Session 4 - Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 14:30 - 16:00

Moderator: Kris Neyens, Manager Internationalisation at VIL Flanders Innovation Cluster for Logistics & Hyperloop Theme Manager

• Automated high-speed Hyperloop cargo transportation for a sustainable logistics network. Walter Neu. Prof. Dr., Board of Directors - Institute of Hyperloop Technology (IHT)
• 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. Manager Internationalisation at VIL Flanders Innovation Cluster for Logistics & Hyperloop Theme Manager 

Moderator: Andreas Nettsträter, CEO Open Logistics Foundation

• 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
• Faith, Hope and Data sharing! - Deep concerns due to quality and the consequences from that. Trafikverket. Per Eriksson. Transport economics and logistics. Transport Administration, Sweden

Moderator: Konstantinos Katsaros, Head of Intelligent Networks & Services at I-SENSE / ICCS NTUA

• 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

Moderator: Ioanna Fergadiotou, INLECOM, Physical Internet in URBANE’s Living Labs

• 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
• PI readiness of city logistics ecosystems &  impact driven PI nodes & corridors of the TEN-T, Dr Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Research Director – Deputy Director HIT/CERTH
• 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