Past Events Archive

50 Years of Earth Day: MIT Perspectives in the Face of Radical Change

Apr 22, 2020 at 2:00PM - Apr 22, 2020 at 3:00PM

Join us on the 50th Earth Day to explore what the path forward may look like to the 2050 Climate Goals and a more sustainable future in the face of radical change. The session will explore ecological, political, technological, and industrial perspectives on the intersections of sustainability, climate change, and innovation, what this means now and for the future. 

In a time of great uncertainty, this session convenes experts from across MIT to discuss current realities and the path forward from 2020 to 2050. Collectively, panelists will provide an understanding of the status of key issues...

POSTPONED: Analytics & Automation of the Future – Asia

Mar 24, 2020 at 3:00PM - Mar 25, 2020 at 5:00PM

Dell Technologies
2 International Business Park Rd
#01-34 The Strategy
Singapore

***PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed until May due to increased travel risk. A new date will be announced soon.***

Over the past three years, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has convened a number of roundtables to explore different aspects of Machine Learning and how it impacts the supply chain. Most recently, we explored the challenges of acquiring, preparing and managing the right data as well as the work needed to turn data into the fuel that will run machine learning models effectively and efficiently.

Our most recent roundtables include:

• Data Management...

Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience - Research Briefing

Mar 17, 2020 at 12:00PM - Mar 17, 2020 at 1:15PM

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

In response to a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened an expert committee to conduct a study to document and understand the strengths and vulnerabilities of the supply chain networks affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in 2017. The study report recommends strategies, applicable to both the private and public sectors, for strengthening the resilience of these networks.

This unique National Academies activity was informed by two additional activities. First, The CNA Institute for Public...

POSTPONED: MIT FreightLab Summit

Mar 17, 2020 at 12:00PM - Mar 18, 2020 at 12:30PM

***IMPORTANT UPDATE: In consideration of MIT event policies during COVID-19 the FreightLab Summit is postponed until further notice.

We will be modifying all of our events to make them virtual or reschedule them for an appropriate time in the future when the risks have abated.

***This MIT FreightLab Summit is exclusively for members of the MIT CTL Supply Chain Exchange and invited guests. If you are not a member of the Supply Chain Exchange and are interested in attending this roundtable, please reach out to CTL Events at ctl-events@mit.edu.***

Commercial trucking in the United States is an...

A Coronavirus Briefing with MIT

Mar 16, 2020 at 9:00AM - Mar 16, 2020 at 12:00PM

Join the MIT Industrial Liaison Program with professors Yossi Sheffi, Alex Pentland, and Andrew Lo for a special webinar highlighting the impacts of COVID-19 on business.

Join us to consider:
* What should firms be doing with their supply chain now?
* Who is most at risk in your organization? What should firms be doing to prevent catastrophic spread of the virus inside their organizations?
* What do executives need to be watching now in financial markets?

AGENDA and Background

9:00-10:00: The Impact of COVID-19 on Business and Supply Chain

What happens to a company when the unimaginable...

Virtual Exchange on Coronavirus Response

Mar 11, 2020 at 10:00AM - Mar 11, 2020 at 11:00AM

MIT CTL will convene and host a Coronavirus Virtual Exchange exclusively for Supply Chain Exchange members to share their experiences, responses, and issues related to the coronavirus outbreak.

We will facilitate conversation between guests. We encourage you to join by video or telepresence in order to get the most value from the exchange. The exchange facilitators are:

• Prof. Yossi Sheffi – Director, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
• Jim Rice – Deputy Director, MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
• Dr. Jarrod Goentzel – Director, MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab

This...

POSTPONED: Analytics & Automation of the Future – North America

Mar 10, 2020 at 3:00PM - Mar 11, 2020 at 5:00PM

Dell Technologies 
50 Constitution Blvd
Franklin, MA 02038

***PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed until later this spring due to increased travel risk. A new date will be announced soon.***

Agenda | Where to Stay

Over the past three years, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has convened a number of roundtables to explore different aspects of Machine Learning and how it impacts the supply chain. Most recently, we explored the challenges of acquiring, preparing and managing the right data as well as the work needed to turn data into the fuel that will run machine learning models effectively and efficiently.

Our most recent...

Webinar: Coronavirus and the Supply Chain with Professor Yossi Sheffi

Mar 05, 2020 at 10:00AM - Mar 05, 2020 at 11:00AM esearch Scientist Alexis Bateman hosts MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi for an interview to uncover some of the pending supply chain impacts to be expected resulting from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. We will explore how the coronavirus is already impacting supply chains and what the impact may look like in the near future. He will discuss some results from an ongoing survey gauging how corporate supply chains are being impacted, and what decision makers are doing about it. With these results, Prof. Sheffi will advise how companies should respond in the near term and what this means for future disruptions. There will be a brief opportunity at the end of the webinar to ask Professor Yossi Sheffi questions.

Distinguished Speaker Series - Global Trade & Security

Feb 26, 2020 at 4:30PM - Feb 26, 2020 at 6:00PM

Wong Auditorium: MIT Building E51

Location

Join us in welcoming Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Chairman of Spitzberg Partners and a former German Federal Minister of Defense. This will be a fireside chat, interview hosted by Professor Yossi Sheffi. Topics will cover everything from general business to politics, global trade, security, and economics.

 

Register

 

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg served as the German federal minister of defense from 2009 to 2011 and as federal minister of economics and technology from February 2009 to October 2009. As minister of defense, he led the most significant structural reform of the German armed...

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series - UNICEF: Supply Chain in Service – Improving Results for Children

Jan 31, 2020 at 12:00PM - Jan 31, 2020 at 1:00PM

MIT Tang Center: E51-325 | Map it

MIT CTL regularly hosts a Humanitarian Speaker Series throughout the academic year. All MIT students, staff, affiliates and alumni are invited to attend.

This talk, hosted by the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab will feature Ryan McWhorter, Manager, Supply Chain Design and Practice Unit at the Supply Chain Strengthening Centre, UNICEF. Ryan will be speaking to the role that the supply chain plays within the larger institution at UNICEF as well as presenting specific projects that his center is currently involved in. 

His main topics of discussion will be:

1. Emergency Preparedness and...