Third Annual Symposium for City Logistics for the Urban Economy

The City Logistics for the Urban Economy (CLUE) recently hosted a vibrant knowledge café and poster competition to showcase the past year’s research. This symposium, organized with the Smart Freight Centre—a collaboration of researchers from McMaster University, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of Toronto, York University, and stakeholders from the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)—attracted over 70 participants from academic, the public sector, and the private sector.

The event began with welcoming remarks from Professor Matt Roorda of the University of Toronto.

The symposium featured two sessions with four poster themes. Each theme had ten posters, making it 40 posters in total. The themes were:

• Electrification and Emissions. Click here to view the posters of this theme
• Data-Driven Methods and Transportation Planning. Click here to view the posters of this theme
• Social, Environmental, and Safety Impacts. Click here to view the posters of this theme
• New Technologies and Operational Models. Click here to view the posters of this theme

The best presenter award was given for each theme to acknowledge outstanding presentations.

• For theme one—Electrification and Emissions—Tareq Alsaleh (Toronto Metropolitan University) was the best presenter for his theme. The image below shows Professor Kevin Gingerich (Professor at York University) giving the award on behalf of the Smart Freight Centre.

• For theme two—Data-Driven Methods and Transportation Planning—Farah Ghizzawi (University of Toronto) was the best presenter for her theme. The image below shows John Ballantyne (Vice President of Video Products at Geotab) giving the award on Geotab’s behalf.

• For theme three—Social, Environmental, and Safety Impacts—Sara Torbatian (University of Toronto) was the best presenter for her theme. The image below shows Matthew Roorda (Professor at University of Toronto) giving the award on Mobility Network’s behalf.

• For theme four—New Technologies and Operational Models—Jowel Akkeh (York University) was the best presenter for her theme. The image below shows Dariuz Grabka (Head of Digital Lab at Purolator) and Serbo Dimic (Research Manager at Purolator) giving the award on Purolator’s behalf.

Symposium Co-Chairs

Dr. Matthew Roorda, Canada Research Chair in Freight Transportation and Logistics. Professor, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto

Dr. Carlos Rivera-Gonzalez. Post-Doctoral Fellow,Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto