Alicia Martínez de Yuso from Zaragoza Logistics Center, giving a talk in the framework of the Transport Research Arena 2024 held in Dublin from April 14 – 18, where the project has also a dedicated space into the ALICE etp Innovation village alongside other 26 EU funded projects.

Attendees had the opportunity to know the latest updates on the project developement. During her talk, she highligthed that “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 supply chains 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴”.

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