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Main Conference Tentative Agenda

Day 1 (Monday, June 8, 2026)

09:00 – 09:45 | Plenary

Opening Ceremony

Speakers: Walid Klibi & Isabelle Fagnot; Fernando Liesa & François-Régis Le Tourneau; Benoit Montreuil, Eric Ballot & George Q. Huang; Matthieu Lauras & Olivier Labarthe

Moderator: Walid Klibi

09:45 – 10:00 | Plenary

Group Photo

Moderator: Olivier Labarthe

10:00 – 10:30 | Break

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00 | Plenary

Optimization in Sustainable Operations in Urban Logistics

Academic Keynote: Dr. Lei Zhao (Tsinghua University)

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

Special Session: PhD 3-minute Pitch #1

Moderator: Shenle Pan

12:00 – 13:30 | Break

Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00 | Parallel Sessions

TG1 — Efficient and Low Emission Assets and Energy

Session details to be announced.

TG2 — Corridors, Hubs and Synchromodality

Session: PI-Hubs: design, routing and dock operations

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.
    Authors: Hamrah Kor, Lele Zhang and Mark Fackrell

TG3 — Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics

Session: Interoperability foundations

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

TG4 — Global Supply Network Coordination and Collaboration

Session: Governance and collaboration openness

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

TG5 — Urban Logistics

Session: Last-mile services and parcel delivery

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 #1

Title: Assessing Physical Internet readiness – A live urban logistics ecosystem diagnostic

Moderator: Stefania Pesavento

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions #2

Title: Automation-ready Physical Internet Logistics: Digital Twins, Trusted Data Sharing and Interoperable Operations

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

TG1 — Efficient and Low Emission Assets and Energy

Session: Sustainable logistics, food and reverse flows

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

TG2 — Corridors, Hubs and Synchromodality

Session: Multimodal hubs, ports and deployable nodes

Moderator: Konstantinos Christidis

  • 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

TG3 — Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics

Session: Platforms, services and identity layers

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

TG4 — Global Supply Network Coordination and Collaboration

Session: Hyperconnected network design and pooling

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 Pan, Walid Klibi, Matthieu Lauras, Eva Petitdemange and Johan Leveque
  • Implementing the Physical Internet: A Digital Twin Architecture for Collaborative and Cost-Aware Freight Networks.
    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

TG5 — Urban Logistics

Session details to be announced.

Practical & Innovation Contributions #1

Title: Special session proposition: Data Spaces as Enablers of Sustainable and Integrated Urban Logistics

Moderator: Marion Cottet

  • DISCO (Horizon Europe project): the Urban Freight Data Space
  • Vitoria-Gasteiz (EU Mission City): city-led data strategies supporting sustainable mobility and logistics transitions through a local data space.

Practical & Innovation Contributions #2

Details to be announced.

17:15 – 18:30 | Plenary

From Vision to Action – Scaling the Physical Internet realization through its Ambassadors

Speakers: IKIGAI Ambassador #1; IKIGAI Ambassador #2; IKIGAI Ambassador #3; IKIGAI Ambassador #4

Special Session: PhD 3-minute Pitch #2

Moderator: Paola Cossu, Sergio Barbarino, Fernando Liesa

19:30 – 21:00 | Social Event

Welcome Reception (Bordeaux City Hall)

Moderator: Olivier Labarthe

Day 2 (Tuesday, June 9, 2026)

08:30 – 09:30 | Plenary

Physical Internet Scientific Roadmaps

Speakers: Benoit Montreuil; George Q. Huang; Eric Ballot; Russell G. Thompson

Special Session: PhD 3-minute Pitch #3

Moderator: Rod Franklin

09:30 – 10:30 | Plenary

HyperFreight: a Decentralized System for Shared Load Freight Shipments

Academic Keynote: Prof. Alan Erera (Georgia Tech)

Industrial Guest: Johan Leveque (La Poste)

Special Session: PhD 3 minutes-Pitch #4

Moderator: Benoit Montreuil

10:30 – 11:00 | Break

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 | Parallel Sessions

TG1 — Efficient and Low Emission Assets and Energy

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

TG2 — Corridors, Hubs and Synchromodality

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

TG3 — Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics

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

TG4 — Global Supply Network Coordination and Collaboration

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

TG5 — Urban Logistics

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions #1

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions #2

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)
12:30 – 14:00 | Break

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00 | Plenary

Physical Internet Industrial Roadmaps

Speakers: Fernando Liesa (Europe); Kevin Liu (China); Heewon Chae (South-Korea)

Special Session: PhD 3-minute Pitch #5

Moderator: Sergio Barbarino

15:00 – 16:00 | Plenary

Space is the real constraint in logistics operations

Academic Keynote: Prof. Jan Fransoo (Tilburg University)

Industrial Guest: Todd Ullom (MITeK)

Special Session: PhD 3 minutes-Pitch #6

Moderator: Eric Ballot

16:00 – 16:30 | Break

Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:15 | Parallel Sessions

TG1 — Efficient and Low Emission Assets and Energy

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

TG2 — Corridors, Hubs and Synchromodality

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

TG3 — Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics

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

TG4 — Global Supply Network Coordination and Collaboration

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

TG5 — Urban Logistics

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions #1

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

Moderator: Birger Schrevens

Practical & Innovation Contributions #2

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
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

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 #6

Moderator: George Q. Huang

10:30 – 11:00 | Break

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 | Parallel Sessions

TG1 — Efficient and Low Emission Assets and Energy

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

TG2 — Corridors, Hubs and Synchromodality

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

TG3 — Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics

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

TG4 — Global Supply Network Coordination and Collaboration

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

TG5 — Urban Logistics

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions #1

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

Practical & Innovation Contributions #2

Title: To be announced

12:30 – 13:00 | Plenary

Closing Ceremony

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

14:00 – 17:30 | Industrial Visits

Industrial Visits (Upon registration)

Sites: COMPANY #1; COMPANY #2; COMPANY #3

Moderator: Olivier Labarthe