social Event

Gala Dinner (Château Lafitte)

Day 3 (Wednesday, June 10, 2026)

09:00 – 10:30 | Plenary

AI-Powered Digital Twins for Intelligent Logistics Systems (Room 406)

Academic Keynote: Dr. Selene Silvestri (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Industrial Guests: Inaki Fernandez Blanco (Mecalux); Taresh Grover (Pull Logic)

Special Session: PhD 3 minutes-Pitch (Camélia Bellepeau, IMT Mines Albi)

Moderator: Frédérick Benaben

10:30 – 11:00 | Break

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 | Parallel Sessions

Session: KPIs, operational resilience and replenishment (Room 404)

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
  • Optimizing Multi-Modal Physical InternetHubs: A Mathematical Model for Collision-Free Container Routing
    Authors: Tarik Chargui, Gabriel Zambrano Rey and Monica-Juliana Perez

Session: Open networks, containers and fairness in an unstable world (Room 511)

Moderator: Matthieu Lauras

  • A Physical Internet Approach to Disaster Management: Leveraging Open Distribution Networks for Humanitarian Supply Chains. (online)
    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 (Room 508)

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 (Room 506)

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 (Room 505)

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions: From PI Vision to Deployment: Buyability, Readiness and Maturity for Scalable Implementation (Room 504)

Moderator: Fernando Liesa

  • National Capability and Readiness Framework for Physical Internet Implementation (Country Level) - 20'
    Speaker: Greg Foliente, University of Melbourne (Australia)
  • Measuring Collaborative Logistics Maturity for Physical Internet Implementation (Organization/Firm) - 20'
    Speakers: Tadashi Mizutani, JPIC (Japan)/NRI
  • Evaluating Intrinsic Buyability and Solution-Level Readiness (Solution Level) - 20'
    Speakers: Dimos Touloumidis & Sofoklis Dais, CERTH (Greece)
  • Understanding How to Accelerate the Buyability and Adoption of PI-led Logistics Innovations - 10'
    Speakers: Fernando Liesa, Dimos Touloumidis, Sofoklis Dais, ALICE & CERTH
  • Q&A / Discussion - 20'
 
12:30 – 13:00 | Plenary

Closing Ceremony (Room 406)

Speakers: Walid Klibi; Fernando Liesa; Representative of the 2027 IPIC edition

Special Session: Results of PhD 3-minutes Pitch

Moderator: Walid Klibi

13:00 – 14:00 | Break

Lunch Break

14:30 – 18:00 | Industrial Visits

Industrial Visit (Upon registration)

Company: Médecins Sans Frontières, Wine tasting...

Organizer: Olivier Labarthe