News & Events

The ALICE–JPIC webinar explored Japan’s Physical Internet Maturity Model (PIMM), highlighting how structured maturity frameworks, collaboration and international exchange can support scalable, interoperable and zero-emission logistics transformation.

The third IPIC 2026 webinar explored how AI can support the Physical Internet through data-driven decision-making, adaptive collaboration and shared logistics planning. Organised with ALICE, IKIGAI and KEDGE Business School, the session highlighted practical approaches to more collaborative, efficient and zero-emission urban logistics systems, demonstrating how AI can help operationalise Physical Internet principles in real-world logistics networks.

Webinar explored Physical Internet applications for integrating freight into public transport, co-organised by IKIGAI, ALICE, DISCO, Shift2Zero and URBANE, highlighting urban and rural logistics improvements and emission reduction potential.

The transition toward Physical Internet–enabled logistics is accelerating globally. The EU-funded IKIGAI project contributes by translating strategic vision into practical implementation through innovation, piloting and international cooperation supporting collaborative, interoperable and sustainable logistics networks.

An international expert workshop gathered researchers, industry stakeholders and standardisation experts to explore how innovation pilots and emerging logistics solutions can scale into interoperable Physical Internet systems supporting efficient, collaborative and zero-emission logistics networks.

IKIGAI contributed to a Smart Freight Centre-led white paper on implementing book and claim for low-emission road freight. With input from P&G, Normec Verifavia and GRUBER Logistics, it provides a verified, standardised framework enabling credible, scalable emissions reporting.

On 13 January 2026, the IKIGAI Project held the hybrid kick-off meeting of Logistics Innovation 5 (LI5) “GS1 SMART-Box pooling governance scaling up to Belgium and France” in Brussels and online. The event was hosted by GS1 Europe. LI5 addresses the specific business challenge of deploying reusable, standardised modular boxes on a large scale through open, economically viable pooling models.

IKIGAI was featured at an IDSA Tech Talk on interoperable, sovereign data spaces, highlighting its role in advancing standardised, IDSA-aligned data sharing for logistics through interoperability frameworks, pilots, and impact-driven dissemination and governance innovation efforts.