Speaker Type
Speaker
Full Name
Fernando Liesa Liesa Carrera
Job Title
Secretary General
Company
ALICE AISBL
Speaker Bio
Dr. Fernando Liesa is Secretary General at ALICE, Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe (www.etp-alice.eu) since its creation in 2013. Fernando is driving the development and growth of ALICE. ALICE is a non-for-profit industry led association based in Brussels with 200+ members and a secretariat team of 25 highly motivated individuals. ALICE reaches the full stakeholders’ groups within logistics and supply chain. ALICE is the alliance of European leading companies and experts implementing logistics and supply chain innovation. ALICE defines and drives the adoption of the medium-long term vision for logistics and supply management, building consensus on how to decarbonize logistics in the most affordable way possible and integrating technologies and innovation to achieve resillient and competitive supply chains. ALICE develops new concepts, manage knowledge generated in EU projects and initiatives creating a framework of collaboration within its members aiming at accelerating logistics performance, innovation and transition to zero emission logistics and the adoption of digitalization and automation towards the physical internet.
Fernando holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering by University of Zaragoza (2004, Spain). Fernando has 25+ years of experience in research, knowledge and innovation management and management of triple helix organizationslinked to environmental and chemical engineering, process industries, manufacturing and lately, (19+ years) to freight transport, logistics and supply chain management.
After his PhD, Fernando worked for the Technology Transfer Office of University of Zaragoza (2004-2006) and then moved to the Zaragoza Logistics Center (MIT Global Scale Network Center) as Knowledge Transfer & External Funding Director (2006 to 2014). He combined this position with the General Management of the Spanish Logistics Technology Platform, LOGISTOP (2007 to 2014). From 2014 to 2016, Fernando worked for ENIDE as Innovation Leader, being full time engaged with ALICE since September 2016.
Fernando is appointed member of the European Commission (DGMOVE) experts groups: Digital Transport and Logistics Forum launched in 2015 and of the Cooperative, Connected, Automated and Autonomous Mobility launched in 2019 and Urban Mobility launched in 2022. Fernando has worked for more than 25 years linked to the European Arena and Institutions.
Fernando is proud to have been awarded with the Physical Internet pioneer award in 2017.
Fernando holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering by University of Zaragoza (2004, Spain). Fernando has 25+ years of experience in research, knowledge and innovation management and management of triple helix organizationslinked to environmental and chemical engineering, process industries, manufacturing and lately, (19+ years) to freight transport, logistics and supply chain management.
After his PhD, Fernando worked for the Technology Transfer Office of University of Zaragoza (2004-2006) and then moved to the Zaragoza Logistics Center (MIT Global Scale Network Center) as Knowledge Transfer & External Funding Director (2006 to 2014). He combined this position with the General Management of the Spanish Logistics Technology Platform, LOGISTOP (2007 to 2014). From 2014 to 2016, Fernando worked for ENIDE as Innovation Leader, being full time engaged with ALICE since September 2016.
Fernando is appointed member of the European Commission (DGMOVE) experts groups: Digital Transport and Logistics Forum launched in 2015 and of the Cooperative, Connected, Automated and Autonomous Mobility launched in 2019 and Urban Mobility launched in 2022. Fernando has worked for more than 25 years linked to the European Arena and Institutions.
Fernando is proud to have been awarded with the Physical Internet pioneer award in 2017.
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