Agenda

Day 1/May 29 | Day 2/May 30 | Day 3/May 31

Please note that this is a Tentative Agenda and subject to change.

Welcome Reception (Tuesday, May 28, 2024)

We will be holding a reception the evening of May 28 at our venue hotel. More details to come.

Day 1 (Wednesday, May 29, 2024)

8:30-9:10am

Welcome and Inaugural Speeches

9:10-10:45am

Plenary Session W-1: International Physical Internet Roadmaps, Progress, and Initiatives

Eric Ballot, Professor and Physical Internet Chair, Mines Paris - PSL (Moderator)

9:10-9:55am

Keynote: European Physical Internet Roadmap, Progress, and Initiatives

Fernando Liesa, Secretary General, Alliance for Logistics Innovation Through Collaboration in Europe (ALICE)

15 min for Q&A

10:00-10:45am

Keynote: Japan Physical Internet Roadmap, Progress, and Initiatives

Takayuki Mori, Chairman, Japan Physical Internet Center (JPIC)

15 min for Q&A

10:45-11:05am

Break

11:05-11:55am

Panel on International Physical Internet Progress

• Eric Ballot, Professor and Physical Internet Chair, Mines Paris - PSL
• Shelton Chan, Asia Pacific | Managing Director of Development, Georgia Tech
• Fernando Liesa, Secretary General, Alliance for Logistics Innovation Through Collaboration in Europe (ALICE)
• Kevin Liu, General Secretary, Shanghai Hongqiao Physical Internet Alliance, China
• Takayuki Mori, Chairman, Japan Physical Internet Center (JPIC)
• Uday Venkatadri, Department Head and Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering Dalhousie University

12-1pm

Lunch

1:05-4:30pm

Plenary Session W-2: Physical Internet Enabled Intermodal Regional Freight System

1:05-1:25pm

Introduction: Where We Are Now vs. Next Steps to the Physical Internet

Bill Loftis, Founder and Principal, Supply Chain Ecology

Physically, What Might the System Look Like?

1:25-1:40pm

Southeast US Freight System: Hyperconnected 2030+ Map

Sahrish Shaikh, Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Tech Physical Internet Center

1:40-1:55pm

Role of a Regional Gateway, Savannah Port

Tim Marrs, General Manager of Intermodal Operations, Georgia Ports Authority

1:55-2:10pm

Introducing Autonomous, Electrified Technology to Enable Low Density Short Haul Rail Transportation

Marty Schlenker, Head of Strategy Parallel Systems

2:10-2:30pm

Break

2:35-2:50pm

A Shipper’s Perspective on Intermodal

Michelle Livingstone, Former Vice President – Transportation for The Home Depot, Livingstone Consulting

2:50-3:05pm

The Great Rail Sustainability Advantage

Josh Raglin, Chief Sustainability Officer, Norfolk Southern Corporation

3:05-3:20pm

Short Lines and the Rail Ecosystem – More Advanced Than You May Think

Michael O. Miller, CEO – North America, Genesee & Wyoming

3:20-3:35pm

Intermodal Marketing Companies Perspective

Phil Trifiletti, Vice President, Consumer Product Solutions, Hub Group

3:40-4:30pm

Panel: How Do We Put It All Together? A Stakeholder Discussion.

Bill Loftis, Founder and Principal, Supply Chain Ecology (Facilitator)
Michelle Livingstone, Tim Marrs, Michael Miller, Josh Raglin, Marty Schlenker, Sahrish Shaikh, Phil Trifiletti (Panelists)

4:35-5:45pm

Parallel Focused PI Sessions W-A

Focused Session W-A-1: Intermodal Transportation Ecosystems

Alan Erera, Associate Chair for Research and Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair Professor, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

4:35-4:50pm

Optimizing Service Networks of Eurasian Rail Freight Transport

Jing Shan, Henning Preis, Nikola Besinovic and Jörn Schönberger

4:50-5:05pm

Hyperconnected Transportation Planning: Advancing a Multimodal Relay Ecosystem

Jingze Li, Sahrish Shaikh and Benoit Montreuil

5:05-5:20pm

TBD

Authors to be added

5:20-5:45pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session W-A-2: Embracing Electric Truck Charging in Hyperconnected Logistics Networks

Rod Franklin, Full Professor of Logistics and Academic Director of Executive Education, Kühne Logistics University (Moderator)

4:35-4:50pm

Efficient Implementation of Truck Battery Charging and Swapping Stations in Hyperconnected Logistic Networks

Priyali Bandla, Guanlin Chen, Benoit Montreuil, Valerie Thomas and Yujia Xu

4:50-5:05pm

Battery Swapping and Charging Station System Design in Logistic Hubs for Electric Trucks

Guanlin Chen, Yujia Xu, Benoit Montreuil and Valerie Thomas

5:05-5:20pm

Network Deployment of Battery Swapping and Charging Stations within Hyperconnected Logistic Hub Networks

Yujia Xu, Xiaoyue Liu, Guanlin Chen, Walid Klibi, Valerie Thomas and Benoit Montreuil

5:20-5:45pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session W-A-3: Artificial Intelligence Enabled Physical Internet Capabilities

Yao Xie, Coca-Cola Foundation Chair and Professor, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

4:35-4:50pm

Artificial Intelligence in the Physical Internet

Simranjeet Singh Chadha and Uday Venkatadri

4:50-5:05pm

Reinforcement Learning-Based Optimization of Logistical Hubs and Routing in the Context of the Physical Internet - A Case Study from Japan

Enna Hirata and Hisatoshi Naganawa

5:05-5:20pm

Predictive Demand Disruption Signals for Supply Chain Networks

Yinzhu Quan, Ashwin Pothen, Yao Xie and Benoit Montreuil

5:20-5:45pm

Open Discussion

Day 2 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)

8:30-10:30am

Plenary Session T-1: Physical Internet Enabing Disruptive Transformation of the Construction Industry

Leon McGinnis, Professor Emeritus, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

8:30-9:15am

Keynote: Towards Cyber Physical Internet for Smart Modular Integrated Construction

George Q. Huang, Chair Professor and Director of PolyU Research Institute of Advanced Manufacturing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

9:15-10:00am

Keynote: Reimagining Construction Powered by the Physical Internet

Todd Ullom, Vice-President of Distributed Construction, MiTek Inc.

10:00-10:30am

Open Discussion

George Q. Huang and Todd Ullom

10:30-10:50am

Break

10:50-11:50am

Rod Franklin, Full Professor of Logistics and Academic Director of Executive Education, Kühne Logistics University (Moderator)

Plenary Session T-2: Optimizing Transportation Capacity for a Physical Internet E-commerce Package Network

Alan Erera, Associate Chair for Research and Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair Professor, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Open Discussion (15 min)

11:50-1pm

Lunch

1-2pm

Guest Session T-A-1: World Class Supply Chain Cost and Profit Performance Strategies Fueled By AI/ML

1:00-1:10pm

Introduction

Chris Gaffney, Managing Director, Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute

1:10-1:40pm

Pilot Study

Brian Greene, Chief Supply Chain Officer, HMTX Industries and Richard Sharpe, CEO, Competitive Insights, LLC

1:40-2:00pm

Open Discussion

Chris Gaffney, Brian Greene, Richard Sharpe

1-2pm

Guest Panel T-A-2: Resilient, Informed Communities and Supply Chain Logistics

Institute for People and Technologies (IPaT), Georgia Tech (Organizer)

Russell Clark, Senior Research Scientist and Director of GT-RNOC, Georgia Tech (Moderator)

Panelists:

• Eric Howell, CEO, PortCity
• Allen Hyde, Associate Professor, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Tech
• Ofun Maja Egunjobi, CEAR Hub and Harambee House, Georgia Tech

2:05-3:15pm

Parallel Focused PI Sessions T-B

Focused Session T-B-1: Digital, Collaboration, and Business Models

Eric Ballot, Professor and Physical Internet Chair, Mines Paris - PSL (Moderator)

2:05-2:20pm

The business model for federated data spaces to facilitate synchromodal logistics

Ashish Vadhe, Juan Manuel Pulido, Robert Boute and Valentin Carlan

2:20-2:35pm

Navigating the Landscape of Logistics Industrial Radical Innovation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Sabil Nararya and Muharman Lubis

2:35-2:50pm

Gaia-X as an Enabler to Shape Interconnected Logistics in Europe

Jonah Windolph, Michael Pahl and Steffen Kaup

2:50-3:15pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session T-B-2: Hyperconnected Supply Chain Planning and Management

Leon McGinnis, Professor Emeritus, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

2:05-2:20pm

Cyber-Physical Internet Based Intelligent Operation Platform for Off-Site Construction Supply Chain Management

Li Yin, Ray Y. Zhong and Ming Li

2:20-2:35pm

Strategic Network Design for Hyperconnected Mobile Supply Chains

Julien Maurice, Soonhong Kwon and Benoit Montreuil

2:35-2:50pm

Dynamic Containerized Modular Capacity Planning and Resource Allocation in Hyperconnected Supply Chain Ecosystems

Xiaoyue Liu, Yujia Xu and Benoit Montreuil

2:50-3:15pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session T-B-3: Dynamic Routing Protocols in Hyperconnected Logistics Networks

Alan Erera, Associate Chair for Research and Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair Professor, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

2:05-2:20pm

A protocol for node-to-node transshipment in the PI analogizing from Internet principles: A simulation assessment

Gero Niemann and Rod Franklin

2:20-2:35pm

Cyber-physical Internet (CPI) driven capacity sharing in B2B e-commerce logistics

Xinye Qu, Ming Li and George Q. Huang

2:35-2:50pm

Dynamic Directional Routing for the Physical Internet: A Sector-Based Approach with Dynamic Adjustment

Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh and Benoit Montreuil

2:50-3:15pm

Open Discussion

3:15-3:35pm

Break

3:35-4:45pm

Parallel Focused PI Sessions T-C

Focused Session T-C-2: Hyperconnected Transportation and Logistic Network Design

Alan Erera, Associate Chair for Research and Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair Professor, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

3:35-3:50pm

Exploring the Effect of Network Configuration Topologies on the Dynamics of Freight Delivery: A Comparative Analysis of Physical Internet and Traditional Supply Chain Methods

Ruohao Chen and Uday Venkatadri

3:50-4:05pm

Comparative Study for Bi-Objective Un-Capacitated Hub Covering Problem (BUHCP)

Abbas Mirakhorli

4:05-4:20pm

PI-Service network design for fluvial cargo transportation

Oscar Ariztegui-Beltran, David L Cortes-Murcia, William Gerrero Rueda and Olivier Péton

4:20-4:45pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session T-C-3: Hyperconnected Supply Chain Operations and Nodes

Leon McGinnis, Professor Emeritus, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

3:35-3:50pm

A Modular and Flexible Design of Hyperconnected Assembly Factory

Wencang Bao, Leon McGinnis, Benoit Montreuil, Miguel Roberto Campos Murcia, Zhihan Liu, Julien Maurice and Sevda Babalou

3:50-4:05pm

Exploring IoT's Potential for Risk Management in Prefabricated Construction: A Preliminary Study Towards the Physical Internet

Chenglin Yu, Ray Zhong and Ming Li

4:05-4:20pm

Simulation-based Assessment of the Impact of the Learning Curve and Robust Worker Scheduling on a PI Inspired Assembly Factory

Miguel Campos, Wencang Bao, Julien Maurice, Zhihan Liu, Benoit Montreuil and Leon McGinnis

4:20-4:45pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session T-C-1: Adaptive Hyperconnected Network Planning

Matthieu Lauras, Professor and Deputy-Head of the Industrial Engineering Center, IMT Mines Albi (Moderator)

3:35-3:50pm

Optimization Model-Driven Adaptation in Interconnected Manufacturing Networks

Selma Ferhat, Eric Ballot, Raphael Oger and Matthieu Lauras

3:50-4:05pm

Physical Internet Inspired Election Systems: Dynamic, Fair, and Secure Election Resource Allocations

Tiankuo Zhang, Benoit Montreuil, Ali Barenji and Praveen Muthukrishnan

4:05-4:20pm

Assortment Planning under Uncertainty in Physical Internet Enabled Supply Chains

Jisoo Park, Walid Klibi and Benoit Montreuil

4:20-4:45pm

Open Discussion

5-5:15pm

Board Bus to Gala Dinner Boat

Day 3 (Friday, May 31, 2024)

8-9am

Parallel Focused PI Sessions F-A

Focused Session F-A-1: Digital, Collaboration, and Business Models

Benoit Montreuil, Physical Internet Center Director, SCL Executive Director, Coca-Cola Chair Professor, Georgia Tech (Moderator)

8:00-8:15am

Towards Cyber-Physical Internet

Hang Wu, Ming Li and George Q. Huang

8:15-8:30am

Requirement analysis and technology assessment to ensure reliable end-to-end transportation of goods in the PI

Malte Spanuth and Rod Franklin

8:30-9:00am

Open Discussion

Focused Session F-A-2: Optimized and Virtual Reality Enabled Modular Container Loading

Frederick Benaben, SIReN Lab Co-Director, Professor IMT Albi, Adjunct Professor, Georgia Tech (Moderator)

8:00-8:15am

A Four-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Bin-packing Problem in the Cyber-Physical Internet: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach

Yi You and Ming Li

8:15-8:30am

A Physical Internet-Enabled Container Loading Solution Leveraging Virtual Reality and Building Information Modeling

Jorge Garcia Zamalloa, Julien Maurice, Miguel Campos, Ali Barenji and Benoit Montreuil

8:30-9:00am

Open Discussion

Focused Session F-A-3: Innovations Towards Hyperconnected Urban Logistics

Bill Ferrell, Fluor International Supply Chain Professor & Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Clemson University (Moderator)

8:00-8:15am

TBD

Authors to be added

8:15-8:30am

Unlocking the Future of Last Mile Delivery: Automated, Smart, Secure & Sustainable Solutions Right to Your Doorstep

David Ruth

8:30-9:00am

Open Discussion

9:10-10:40am

Plenary Session F-1: Toward Hyperconnected City Logistics

Louis Faugere, Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon (Moderator)

9:10-9:40am

Toward Hyperconnected City Logistics - On-Demand Synchromodal Urban Delivery Service Project in Bordeaux, France

Olivier Labarthe, Associate Professor in the Management of Operations and Information Systems (MOSI) Department, Kedge Business School

9:40-10:10am

Toward Hyperconnected City Logistics - Public Freight Transit System Project in Istanbul, Turkey

Baris Yildiz, Associate Professor, Koc University

10:10-10:40am

Panel Discussion

10:40-11:00am

Break

11-12:15pm

Parallel Focused PI Sessions F-B

Focused Session F-B-1: Hyperconnected Urban Logistics Ecosystem Design, Planning, and Pricing

Alan Erera, Associate Chair for Research and Manhattan Associates/Dabbiere Chair Professor, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (Moderator)

11:00-11:15am

Hyperconnected Urban Delivery with synergized public transportation options and containerization

Cecile Dupouy, François Clautiaux, Walid Klibi and Olivier Labarthe

11:15-11:30am

Dynamic Data-Driven Price Estimation Mechanism in Physical Internet Last-Mile Delivery

Andrii Galkin and Joris Beckers

11:30-11:45am

Using combinatorial auctions to allocate parcel logistic services in Hyperconnected City Logistics

Simon Kwon, Walid Klibi, Mathieu Dahan and Benoit Montreuil

11:45-12:15pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session F-B-2: Hyperconnected Resilience and Readiness to Risks and Disruptions

Uday Venkatadri, Department Head and Professor of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University (Moderator)

11:00-11:15am

Sustainability and resilience research challenges and opportunities in freight transport systems through the Physical Internet

Simon Anthony Lorenzo, Russell Thompson and Greg Foliente

11:15-11:30am

A quantitative risk assessment of ammonia storage and fueling in port area

Wenhua Qu

11:30-11:45am

Assessing and Enhancing Readiness in Hyperconnected Supply Chains

Mahmut Metin Inan, Matthieu Lauras, Mathieu Dahan and Benoit Montreuil

11:45-12:15pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session F-B-3: Technological Innovation and Hyperconnected Logistics

Bill Ferrell, Fluor International Supply Chain Professor & Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Clemson University (Moderator)

11:00-11:15am

The Influence of Robotics in Optimizing Logistic Processes at Hyperconnected Fulfillment Centers

Muhammad Naufal Wirawan and Muharman Lubis

11:15-11:30am

Disruptive Innovation in Warehouse Systems Toward the Physical Internet

Sayyid Taufiq Abdulhafizh and Muharman Lubis

11:30-11:45am

Strategic Incremental Innovation in Logistics Technology Toward Physical Internet: Case Analysis of SCM Improvements

Asha Sembiring and Muharman Lubis

11:45-12:15pm

Open Discussion

12:15-1:15pm

Lunch

1:15-2:15pm

Guest Plenary Session F-2: Integrating the Physical Internet into Supply Chain Digital Information Standards

Eric Ballot, Professor and Physical Internet Chair, Mines Paris - PSL (Moderator)

1:15-1:45pm

Goods Movement Process Using Transport Unit Identifier: Standardization Towards the Physical Internet

Michael Darden, Digital Information in the Supply Chain: ASTM F49.01 Subcommittee Chair, DFM Data Corp

1:45-2:15pm

2:15-3:15pm

Open Discussion

Parallel Focused PI Sessions F-C

Focused Session F-C-1: Toward Sustainable and Resilient Hyperconnected Regional Logistics

Rod Franklin, Full Professor of Logistics and Academic Director of Executive Education, Kühne Logistics University (Moderator)

2:15-2:30pm

Demand estimation adapted to hyperconnected transport systems in regional areas

Liz Araceli Cristaldo, Eva Petitdemange, Matthieu Lauras and Benoit Montreuil

2:30-2:45pm

Resilient Logistics Flow Routing in Hyperconnected Networks

Praveen Muthukrishnan, Onkar Kulkarni and Benoit Montreuil

2:45-3:15pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session F-C-2: Value of Interconnectivity, Sharing, Trust and Collaboration

Uday Venkatadri, Department Head and Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University (Moderator)

2:15-2:30pm

Unlocking the Potential of the Physical Internet: a Trust-enabling Decentralized Process Sharing Connector

Shiqi Sun, Philippe Michiels, Cathy Macharis, An Cant, Dries Van Bever and Koen Mommens

2:30-2:45pm

Value of Physical Internet-driven Collaborative Management in Multi-Actor Supply and Distribution Networks

Ashwin Pothen, Sahrish Jaleel Shaikh and Benoit Montreuil

2:45-3:15pm

Open Discussion

Focused Session F-C-3: Digital Twin Enhanced Hyperconnected Logistics

George Q. Huang, Chair Professor and Director of PolyU Research Institute of Advanced Manufacturing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Moderator)

2:15-2:30pm

Unleashing the Potential of Digital Twin-Enhanced Hyper Hubs

Ali Barenji, Benoit Montreuil Montreuil and Leon McGinnis

2:30-2:45pm

DT-PosFormer: A Digital Twin-enabled Transformer Network for Precise Pose Estimation and Trajectory Prediction of MiC Modules

Yujie Han and Zhiheng Zhao

2:45-3:15pm

Open Discussion

3:20-4pm

Next IPIC Location Announcement and Closing Ceremony