How to Join

Why become Alice member?

• Be at the forefront of industry innovation, development and implementation.
• Have the right to participate in the Thematic Groups (TGs) and General Assemblies along with all ALICE activities and have the option to be part of the Executive Group and recommend experts to participate in the different TGs.
• Contribute needs and challenges to industry research and innovation in logistics and supply chain management
• Support and assist the European Commission to define EU co-funded programs, starting with HORIZON 2020 and Horizon Europe, and to implement the outcomes  of these programs in support of competitiveness and sustainability targets.
• Access a network  for  interdisciplinary collaborative research & innovation involving industry, academia and public institutions.
• Have a role in developing regulatory requirements needed for innovation implementation.

What I need to do to become a member?

To participate and become a member of ALICE, interested organizations will need to comply with ALICE Statutes and Terms of Reference

To apply for membership, the following forms need to be filled in:

ALICE membership application form

Thematic Group membership Request Form

Thematic Group membership form can be filled in a second stage, after membership is confirmed

Thematic Groups (TGs) are forums in which members discuss and agree on research and innovation needs, define actions and activities to be developed in the frame of ALICE in particular aiming ALICE roadmap (s) implementation. The current ALICE Thematic Groups are the following:

• TG1. Efficient and low emission assets and energy
• TG2. Corridors, hubs and synchromodality.
• TG3. Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics.
• TG4. Global Supply Network Coordination and Collaboration.
• TG5. Urban Logistics.

TGs members are expected to participate in TG activities. Online web-meetings and webinars are mostly used whenever possible to develop the activities. Additionally, face to face meetings (1 per year max) in a European city: London, Brussels, Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam or similar could take place. TG members may review and contribute to the documents generated by the ETP, specifically the research and innovation roadmaps and the research and innovation topic recommendations presented to the European Commission in preparation for Horizon 2020 calls and programmes such as Horion Europe.

If your decisión on joining one thematic group is still not clear for you after going through this information then you may fill in ALICE membership application form first, then we can exchange directly and decide which Thematic Group/s fit(s) better the interest and expertise you will bring.

Members annual membership fee:

(1) For new companies and start-ups, 60, 40 and 20% reductions of the fee are applied in the first 3 years of membership. It is applicable for companies with less than 3 years old. Send justification together with the form.