Supply Chain Frontiers issue #5. Read all articles in this issue.
Zaragoza's Expo Win
The city of Zaragoza, Spain, has been selected to host the 2008 Expo, beating the Italian and Greek cities of Trieste and Salonika for the honor of staging this major international event.
The victory is also good news for the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics program, a partnership between CTL and the Government of Aragon in Spain. The 2008 Expo will bring big investments in infrastructure and raise the profile of Zaragoza as a center of commerce. The program, sited in the PLAZA logistics park adjacent to the city, inaugurated the Masters in Logistics & Supply Chain Management degree this year.
The theme of the 2008 Expo is water and the sustainable development of cities. General world Expos are to be held in Aichi, Japan, next year and Shanghai in 2010. The Paris-based International Exhibitions Bureau oversees the events.