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October 2006
Freight and logistics symposium goes green
“Greening the Supply Chain: Environmental Innovations” is the title of the Tenth Annual Freight and Logistics Symposium, to be held December 1 in Minneapolis. Representatives from the business community, academia, and the public sector will describe environmentally sensitive approaches currently in use as well as discuss new directions and trends within the industry for “greening” the supply chain.
Opening remarks will be given by Robert Johns, CTS director; Rebecca Jasper, president of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals; and Ron Have, chair of the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee.
Larry Lair, general manager of 3M’s Traffic Safety Systems Division, will make the keynote presentation, focusing on how 3M’s small changes in packaging methods and freight transport have had a major impact on the environment. He will be introduced by Doug Differt, Mn/DOT deputy commissioner.
The symposium will then turn to two panel sessions. The first, “Current Directions in Industry,” will be moderated by John Hausladen, with panelists Vince Sullivan, Port of Tacoma; Roger Poyer, manager of hub and facility operations with BNSF; and Buddy Polovick, chief shipper coordinator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The second panel, “Freight and the Environment: Future Scenarios,” will be moderated by Cecil Selness, director of Mn/DOT’s Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations. Panelists will be Jerry Nagel, president of Northern Great Plains, Inc.; David Kittelson, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota; Alfred Marcus, professor in the U of M Carlson School of Management (invited); and Bob Clarke, Truck Manufacturers Association.
The symposium is sponsored by CTS in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the Metropolitan Council, and the Transportation Club.
For additional information, contact Electra Sylva, 612-624-3708, conferences5@cce.umn.edu. You may also register online at www.cts.umn.edu/events/logsymposium.