News and Events

December Issue of the MITL Quarterly Newsletter

Results of the recent rapid transit survey show the McMaster community strongly supports a proposed light rail system for Hamilton.

First Call for Papers for the 2nd Annual TRANSLOG 2010 Conference In Transportation and Logistics
THEME:  Transportation as an Economic Enabler, February 1, 2010 Deadline is approaching

Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada (SCL) in partnership with SCI Group Inc. is pleased to announce the 2010 SCI Group Inc. National Student Paper Award.  Application form [doc] Further details can be found on the SCL website at www.sclcanada.org

How to Drive Gateway Growth in Hamilton-Niagara: Valuable Lessons from Kansas City, Presentation by Chris Gutierrez, President of Kansas City SmartPort
Hamilton: At the Centre of it All! Hamilton's goods movement community learns best practices from Kansas City.

A Sustainable Strategy for Developing Hamilton as a Gateway.  Report and study findings

Seminars

           

Ron N. Buliung, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor of Transport and Spatial Analysis
     Department of Geography
University of Toronto Mississauga

Date: Friday, January 29th at 3:30p.m.
Place: General Sciences Building, Rm. 330

 

All are Welcome to Attend

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Conferences

• Preparing for the Recovery: Best Practices in Transportation Planning and Procurement, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, February 17,2010,
• Future of Trucking Symposium, Transport Institute, University of Manitoba, February 17 to 19, 2010, Winnipeg, Man.
  
• The Conference Board of Canada Presents: The Strategic Supply Chain Management Forum, March 2-3, 2010, Toronto Board of Trade
• The Benefits of Implementing a National Transportation Management Solution, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, March 3, 2010
• National Job Fair & Training Expo, March 24 and 25
  Toronto, Ont.
  
• 23rd Annual GIS for Transportation Symposium: April 12-14, 2010, Charleston, West Virginia.
• ILS 2010, Third International Conference
  on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain, April 14-17, 2010 - Casablanca, Morocco
• 43rd Annual Conference: Leading the Logistics of Change Featuring the TRANSPO 2010 Trade Show, Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada and Canadian Industrial Transportation Association, May 4 and 5, 2010, Toronto, Ont.
• Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), May 30th- June 2nd, 2010, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2nd Annual TRANSLOG 2010 Conference: June 15-16, 2010, Hamilton, Ontario.

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Workshops

8th Annual Urban Transportation Summit, March 2-3, 2010, Toronto, Ontario

 

Related Topics

• Hamilton's Rapid Transit Team is moving forward with ambitious plans to implement rapid transit in Hamilton.
• Ontario Quebec Continental Gateway Strategy Paper (ppt)
• Green Commuter Vehicle Program
• Where We Want To Be:  Home Location Preferences And Their Implications For Smart Growth
• Study highlights importance of Ontario's marine industry
• Places to Grow. Better Choices. Brighter Future
• MoveOntario 2020
• Metrolinx: Shape Your Transportation Future: Participate in Regional Transportation Planning: Metrolinx white papers and green papers
• Ontario Smart growth Network
• Greenbelt Ontario
• Continental Gateway
• City of Hamilton Transportation Plan
• City of Hamilton Economic Development News
• Is a Career in public transit in your future?? CUTA Centennial Scholarship Awards 2008
• Goods Movement in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area: Modelling, Data Issues and the Development of an Establishment Survey Instrument
• Invest In Hamilton Video Hamilton At The Centre Of It All
• Hamilton Gateway Project
• Hamilton's New Urban Operating Plan
  

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Institutes and Labs

• Centre for Spatial Analysis
• GIS Laboratories
• McMaster Institute of Environment Health
• Advanced Optimization Laboratory, (Computing & Software)
• McMaster eBusiness Research Centre, (Degroote School of Business)

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