Every semester two students from the MIT Transportation Students Group, which is a coalition of graduate students in the Master of Science in Transportation program and the PhD program in transportation, organize the MIT CTL Distinguished Speaker Series in Transportation. This speaker series brings at least three speakers to MIT's campus in Cambridge each semester from fields that are studied by members of the Transportation Students Group, including transit, airlines, high speed rail, and intelligent transportation systems.
The lectures are free and open to the MIT community. Complimentary light lunch is provided 15 minutes prior to the start of the lecture.
For more information or to be added to our email list to receive event reminders, contact Joanna Moody and David Sindel.
SPRING SEMESTER 2016
Mar 9
Jim Barch, Director of Research and Development, Seventh Generation
Sustainable Supply Chains - Seventh Generation's Approach to Green Supply Chains
Location: E51-325
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, talk begins at 12:00pm and goes to 1pm.
Mar 4
Steve Sensing, President of Global Supply Chain Solutions, Ryder
Title: The Next Wave: Where Disruption and Innovation Converge
Location: E51-325
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, talk begins at 12:00pm and goes to 1pm.
Feb 26
CANCELLED - Title: Challenges & Opportunities for the African Airline Industry: A Panel Discussion with Key Executives
Location: 3-270
11:30am to 1:20pm. Complimentary lunch provided.
Panelists:
Mr. Tewolde Gebremariam Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Airlines
Mrs. Fatima Beyina-Moussa, Chief Executive Officer, Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir)
Mr. Henok Teferra, Chief Executive Officer, ASKY Airlines
Mr. Chris Diaz, Marketing Director, Kenya Airways
FALL SEMESTER 2015
Nov 19
Wendy Landman, Executive Director of WalkBoston
Walking - the most basic, most versatile, most critical transportation mode.
Location: 56-114
Lunch to be served at 12:00pm, lecture begins at 12:10pm and goes to 1pm.
SPRING SEMESTER 2015
May 5
Chris Jephson, Director of Learning, Maersk Line
Location: E51-315
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Apr 10
Jay H. Walder, President & CEO, Motivate
From Mass to Personal: Evolving Ideas of Public Transit
Location: W20-306
Lunch to be served at 12:15pm, lecture begins at 12:30pm and goes to 1:30pm.
Mar 19
Christopher Thomas, Partner & Founder, Fontinalis
The Next Generation of Mobility Technologies: A Venture Capital Perspective on Emerging Trends
Location: E25-111
1-2pm
FALL SEMESTER 2014
Dec 2
Zalmi Duchman, Founder & Chairman of The Fresh Diet
Scaling a High Growth Company on the Back of Logistics
Location: 76-156
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Nov 14
Flavio Leo, Deputy Director of Aviation Planning and Strategy, Massachusetts Port Authority
A Discussion on Boston Logan International Airport
Location: W20-491
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Oct 15
Professor Hilde Meersman, University of Antwerp
Professor Eddy van de Voorde, University of Antwerp
Port Capacity Expansion and Port Competition
Location: W20-307
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Oct 10
Dave Wheeler, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Cintas
The Journey to a Fully Integrated Global Supply Chain
Location: W20-306
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
SPRING SEMESTER 2014
April 18
Nicole Freedman, Director of Bicycle Programs, City of Boston
Location: W20-306
Lunch to be served at 12:00pm, lecture begins at 12:15pm and goes to 1pm.
April 4
Nicola Shaw, Chief Executive Officer, High Speed 1
High Speed Rail in the Private Sector - Some Lessons
Location: W20-306
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
FALL SEMESTER 2013
Nov 22
Brian Legan, Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton
The Information Revolution and the Future of Transportation
Location: W20-306
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Nov 14
Peter I. Keller, President of Sea Star Line
Global Container Market Trends
Location: E51-335
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Nov 8
Beverly A. Scott, PhD, Chief Executive Officer/General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Innovation at the MBTA and University Partnerships
Location: W20-306
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 12:45pm.
Nov 1
Robert C. Johns, Director and Associate Administrator of Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Transportation Research and Innovation at Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center
Location: 32-155
Lunch to be served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Sep 27
Pier Luigi Sigismondi, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Unilever
A World Class Supply Chain that Delivers Sustainable and Profitable Growth
Location: 32-155
Lunch served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
Sep 12
Stephen J. Szilagyi, Supply Chain Executive, Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Location: E51-325
Lunch served at 11:45am, lecture begins at noon and goes to 1pm.
SPRING SEMESTER 2013
May 10
Thomas Adler, President & Co-Founder, Resource Systems Group (RSG), Inc.
Transportation Research in the Green Mountain State: A Sampler
• Quantifying Forecast Risks from Complex Travel Demand Models
• The Missing Link: An Intercity Bus/Rail Trip Planner
Location: 3-270
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
Apr 23
Chris Sultemeier, Executive Vice President, Logistics, Walmart U.S.
Challenges and Opportunities in the WalMart Logistics Network
Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
Apr 5
Leon Daniels, Surface Transport Managing Director, Transport for London
Transport for London’s Experience Organizing Public Transportation for the 2012 Olympic Games
Location: W20-306
Stratton Student Center
Lecture begins at 12:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
FALL SEMESTER 2012
Nov 9
Tom Linton, Chief Procurement Officer, Flextronics
Strategic Supply Chain Strategy
Location: 35-225
Sloan Laboratory
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
Oct 19
Sadiq Gillani, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy, Lufthansa Group
The Future of the Global Airline Industry
Location: 32-124
Stata Center
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
Sept 28
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
Design and Implementation of the First Subway Line in Quito, Ecuador
Location: W20-306
Stratton Student Center
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
Sept 12
Zalmi Duchman, CEO The Fresh Diet
Growing a Company from Scratch: The Fresh Diet Story
Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Lecture begins at 4:00 pm
SPRING SEMESTER 2012
May 3
Paulo Sergio Custodio, Brazilian international consultant
Sustainable Transportation - is the world moving in this direction?
Location: 32-141
Stata Center
Complimentary lunch served at 11:30 am
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
Apr 19
Woody Richardson, Vice President of Engineering and Business Transformation for Schneider National, Inc.
Challenges in the Truckload Trucking Market
Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Complimentary lunch served at 11:30 am updated
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
Apr 13
Alex Herrgott, Director, Transportation and Infrastructure, Congressional and Public Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Federal Surface Transportation: Perspectives from Inside the Beltway
Location: W20-306, Twenty Chimneys
Stratton Student Center
Complimentary lunch served at 12:00 pm
Lecture begins at 12:30 pm
Mar 16
Michael E. Capuano, Member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
(poster)
U.S. Federal Transportation Legislation - Current Events
Location: W20-306, Twenty Chimneys
Stratton Student Center
Complimentary lunch served at 12:00 pm
Lecture begins at 12:30 pm
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
Mar 5
Sean Bumgarner, Director of Engineering at ABF Freight System, Inc.
Optimization and Operations at a Less-then-Truckload Carrier
Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Complimentary lunch served at 11:30 am
Lecture begins at 12:00 pm
FALL SEMESTER 2011
Nov 4
Petra Todorovich, the director of America 2050
High-Speed Rail - International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers
Location: W20-306, Twenty Chimneys
Stratton Student Center
Complimentary lunch served at 12:45
Lecture begins at 1:00 pm
Oct 21
Professors Hilde Meersman and Eddy Van de Voorde from the University of Antwerp
A new approach to structuring port competition
Location: W20-306, Twenty Chimneys
Stratton Student Center
Complimentary lunch served at 12:00
Lecture begins at 12:15 pm
Sept 15
Dr. Joshua Schank, President and CEO of the Eno Transportation Foundation
(presentation)
Performance-Driven or Bust: The Future of Federal Transportation Policy
Location: W20-407
Stratton Student Center
A light lunch will be provided starting at 12:30
Lecture begins at 1:00 pm
SPRING SEMESTER 2011
May 27
Jeff Sriver, CREATE program director
The CREATE Program – Decongesting Rail Traffic in Chicago
Location: 1-131
A light lunch will be provided starting at 12:15 pm
Lecture begins at 12:30 pm
March 11
Joseph Boardman, Amtrak President & CEO (presentation)
Strategies for Managing and Improving Amtrak Service in the Northeast Corridor
Location: W20-307 (Mezzanine Lounge)
A light lunch will be provided
April 1
Jonathan Richmond, MIT PhD Transportation Planning
Approaches to Professionalism in the Face of Mismanagement or Corruption in Developing Countries
Location: W20-307 (Mezzanine Lounge)
A light lunch will be provided
April 8
Mortimer Downey, Senior Advisor to Parsons Brinckerhoff
Prospects for Surface Transport Authorization: Can We Go Up the Down Escalator?
Location: 1-390 @ 1:00 pm
A light lunch will be provided starting at 12:30 pm in room 1-246
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
May 27
Jeffrey Sriver, CREATE Program Manager, Chicago Department of Transportation
The Chicago Region Environmental And Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program – Decongesting Rail Traffic in Chicago
Location: 1-131 @ 12:30 pm
A light lunch will be provided starting at 12:15 pm
FALL SEMESTER 2010
Sept 14
Rémy Prud'homme and Pierre Kopp
(biographies | poster | presentation (Kopp) | presentation (Prud'homme))
Professor (emeritus), Univ. Paris XII; Professor, Univ. Paris I (Sorbonne)
"Transportation challenges in Paris: Measuring subway congestion costs, assessing the explosion of two wheelers"
Location: W20-306 (Twenty Chimneys)
A light lunch will be provided.
Sept 28
Richard Davey (biography | poster | presentation)
General Manager, MBTA and Rail & Transit Administrator, MassDOT
"Transportation reform and the five priorities for transit"
Location: W20-306 (Twenty Chimneys)
A light lunch will be provided.
Nov 9
Randal O'Toole (biography | poster | abstract | presentation)
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
"How President Obama's Livability Policies Will Harm American Cities"
Location: W20-307
*Please note: For this event only, lunch will be served beginning at 12:30 with the lecture beginning at 12:45.
A light lunch will be provided.
SPRING SEMESTER 2010
Feb 26
Nicola Shaw (biography | poster | presentation)
Director, FirstGroup PLC
"Privately provided public transport: an operator's perspective from North America and the UK"
A light lunch will be provided.
March 12
John Thomas (biography | poster | presentation)
Head of L.E.K. Consulting's Air Transportation Practice
"Five reasons why the airline industry could be profitable"
A light lunch will be provided.
April 2
Peter Appel (biography | poster)
Administrator, U.S. DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration
"Laying the groundwork for the future transportation system: The role of research, technology, and professional development"
A light lunch will be provided.
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
April 30
Richard Thornton (biography | poster | abstract)
CTO, MagneMotion Inc. and MIT Professor of EECS Emeritus
"Efficient and affordable maglev opportunities in the United States"
A light lunch will be provided.
FALL SEMESTER 2009
Oct 30
Max Donath
Director, Intelligent Transport Systems Institute
"Addressing Patterns of Risk: Driver Assist Technologies for Reducing Road Fatalities"
A light lunch will be provided.Nov 20
Montie Brewer
Former President & CEO of Air Canada
"Five Reasons Why The Airline Industry Will Never be Profitable" (biography | poster)
A light lunch will be provided.
Dec 4
Robert Johns
Director, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (biography)
"The Role of the Volpe Center in Transportation Research and Innovation"
A light lunch will be provided.
SPRING SEMESTER 2009
May 8
Craig Philip
CEO, Ingram Barge Company
Freight Transport 30 Years Later
Refreshments will be served.
April 24
Ann Brach
Deputy Director, Strategic Highway Research Program
Driver Behavior Research in SHRP2
Refreshments will be served.
April 3
Jim Aloisi
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
March 20
Andy Wiley-Schwartz
Assistant Commissioner in Planning and Sustainability, NYC Department of Transportation
NYC's World Class Streets Program
February 6
Enrique Peñalosa
Former Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
Urban Happiness: what happens when you give street space back to people?
PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held in W20-491
FALL SEMESTER 2008
December 5
Professor Eduardo Engel
Professor of Economics, Yale University
Public Private Partnerships: When and How (paper | slides)
November 21
Dr. Norbert Handke
CEO, ITS Germany
Intelligent Transportation Systems (Europe: ITS Smarter than America) (slides)
November 14
Ron Huberman
President, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
Managing the CTA: A New President's Perspective (slides)
November 7
Dr. Fariba Alamdari
VP Market and Value Analysis, Business Strategy and Marketing Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Outlook on the Global Airline Industry
PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held in W20-407
SPRING SEMESTER 2008
May 9
Michael Dukakis
Former Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University
Why We Need the Steel Interstate-- and Why the Presidential Candidates Aren't Talking About It
Please Note: The Governor's talk will be held in the Bush Room (10-110)
April 18
Ian Savage
Professor, Department of Economics, Northwestern University
The Dynamics of Fare and Frequency Choice in Urban Transit
Please Note: Professor Savage's talk will be held in room W20-407
April 4
Jane Garvey
Former Chief Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Former Chief Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Former Director, Logan International Airport
The View from Washington: Policy and Political Issues Shaping Transportation
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
March 14
Randall Crane
Professor and Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Sex, Race, and the Journey to Work: What is Changing and Why?
February 29
Bill Brunger
Current PhD Candidate, Weatherhead School of Business, Case Western Reserve University
Former Senior Vice President of Network, Continental Airlines
The Impact of the Internet on Airline Fares
FALL SEMESTER 2007
December 7
Jeffrey M. Zupan
Transportation Senior Fellow, Regional Plan Association
Where Transit Works
November 16
Astrid C. Glynn
Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation
Developing Transportation Projects: Policy Perspectives
October 5
Dr. Yossi Sheffi
Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
CTL Research: Some Highlights
SPRING SEMESTER 2007
May 4
Peter Zuk
Chief Programmes Officer, London Underground, Transport for London, England
From Here to There, to Here Again
April 26
Chris Hendrickson
Duquesne Light Professor of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Sustainable Infrastructure
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture will be held on THURSDAY, April 26
April 20
Douglas B. MacDonald
Secretary of Transportation, Washington State Department of Transportation
Getting There. It isn’t Easy.
April 6
Bernard Cohen
Secretary of Transportation & Construction, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Current Challenges and the Future of Transportation in Massachusetts
PLEASE NOTE: This lecture is co-sponsored by MIT Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering as part of the MST Program Annual Open House.
March 16
Xinyu Cao, PhD
Associate Research Fellow, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute,
North Dakota State University
Smart Growth as a Strategy for Reducing Auto Dependence: Evidence from Northern California
February 23
David Quarmby, CBE, MA, PhD, HonDSc, FCILT, FRSA
Consultant and Chairman, Transport Research Institute, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Road Pricing – Now it’s for Real! Key Issues for the UK