The German Center for Research and Innovation, DB Schenker, and the University Alliance Ruhr cordially invite you to a panel discussion on: Green Logistics Thursday, December 11, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. with Prof. Dr. Uwe Clausen Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics and Dr. Genevieve Giuliano Senior Associate Dean for Research & Technology; Director, METRANS Transportation Center Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California and Fabio Freccia Head of Logistics, Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations and Susanne Salomon Manager, Eco Excellence, DB Mobility Logistics AG German House, 871 United Nations Plaza (First Ave. at 49th Street), New York, NY RSVP by December 8 by clicking here. Registration is required to attend. Seating is limited. Logistics has become an indispensable component of today’s global economy. Worldwide supply chains and worldwide distribution networks are a key performance factor for many companies as they attempt to coordinate activities in a way that meets customer requirements at minimum costs. In the past, the costs were defined in purely monetary terms. Today, as ecological issues play an increasingly important role, companies are starting to take into account the external costs of logistics, especially with respect to climate change and environmental devastation. Sustainable logistics is a key priority for DB Schenker, which aspires to become the world’s leading green logistics service provider and to prove that CO2 emissions can be reduced as transport increases. Sustainable logistics is also an area of focus for The Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen’s green logistics systems create environmental value by reducing resource and water consumption, emissions, fine particulate pollution, and waste. Representatives from Fraunhofer IML, TU Dortmund, and USC will join the industry representatives on the panel to discuss strategies and technologies they have developed to optimize logistic processes and to minimize material and energy utilization throughout the supply chain. germaninnovation.org dbschenker uaruhr.org Speaker Biographies: Uwe Clausen is Managing Director of the Institute of Transport Logistics at TU Dortmund University. Since 2001, he has also served as Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics in Dortmund and since 2003, Chairman of the Fraunhofer Traffic and Transportation Alliance. Dr. Clausen worked in the logistics service industry as European Operations Director at Amazon and Logistics Manager at Deutsche Post DHL. In July 1995, he achieved the title of Dr.-Ing. with his doctoral thesis on transportation network optimization at TU Dortmund University. Dr. Clausen has been a member of the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI) board since 2012 (and as a representative of Fraunhofer within ECTRI since 2005). He is an advisory council member of the Association of German Transportation companies (VDV), a member of the scientific advisory board of the Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e.V., and Chairman of the scientific committee EffizienzCluster Ruhr. Dr. Clausen served as a member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) experts board on system technology on the subject “traffic and transportation systems, logistics, quality management,” from 2004 to 2012. From July 2002 to July 2005, Dr. Clausen was Dean of the Engineering Faculty at TU Dortmund University. His research areas include green logistics, commercial traffic modelling, intermodal transportation, mathematical optimization, network optimization, and distribution systems. Genevieve Giuliano is Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Research and Technology in the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California (USC), and Director of the METRANS joint USC and California State University Long Beach Transportation Center. Prof. Giulianos research focus areas include relationships between land use and transportation, transportation policy analysis, and information technology applications in transportation. Her current research includes the examination of relationships between land use and freight flows, and development of applications for transportation system analysis using archived real-time data. She has published over 160 papers and has presented her research at numerous conferences both within the U.S. and abroad. Prof. Giuliano is a past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board and a National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. She is the recipient of the TRB Distinguished Service Award (2006), the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship Award (2007), the Transportation Research Forum Outstanding Researcher Award (2012), and the Council of University Transportation Centers Distinguished Contribution Award (2013). She is a frequent participant in National Research Council policy studies and a member of several advisory boards, including the National Freight Advisory Committee. Fabio Freccia is Head of Logistics of Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations. He is responsible for logistics planning, inbound and in-house logistics, as well as production planning and control. Mr. Freccia has been leading the “Green Logistics” projects in the U.S. and Brazil by implementing hydrogen fuel cells for material handling equipment, optimizing truck loads, and introducing rail transportation for inbound logistics, to name a few. Prior to this role, Mr. Freccia was Head of Logistics at one of the Volkswagen Brazilian operations. He has been working with Volkswagen for the past 17 years. Mr. Freccia holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, an M.B.A. in Project Management from George Washington University, and a S.E.P. (Senior Executive Program) from IESE Business School, University of Navarra at its New York center. Susanne Salomon is currently Manager, Eco Excellence at DB Schenker, DB Mobility Logistics AG in Frankfurt, Germany. In this job, she is responsible for positioning DB Schenker as an eco-pioneer for the development of the eco solution portfolio and for overseeing the management of sustainable projects. From 2011 to 2013, Ms. Salomon was Program Manager of Business Development at DB Regio AG. In that role, she directed cross-department projects in the field of organizational development and process management. Ms. Salomon’s previous positions at DB include Program Manager of Marketing & Sales, where she was responsible for the development and implementation of acquisition, marketing, and collaboration schemes, and Junior Manager of Environmental Management. In 2002, she graduated from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with a degree in geoecology.
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