TIME CEST 

 Tuesday, 13th JUNE 

 08.30 - 9.30 

 Registration

 9.30 - 10.30

  IPIC2023 Opening Ceremony

• Angelos Amditis, IPIC2023 Conference Chair | Research & Development Director, Institute of Communications and Computer Systems (ICCS), National Technical University of Athens | ERTICO Chairman 
• François-Régis Le Tourneau, ALICE Chair| Vice President Corporate Responsibility - L’Oréal For the Future
• Szymon Oscislowski, Deputy Head of Unit. Maritime Transport & Logistics, DG MOVE, European Commission,
• Representative of the Greek Ministry of Transport & Infrastructure (to be confirmed) 
• Professor Athanasios Kyriazis, Secretary General for Research and Innovation 

 10.30 - 11.30 

 Coffee Break and Opening of the Exhibition

 11.30 - 12.30 

 Plenary 1: Industry approach to standards, interoperability and open  connectivity: Evidence and future developments

 12.30 – 13.30

 Buffet Lunch

  1.B Synchromodal Transport Planning with Demand Uncertainties (DISPATCH project)

• Introduction of the Dispatch project. Javier Durán-Micco. Postdoc researcher. Vrije Universiteit Brussels
• Long-term capacity planning in rail-road networks under demand uncertainty. Thibault Delbart. PhD Student. Hasselt University, Logistics Research Group
• Synchromodal inventory replenishment under non-stationary demand with a partially observable demand process. Hannah Yee. PhD student. KU Leuven
• Synchromodal transport re-planning using Agent-Based Modelling. Shafagh Alaei. PhD student. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

1.C Data Sharing and the Route to Physical Internet

• Data sharing in Europe, general overview and initiatives of Dutch government. Jon Kuiper. Senior Policy Advisor, Ministery of Infrastructure and watermanagement. NL 
• FEDERATED, an initiative of DTLF. Wout Hofman, Senior Research Scientist, TNO, Netherlands.  
• Data sharing, a perspective from the business. Michael Moffett, CEO CO3 
• A presentation about the pilot 'eCMR' Colruyt and P&G. Sergio Barbarino. Senior Director and R&D Research Fellow. Procter & Gamble Brussels Innovation Center. & Dirk Leemans. Head Center of Excellence Supply Chain. Colruyt Group. 

1.D Innovative Transportation Packaging and Load Units Pools Supporting Efficiency and Sustainability 

• Physical Internet Based Hyperconnected Logistics Enabling Heavy-Duty Machinery Sharing in the Composting Industry: A Simulation-Based Scenario Investigation. Max Cichocki. University Assistant. Graz University of Technology
• Enhancing Circular Logistics of Unit Loads by Leveraging Physical Internet Modularization and Consolidation Principles. Jorge Garcia Zamalloa. PhD. Student – Graduate Research Assistant. Georgia Institute of Technology
• Consumers’ perspective on automized circular packaging for e-grocery deliveries. Sarah Pfoser. Senior Researcher. University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
• En route towards a Net Zero Carbon emission & Fully Connected Global Freight Transport. Sotirios Ptochos. Co-founder, Senior Executive. PEOPLE 

  1.E Urban hubs and freight networks

• Digital Twinning platforms as an enabler for the ex-ante evaluation of PI-inspired interventions to last-mile logistics networks. Dimitris Rizopoulos. Project Manager/Research engineer. Inlecom
• New business models for last mile delivery in city centres. Xavier Brusset, Miguel Suarez, SKEMA Business School
• Assessing the Performance of Urban Freight Networks. Russell G. Thompson. Professor in Transport Engineering. The University of Melbourne

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee break and Exhibition

  2.A Hyperconnected Logistics Networks Serving Circularity and Ommnichanel Retail

• Modeling and optimization of the omnichannel retailing problem. Joyce Zhang. Post-doctoral fellow. The University of Melbourne
• Physical Internet Enabled Hyperconnected Circular Supply Chains. Ziqing Wu. PhD Student. IMT Mines Albi
• Surfing the Physical Internet with Hyperconnected Logistics Networks. Nidhima Grover. PhD student. Georgia Institute of Technology
• Leveraging Customer Conversion Behavior in Hyperconnected Networks. Jisoo Park. PhD Candidate. Georgia Institute of Technology

  2.B The Physical Internet Living Lab: Establishing the first blueprint for a PI-network

• PILL: the road towards a Physical Internet framework, Joris Finck - imec; Philippe Michiels - imec 
• The PI-client: a blueprint for Physical Internet, Philippe Michiels – imec
• Simulation of a decentralised network, Shiqi Sun – VUB Mobilise; Vitor Lemos – imec
• Validation of the PI-client and first PI-application, Dries Van Bever – imec

  2.C Digital Twin Applications in PI Networks and Hubs

• A Proposal and Evaluation of a Digital Twin Framework for PI-Hubs using Re-enforcement Learning based Multi-Agent Systems Model. Anshul Vijay. PhD Candidate. The University of Melbourne
• Environmental impact assessment of intercontinental transport network with digital twin under PI framework. David Cipres. Responsible for the Digital Transformation research line. Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón (ITAINNOVA)
• Hyperconnected and Autonomous Distribution System for Societally Critical Products. Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh. Graduate Research Assistant. Georgia Institute of Technology
• Digital Twin for reducing emissions: the Port of Barcelona pilot. Chiara Saragani. PhD Candidate in Digitalization. CENIT (CIMNE), Port of Barcelona

  2.E Smart Cities and Digital Twins

• The Urban Cloud:  Linking city services, cloud computing, and the Physical Internet to achieve smart city objectives. J. Rod Franklin. Professor of Logistics Practice. Kuehne Logistics University gGmbH
• Dynamic resource deployment in hyperconnected parcel logistic hub networks. Yujia Xu. PH.D. student, Graduate research assistant. Georgia Tech H. Milton Stewart School of ISyE
• An Artificial Intelligence-based software module for the optimization of collaborative delivery in last-mile logistics. Jenny Fajardo Calderín. Assistant Professor. University of Deusto

  Coffee Break & Exhibition

 17.30 – 18.30

 Start Ups pitches and Physical Internet 2023 awards

• Stefano Negrini, ReLog3p
• Britta Balden, SmartLoC
• André Käber, myleo dsc
• Sten Wandel, Omniloop
• Ksenia Duarte, EX9

 Technical Visit to the Port of Piraeus, PCT 

 Bus Service will depart at 17.30 from the IPIC2023 Venue (Wyndham Grand Athens) to the Pireaus Port and will return to the venue at 20.30. 

 20.00 - 23.00 

 GALA DINNER 

 IPIC Gala Dinner will take place at the ABOVE rooftop of the Wyndham Grand Athens (IPIC venue). Those who wish to participate and have not registered  online can always express their interest for participation here (ipic@iccs.gr) and settle payment on site. With unobstructed views of the city, on the 9^th floor of the hotel, ABOVE is one of the best roof top restaurants in Athens offering amazing panoramic city view, from the Acropolis to Lycabettus hill and all the way down to the Saronic Gulf! 

 IPIC 2023 AWARDS 

 TIME CEST

 Wednesday, 14th JUNE 

  3.A  Physical Internet Adoption 

• Behavioral and theoretical considerations of physical internet adoption. Russell G. Thompson. Professor in Transport Engineering. The University of Melbourne
• Why Fair Benefit Sharing is Crucial for a Successful Implementation of Cooperation and how it could work. Matthias Prandtstetter. Thematic Coordinator. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
• Can the Physical Internet pave the way to a Mobility of Entities? Matthias Prandtstetter. Thematic Coordinator. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

  3.B Logistics Network Design and Cost Sharing

• Upgrading the Export Logistics Network with Cyber-Physical Internet. Zhang Hongtao. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing System Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
• Stochastic Service Network Design with Different Relay Patterns for Hyperconnected Relay Transportation. Jingze Li. Doctoral Research Assistant. Physical Internet Centre, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Routing and network-slicing-based protocols for the Physical Internet network. Fatima Ezzahra Achamrah. Postdoctoral researcher. Mines Paris, PSL

  3.C  Federated Networks and Data Sharing Governance

• PI Data Sharing Infrastructure. Wout Hofman. Senior scientist. TNO, Dutch National Institute for Applied Science
• A data governance framework for a federated logistics data space. Ashish Vadhe. Researcher Operations and Supply Chain Management. Vlerick Business School, Belgium
• Data Sharing in the Physical Internet: A Capability-Based Approach for Trustless Logistic Networks. Cathérine Cassan. PhD Researcher. Mobilise, VUB

3.D (Poster Session) Physical Internet Boxes for Last mile Delivery 

• Evaluation of PI boxes for last mile delivery. Martin Reinthaler. Research Engineer. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
• Is Digital Twin a Better Solution to Improve ESG Evaluation for Vaccine Logistics Supply Chain: A game theoretic analysis. Mengdi Zhang. Post-doctoral fellow. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  3.E  Optimising Urban Mobility & Logistics Networks 

• Urban Synchromodality: Synergies between Freight and People Mobility. Olivier Labarthe. Associate Professor. Kedge Business School
• Modular Containerization of Parcel Logistics Networks: Simulation-Based Impact Assessment. Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh. Graduate Research Assistant. Georgia Institute of Technology

 10.00 – 10.30

Coffee break and Exhibition

 10.30 – 12.00

   Plenary 2: Physical Internet initiatives worldwide

    Moderator: Shenle Pan, Associate Professor. Mines Paris-PSL University

• Benoit Montreuil. Coca-Cola Chair in Material Handling and Distribution. Director, Physical Internet (PI) Center and PI Lab. Georgia Tech. USA 
• Eric Ballot. Professor. MINES Pari – PSL. FRANCE-EUROPE 
• Lóri Tavasszy. Professor, Freight & Logistics Systems. Delft University of Technology. The Netherlands-EUROPE. 
• Russell G. Thompson. Professor in Transport Engineering. The University of Melbourne. AUSTRALIA 
• Tadashi Mizutani. Expert Consultant Nomura Research Institute. JAPAN 

 12.00 – 12.30

 Coffee break

 12.30 -13.30

  Plenary 3: Physical Internet Pioneering Companies

  Moderator: Paola Cossu, CEO. FIT Consulting

• Sergio Barbarino. Senior Director and R&D Research Fellow. Procter & Gamble Brussels Innovation Center.  
• Per Olof Arnäs, PhD. Director Logistics Strategy EINRIDE 
• Kevin Liu. Secretary General. Alliance of Hongqiao Physical Internet of China 
• Johan Leveque. Head R&D La Poste 

 13.30 – 14.30

 Lunch break

 STREAM A

  4.A  (Poster Session) Interconnected Warehousing  

• Automating Capacity Pre-Booking at Physical Internet Warehouse Nodes. Kostas Zavitsas. Head of Analytics. VLTN
• A digital twin for PI-Store automated warehouses. Massimo Rebuglio. PhD candidate. Politecnico di Torino

  4.B  Rail and hyperloop developments in the PI

• Automated high-speed Hyperloop cargo transportation for a sustainable logistics network. Walter Neu. Prof. Dr., Board of Directors - Institute of Hyperloop Technology (IHT)
• Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 5 - Transforming Europe’s Rail Freight. Molley Williams. Deutsch Bahn
• Can adding the 5th Transport Mode - Capsule Pipelines enable Physical Internet, 15-minute City, Circular Economy, Automatic Retailing, and reduce Climate Impact? Sten Wandel. Professor Emeritus in Engineering Logistics. Lund University Sweden
• Spillover applications to accelerate the valorization of Hyperloop. Kris Neyens.  

  4.C(a)  PI capabilities, Services and information Sharing

• Asset capability, transparency, and governance - fundamental to PI Proliferation. Geoffrey Featherstone. Student. University of Melbourne
• Performance of Self Organizing Logistics: a Practical Comparison between Centralized and Decentralized Logistics. Lola Sprenger. Data scientist Sustainable Transport and Logistics. TNO
• Blockchain-enabled Tokenization Mechanism for information sharing in Cyber-Physical Internet. Arjun Rachana Harish. PhD Student. The University of Hong Kong
• Trafikverket. Per Eriksson. Transport economics and logistics. Transport Administration, Sweden 

  4.C(b) 5G: Revolutionizing the Logistics Sector in Europe 5G LOGINNOV 

• 5G&AI-enabled services in Port operations tailored to logistics and safety applications. Pavlos Basaras, Project Manager, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS)
• AI-assisted 5G systems supporting rail services. Anna Tzanakaki, Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Autonomous Advanced Air Mobility operations enabled by computer vision methods and 5G connectivity. Christos Skliros, Technical Director - Hellenic Drones S.A.
• 5G&AI enabled real time drowsiness detection, alerting and report. Yannis Kopsinis, Co-Founder and CEO at LIBRA AI Technologies

  4.E  Last mile Delivery

• An exploration of the potential benefits of Transportation and Logistics innovations in Last-Mile Urban Deliveries: A case study approach. Kostas Zavitsas. Head of Analytics. VLTN
• Hyperconnected Logistic Service Networks: Bidding-Based Design Framework. Simon Soonhong Kwon. Graduate Research Assistant. Physical Internet Lab, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Physical Internet-driven last mile delivery: Performance requirements across people, process and technology. Kostas Zavitsas. Head of Analytics. VLTN

 16.00 – 16.30

 Coffee Break & Exhibition

  5.A e-Commerce & Supply Chain

• Framework for Leveraging Physical Internet Principles for Long Tail Products in E-Commerce. Katja Meuche. Industrial Engineering Ph.D. Student. Physical Internet Center, H. Milton Steward School of Industrial & Systems Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
• Demand-supply alignment in supply chain networks with access to hyperconnected production options. Ashwin S. Pothen. PhD student. Georgia Institute of Technology

  5.B Optimization of PI networks, Nodes and Synchromodal Services

• Dynamic and stochastic optimization for synchromodal transport service planning and pricing. Sekar Sakti. PhD student. The University of Melbourne
• Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Dynamic Carbon Footprint Calculation at Container Terminals. Ignacio Benítez. R&D Engineer. Fundación Valenciaport
• Robust logistics service network design for perishable products with uncertainty on transportation time. Shenle Pan. Associate Professor. Mines Paris-PSL University

  5.C  (Poster Session) Blockchain, Traceability and Smart Contracts

• The Concept of Dynamic Smart Contracts to Enable Automated Payments in the PI. Malte Spanuth. PhD Student. Kühne Logistics University
• Cyber-Physical-Internet-Driven Logistics Infrastructure Integration in the Greater Bay Area. Hang Wu. Ph.D. Candidate. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Blockchain-based electronic exchange of freight transport information (eFTI). Evangelia Kopanaki. Associate Professor. University of Piraeus
• Application of Web3 and Blockchain Technology in Physical Internet-Based Synchromodal Freight Transportation Framework. Siyavash Filom. Ph.D. Candidate. McMaster University – McMaster Institute of Transportation and Logistics (MITL)
• eNegotiation for Logistics Resource Reservation. Shinji Nakadai. Researcher. NEC Corporation
• Spatial-temporal Traceability for Cyber-Physical Industry 4.0 Systems. Dr. Zhiheng Zhao. Research Assistant Professor. Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  5.D Automated logistics networks and operations enabled by automated vehicles

• AWARD: All Weather Autonomous Real logistics operations and demonstrations. Ted Zotos. Research & Innovation Manager. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
• Autonomous vehicles in all weather conditions: steering towards a harmonized legislative framework enabling real-life deployment. Ted Zotos. Research & Innovation Manager. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
• MODI: Accelerating the introduction of highly automated solutions to improve European logistic chains. Per Olof Arnäs, PhD. Director Logistics Strategy EINRIDE 
• SMART Interoperable Logistics Solutions across Supply Chain Segments Transport Modes

  5.E Physical Internet urban space and freight transport optimization 

• Prerequisites for Data Sharing and Realizing Off-peak Deliveries. Annette Hultåker. Technical Manager, Ph.D. Scania
• Resilience Assessment of Hyperconnected Parcel Logistic Networks Under Worst-Case Disruptions. Onkar Kulkarni. Ph.D. Student. Georgia Institute of Technology
• Policy Approaches for Placing Parcel Lockers in Public Space. Paul Buijs. Assistant Professor. University of Groningen
• Public transport-based crowd-shipping with backup transfers. Barış Yıldız. Assist. Prof. Koc University

 TIME CEST

 Thursday, 15th JUNE 

  6.A  Technology and Smart Decisions Shaping Warehouses and Fulfillment Centers

• Price competition models between Robots as a Service and self-own robots in warehouse. Zhe Yuan. Assistant Professor. EMLV Business School
• Kit Fulfillment Centers Serving Distributed Small-Series Assembly Centers in Hyperconnected Supply Chain Networks. Mingze Li. Graduate Research Assistant. Georgia Institute of Technology
• Modeling and Simulation of an Agile Assembly Center in a Physical Internet inspired Manufacturing System. Miguel Campos. Graduate Research Assistant. Physical Internet Center, Georgia Institute of Technology

  6.B  (Poster Session) Synchromodal Routing and IoT

• The impact of IoT implementation on shipments from Asia to Europe along the New Silk Road on the development of the Physical Internet in the receiving country. Witold Statkiewicz. Senior Specialist - Business Process Analyst. Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznań Institute of Technology
• Lead-time-based Routing of Freight in PI Networks. Alireza Shahedi. Ph.D. Student in Transport and Logistics. University of Genoa
• Innovative Approach to Minimise Container Port Footprint. Dimitris Tsolakis. Export Agent, CF Technologies Pty Ltd 
• Synchromodal transport: How are the benefits of collaboration distributed? Javier Durán-Micco. Postdoc researcher. Vrije Universiteit Brussels
• Synchromodal transport re-planning using Agent-Based Modelling. Shafagh Alaei. PhD student. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

  6.C  5G in Ports and Vessel Automation

• Automating vessels berthing, docking and stevedorage operations: The MOSES project. Margarita Kostovasili. Scientific Project Manager. ICCS/NTUA
• InnoPortAR: Innovative applications for Augmented Reality in inland ports and seaports. Nina Schulte-Hobein
• 5G-enabled innovation in ports’ logistics: expectations from the 5G-LOGINNOV Project and relevance for the Physical Internet. Piergiuseppe Di Gregorio. Young Researcher & Project Manager. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• Small and medium automated ports - the future of intermodal logistics, AEGIS. Harilaos N. Psaraftis. Professor. Technical University of Denmark

  6.D  Smart Transport Units for Connected Supply Chains

• Scan4Transport: Connecting the transport unit to its digital twin. Jaco Voorspuij. Chief Consulting. FixLog – Fixing (your) logistics
• PI Containers: Assessment of Functions and Development from an Engineering Design Related Perspective. Gerald Mahringer. University Assistant. Graz University of Technology, Institute of Logistics Engineering, Austria
• PONERA use cases presentations. Matthew Reali.

  6.E Innovation Urban Delivery Vehicles and Solutions

• Identification of cargo bikes and drones related challenges, potential strengths and benefits to achieve sustainable futures. Ioannis Chatziioannou. Post-doctoral Researcher. National Technical University of Athens, Department of Geography and Regional Planning, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering
• GREEN-LOG Cooperative and Interconnected Green delivery solutions towards an era of optimized zero emission last mile Logistics. Amalia Ntemou. Project Manager. Netcompany-Intrasoft S.A 
• Hyperconnected Urban Parcel Delivery Network Design with Tight Delivery Service Requirements. Johan Leveque. Head of R&D. La Poste Group
• Enabling the PI to solve multi-layered problems of the Last Mile Logistics. Katharina Beck. Research Assistant. Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).  Javi Esquillor. Flows & scales. Capillar IT

 10.30 – 11.00

 Coffee break and Exhibition

 11.00 – 12.30

  Plenary 4: Physical Internet applications in Urban Logistics

Chair: Magnus Blinge, Scania, Vice Chair of ALICE Urban Logistics Group 

• Paola Cossu, FIT Consulting, Bringing Physical Internet to policy making: Physical Internet in Sustainable Urban Logistics Plan 
• Ioanna Fergadiotou, INLECOM, Physical Internet in URBANE’s Living Labs
• Prof. Dr. J. Rod Franklin, Kühne Logistics University, What can Physical Internet help in decarbonizing City Logistics?
• Hans, Schurmans, Proximus, Our experiences with Consolidated Urban Logistics Transport 
• Ignacio Magallón, URBANIZED Project, Modular and Flexible Solutions for Urban-Sized Zero-Emissions Last-Mile Delivery and Services Vehicles

 12.30 – 13.30

 Lunch break

  7.A Data sharing for Sustainability and Solidarity

• Transparency in times of war: The EU Ukraine Solidarity Lanes Visibility Map. Serge Schamschula. Transporeon 
• The end of guesstimation Carbon accounting by primary data sharing. Serge Schamschula. Transporeon 

  7.B  Freight Transport Reviews and Regional Frameworks

• A Framework for Developing a Regional Freight Transport Observatory. Aris Matopoulos. Professor of Supply Chain Design. Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield University
• Strategical planning in multimodal transportation. A systematic literature review. Wenhua Qu. Postdoc researcher. Delft University of Technology

  7.C  Supply Chain Disruptions, Road Automation and Information Gaps

• Measuring Efficiency of Automated Road Freight Transport: The AWARD Approach. Manuel Walch. Research Associate. University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
• Closing the information gap of multimodal transports. Jürgen Zajicek. Research engineer. AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
• Online Detection of Supply Chain Network Disruptions Using Sequential Change-Point Detection for Hawkes Processes. Yao Xie. Professor. Georgia Institute of Technology
• Thrive with standard moving towards the Physical Internet. Jaco Voorspuij. Chief FixLog – Fixing (your) logistics

  7.D Logistics and Supply networks and intelligence last mile - city logistics (ILME  SESSION) 

• Last mile & city logistics, Digitization in the Greek Logistics Konstantinos Haniotis – President Telenavis - ILME    
• 3PL perspective: adapting to E-commerce requirements, Lykourgos Manoliadis Deputy General Manager, Diakinisis SA
• Getting Digital Transformation Right by Always Having the Customer at the Core, Stathis Makantasis Logistics Director, DELTA Foods S.A. - ILME  
• Transitioning to Physical Internet Enabled City Logistics, Dr. Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Research Director

  7.E (Poster Session) Urban Logistics & City Distribution

• Behavioral Modelling of Public Transportation Passengers Participating in Last-Mile Freight Delivery. Neema Nassir. Senior Lecturer. University of Melbourne

 16.30 - 18.30 

 TECHNICAL VISIT: IKEA GREECE automated Distribution Center, operated by Trade Logistics SA 

 Bus Service will depart at 15.30 from the IPIC2023 Venue (Wydham Grand Athens) to the ΙΚΕΑ DC and will return to the venue at 19.30. 

 15.30  -16.30  

 Closing Ceremony