The International Urban Freight Conference, formerly known
as the National Urban Freight Conference, is scheduled for Oct. 8-10, 2013 at
The Westin Long Beach Hotel in downtown Long Beach, California.
The event, known as I-NUF, brings together researchers and
practitioners from throughout the world to share emerging, multi-disciplinary
research on all aspects of freight in metropolitan areas. Panels, presentations
and speakers from throughout the United States and 16 countries are scheduled
to be part of this year’s fifth annual event.
Session topics include: environmental impacts and responses;
the economics of urban trucking; port operations; emerging trends in
consumption, production, and spatial organization; security and vulnerability;
and best practices.
Also part of the schedule: optional site visits to a Ralphs
Grocery Distribution Center and the Alameda Corridor.
The keynote speaker for the Wed., Oct. 9 luncheon is Chuck
Holland, Vice President of Engineering at UPS, who will offer perspectives on
emerging trends in local package delivery including the impacts of e-commerce
and home shopping on the urban freight business.
Scheduled to be featured in a spotlight luncheon interview
on Tues., Oct. 8 is Jake Racker, Regional Logistics Director at Kroger Co.,
who’ll discuss recent changes in distribution for the grocery industry especially
in the area of automation.
The event is organized by METRANS Transportation Center, a
joint partnership between the University of Southern California and California
State University, Long Beach.
Registration and conference information is available at www.metrans.org, or by
calling (562) 985-2876.
