12:15 PM Registration and Networking - 70th Anniversary Industry Workshop
12:45 PM Welcome
Bret Johnson, Interim Director, NUTC
1:00 – 2:30 PM Session 1: Talent, Leadership, and Purpose in Preparation for the Next 30 Years
Moderator: Elsy Ocejo, Fractional COO/CSCO
J. Edward Colgate, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Allen and
Johnnie Breed Senior Professor in Design; Director, NSF Engineering Research Center
on Human AugmentatioN via Dexterity (HAND)
Xiaopeng Li, Harvey D. Spangler Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Director, USDOT Rural Autonomous Vehicle Program for People Movement, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2:30 – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 – 3:30 PM Presentation: Retrospective of the Transportation Center over 7 Decades
Rachel Cole, Head of Northwestern Transportation Library
3:30 – 5:00 PM Session 2: 70 Years Forward: NUTC's Legacy and the Next Chapter in Transportation & Supply Chain Systems
Moderator: Joseph Schofer, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern
Ben Mclean, CEO, Ruan Transportation Management Systems
Ian Savage, Associate Chair, Professor of Instruction, Department of Economics, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern
Karen Smilowitz, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, Northwestern; James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences,
McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science; Professor of Operations, Kellogg
School of Management
Jeff Silver, CEO, Master Logistics Systems; Chair, NUTC Business Advisory Council (BAC)
Justin Zubrod, Managing Partner, Justin Zubrod & Company; former Chair, NUTC BAC
Andrea Cehaic
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