Students from all of MIT's Supply Chain & Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Centers, 117 in total will conduct a gala event featuring presentations of their Thesis Project Posters. In addition, MIT CTL Researchers will provide a series of 15-minute snapshots of their research projects. A coat and tie affair, food and drinks will be served. Co-hosted by CSCMP, APICS, and SCC.

Network with global supply chain and operations executives, industry professionals, and the MIT community!

Date: January 22, 2014                Time: 4:30-8:00pm  Location:  75 Amherst Street, Floor 6, Cambridge, MA 02142 (MIT Media Lab building, Building E14)   Parking:Free parking in designated lots.     Food: Hors D’oeuvres,Pasta, Champagne, Beer, Wine, Soft drinks, Desserts.      Attire: Business Formal (Coat and Tie).  Flyer: here.

Program Schedule:

5:00 - 5:15pm             Dr. Jarrod Goentzel:  Humanitarian Response Lab - upply          Chains to Save Lives and Improve Livelihoods. 

5:15 - 5:30pm             Dr. Bruce Arntzen:  Hi-Viz Project - Visualization of Global Supply Chain Flows & Identification of Risks. 

5:30 - 5:45pm                         Mr. Jim Rice: Demystifying Supply Chain Innovation. 

6:00 - 6:15pm             Professor Yossi Sheffi: Logistics Clusters as Economic Engines.

6:15 - 6:30pm                         Dr. Roberto Perez-Franco:  Establishing Supply Chain Strategies. 

6:30 - 6:45pm             Dr. Tony Craig: Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Freight: Standards and Tools. 

7:00 - 7:15pm             Dr. Edgar Blanco: Megacity Logistics Lab: Better Logistics for Cities, Better Cities for Logistics. 

7:15 - 7:30pm             Dr. Chris Caplice:  Freightlab Initiatives - Covering the Procurement, Design, and Management of Freight Transportation Systems. 

7:30 - 7:45pm             Dr. Alexis Hickman:  Barriers and Opportunities in Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chains.

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Tickets

$20.00 Boston APICS Member Registration

$20.00 Non-Member Registration

$18.00 Unemployed Member Registration

$18.00 Unemployed Non-Member Registration

$18.00 Student Registration

$20.00 Boston APICS Board Member Registration