News & Events
Season’s Greetings from the IKIGAI project!
As 2025 draws to a close, the IKIGAI project reflects on a year of collaboration and looks ahead to 2026, focused on advancing practical standards, real-world pilots and progress towards zero-emission, Physical Internet-enabled freight transport.
Launching the Physical Internet Ambassadors Community
The IKIGAI project launched the Physical Internet (PI) Ambassadors Community, a key step forward in our mission to enable open, collaborative, and zero-emission freight transport systems.
Participation of the IKIGAI project at the ALICE Logistics Innovation Summit
The IKIGAI project took part at the Logistics Innovation Summit 2025, held on 23-24 October at the Tangla Hotel in Brussels. Through its participation, IKIGAI underscored its mission to accelerate the adoption of the Physical Internet (PI) by 2040 and support the European Green Deal objectives.
IKIGAI workshop “Towards Standards for the Physical Internet: Building the Foundations for Global Interoperability”
On 22 October 2025, the IKIGAI Project took part in the international workshop “Towards Standards for the Physical Internet: Building the Foundations for Global Interoperability”, held in Brussels and co-organised by ALICE (Alliance for Logistics Innovation through...
Why Is the project titled IKIGAI
In Japanese, ikigai means “a reason for being” – the point where what we love, what the world needs, what we are good at, and what we are paid for intersect. This concept is not just a name; it is the foundation of the IKIGAI Project’s purpose and vision.
IKIGAI represents a deeply held belief that the Physical Internet (PI) is essential to the future of logistics.
Kick-off meeting in Rome
On 8-9 July 2025, the IKIGAI consortium gathered in Rome for its official Kick-off Meeting, hosted by project coordinator FIT Consulting srl. This two-day event marked the formal launch of IKIGAI, a Horizon Europe project dedicated to advancing the Physical Internet (PI) and achieving the twin transition of logistics digitalisation and decarbonisation in Europe.
