2021

The Smart Freight Centre presents its 3rd annual Smart Freight Symposium, hosted by the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. The event was completely online.

This event has now ended. Click here to view a summary of the event and link to presentation files and video recordings.

Building on the success of last year’s symposium, Smart Freight Centre’s Symposium 2021 will again feature speakers from government and industry leaders and non-profits, as well as updates from university researchers on goods movement.

DATES

Friday, November 19, 9:00 a.m. to 1 pm – Industry focused Symposium

Friday, November 26, 9:00 a.m. to 1 pm – Graduate Symposium

The zoom link will be sent to the attendees 24 hours prior to the event.

STUDENT PRESENTATION COMPETITION

New this Year! We are organizing a student presentation competition with a prize of $1,000 through generous support from Kinaxis Canada.

Here are the competition rules and guidelines.

SPEAKERS’ BIOS

Download PDF: Speakers’ bios (This is a live document and will be updated as more speakers’ bios are submitted)

PROGRAM

Download PDF: Smart Freight Symposium 2021 Program

Friday, November 19, 9:00 a.m. to 1 pm – Industry Session

page one of Smart Freight Symposium program

 

Friday, November 26, 9:00 a.m. to 1 pm – Academic Session

page two of Smart Freight Symposium program

 

Symposium Chair

Dr. Elkafi Hassini, Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University and Chair, Smart Freight Centre.