Past Events Archive

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series: José Holguín-Veras, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Nov 02, 2012 at 8:00AM - Nov 02, 2012 at 9:00AM

MIT Room E62-687

On the Appropriate Objective Function for Post-Disaster Humanitarian Logistics Models: Social Cost and Deprivation Cost Functions

Q&A brownbag lunch, drinks and cookies provided

Abstract

There is an increasing body of research that suggests the existence of substantial differences between commercial and humanitarian logistics. In a previous publication, Holguín-Veras et al. (2012a) highlighted the importance of making a distinction between regular humanitarian logistics, e.g., the routing delivery of critical supplies to chronic crisis regions, and post-disaster humanitarian logistics that are...

Dr. Yossi Sheffi Keynote Speaker at Best Practices in Global Transportation & Logistics

Oct 25, 2012 at 9:00AM - Oct 25, 2012 at 9:00AM

Best Practices in Global Transportation & Logistics

Join us for a FREE Virtual Conference Event designed to help logistics and supply chain professionals better understand and overcome the mounting challenges of global transportation and logistics management.

Keynote: The Rise of Logistics Clusters

Presented by: Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director,
MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics
Moderator: Frank Quinn, Editorial Director,
Supply Chain Management Review

Dr. Sheffi will discuss the emergence of logistics clusters — communities that bring together a broad range of supply chain services...

The Carbon Footprint of Freight: Tools & Methods

Oct 25, 2012 at 4:30AM - Oct 25, 2012 at 12:00PM

MIT CTL E40-298

Objective: The workshop is designed to bring together different stakeholders to discuss the tools and methods of measuring the carbon footprint of transportation in the supply chain. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from leading experts on current methods for measuring carbon footprints and voice their opinion on what is needed from the next generation of carbon measurement tools. The results of this workshop will be used to help define the most important characteristics of a future decision support tool.

Hosts:Dr. Tony Craig & Dr. Edgar Blanco

Sponsor:National Cooperative...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "The Future of the Global Airline Industry" - Sadiq Gillani (10/19)

Oct 19, 2012 at 8:00AM - Oct 19, 2012 at 9:00AM

Location: 32-124
Stata Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This event is co-promoted with the Transportation Club. A light lunch will be served.

Presentation

Sadiq Gillani
Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy, Lufthansa Group

Topic: The Future of the Global Airline Industry
This interactive session will address key trends emerging in the airline industry over the next decade, including winners and losers as well as major challenges and opportunities.

Time: Friday, October 19 (updated!), 12:00 to 1:00pm. Lunch to be served shortly before noon.

Bio:
Sadiq Gillani is a Senior Vice President at Lufthansa Group, responsible for developing the Group's strategic direction. He was previously a partner with Seabury, a boutique airline consultancy and...

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series: Ian Heigh, Everywhere Humanitarian Response and Logistics Services

Oct 11, 2012 at 8:00AM - Oct 11, 2012 at 8:50AM

 MIT Room E62-550

Humanitarian Logistics: Experiences from the Field
Q&A brownbag lunch, drinks and cookies provided

Speaker Bio

Ian Heigh has been involved in delivering international humanitarian assistance for over 15 major disasters since the mid 1990s, working as a logistician and response manager, largely with the International Red Cross (IFRC) and the United Nations. This has been interspersed with a career in commercial logistics.

Ian led a team to re-engineer the IFRC’s global supply chain, leading to the European Supply Chain Award for Excellence. He received the best thesis award while completing...

SCE Symposium: Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies (10/10)

Oct 10, 2012 at 4:00AM - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:00PM

This symposium is for CTL Partners, guests and invited SCRLC guests. 

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Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies

October 10, 2012

MIT Faculty Club – Dining Room 5
MIT Campus, Cambridge, Ma.

Each new day brings evidence of the challenges and risks that business and our society face. The evidence comes in many forms – natural disasters, quality failures, labor action, terrorist attacks, supplier failures, industrial accidents. The result is increasingly significant and wide reaching in scope. Businesses are therefore called to deal with these risks proactively to put in place measures that will mitigate the impacts and protect their...

MIT CTL Global Leadership Lecture Series - "Strengthening the U.S. Supply Chain" - Matthew K. Rose, BNSF (10/3)

Oct 03, 2012 at 12:00PM - Oct 03, 2012 at 1:00PM

MIT Campus
Wong Auditorium
Tang Center (E51-315)

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Open to MIT Community and CTL Supply Chain Exchange members.

View the event flyer here | Video of the lecture

Matthew K. Rose Chairman and CEO BNSF
Wednesday 3 October from 4 to 5 PM
Global Leadership Lecture Series
"Strengthening the U.S. Supply Chain"

Since 2000, Rose has been Chief Executive Officer of BNSF Railway Company, which became a Berkshire Hathaway-owned company in 2010. He has also held the position of Chairman since 2000.

In June of 1999, he was made President and Chief Operating Officer. For almost two years prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. He joined Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) in 1993 and held several positions in the Merchandise...

CTL Particpates at CSCMP's Annual Global Conference 2012

Sep 30, 2012 at 3:00AM - Oct 03, 2012 at 8:00AM

Atlanta, GA

CTL will figure prominently at CSCMP's Annual Global Conference 2012 in Atlanta in September.  Join us for lively panel discussions, debates, and educational sessions, as we tackle the latest issues and trends facing supply chain & logistics professionals today.

 

Track 3: Current Issues II
Monday 10/1, 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm; Rm B-406
Logistics Clusters: A Path to Economic Growth and Jobs

In this session Professor Sheffi will outline the main ideas in his newest book: "Logistics Clusters: Delivering...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "Design and Implementation of the First Subway Line in Quito, Ecuador" - Ramiro Almeida (9/28)

Sep 28, 2012 at 8:00AM - Sep 28, 2012 at 9:00AM

Location: W20-306
Stratton Student Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ramiro Almeida
Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Former Advisor of Foreign Affairs of the City of Quito, Ecuador; president of Libri Mundi, Ecuador.

Topic: Design and Implementation of the First Subway Line in Quito, Ecuador

Time: Noon to 1:00pm, lunch served at 11:30am

Ramiro Almeida until recently was senior advisor for special projects and foreign affairs for the City of Quito, Ecuador. He led a three-year effort to plan, design and implement the city’s first subway line, the most important project in Quito’s modern history. It is the most recent of his wide variety of...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "Growing a Company from Scratch: The Fresh Diet Story" - Zalmi Duchman (9/12)

Sep 12, 2012 at 12:00PM - Sep 12, 2012 at 1:00PM

Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Zalmi Duchman

CEO The Fresh Diet

Topic: Growing a Company from Scratch: The Fresh Diet Story

Time:
4:00 pm – Lecture begins

Zalmi Duchman is Chief Executive Officer and the Founder of YS Catering dba, The Fresh Diet. He began operations on January 1, 2006, with three clients. While Zalmi "shopped and dropped", his wife "cooked and packed". Today, Zalmi has grown his business to become the largest US food producer in the freshly-prepared, daily delivery category - which now delivers meal plans to thousands of clients nationwide.

Conseq...