Agenda

Special Keynote Address: The Honorable United States Senator The University of Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee - Member, US Senate Committee on Homeland and the Security and Governmental Affairs (invited) Global U8 Consortium Session 1: Opening Panel: Risks, Vulnerabilities, and Readiness: The Challenges invite you to an Moderator: Dr. Stephen Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY, and Marine Board, International Conference on: The National Academies

Session 2: National Security, Logistics and Transportation: Models for Policy Analysis Moderator: Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts National Security, Natural Institute of Technology Disasters, Logistics & Transportation: Assessing the Session 3: Special Presentation: “The Resilient Enterprise” Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director, Center for Transportation Risks & the Responses and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Session 4: National Security, Logistics, and Transportation: Models and Case Studies Monday, September 25 - Moderator: Mr. Matthew Flynn, CEO, Flynn Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Consulting, Hong Kong 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Session 5: Natural Disasters and Transportation: Models and Case Studies University of Rhode Island Moderator: Dr. Young-Tae Chang, Professor, Memorial Union, Ballroom Inha University Kingston, RI 02881 Session 6: Technology, Costs and Regulatory Issues Moderator: Ms. Beth Ann Rooney, Director of Security, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Session 7: Closing Panel: Lessons, Issues, Research Needs and Future Directions Moderators: Mr. Julian Bray, Chief-Editor of Lloyd’s List and Mr. Joseph Bonney, Editor of the Journal of Commerce

Who should attend this international conference: Inquiries can be directed Professionals interested in the latest national and to the Co-Chairs of the Conference: international policy and analytical developments for assessing risks and responses for national security and Professor Thomas Grigalunas natural disaster issues. University of Rhode Island, USA o Port, logistics, shipping, and intermodal executives [e] [email protected] [tel] 401.874.4572 o Government officials involved with security and Professor Young-Tae Chang natural disasters o Port-related businesses and firms involved in Inha University, Korea international trade [e] [email protected] [tel] 82.32.860.7231 o Researchers and students in business, economics, and risk assessment concerned with logistics and transportation impacted by security and natural disasters o Members of the regional, national and international For detail information regarding the conference: press http://www.uri.edu/outreach/GU8Conference.htm Conference Rationale

Success of an increasingly global economy requires an efficient world network of vessel, port, air, rail, and road systems. However, terrorism and natural disasters pose major risks worldwide because of the vulnerability of transportation infrastructure to attacks and to hurricanes, typhoons and earthquakes. Therefore, planning for security and safety has assumed a major role in logistics and transportation decisions and now permeates every level of operations.

Assessing the risks and designing responses to incidents are now a major regional, national and international concern — Premier Sponsors: Conference Steering Committee Members: and an increasingly costly part of transportation and logistics URI Transportation Center Thomas Grigalunas, Professor, Environmental Economics, University systems planning. Jungseok Research Institute of International Trade and Logistics of Rhode Island, USA University of Rhode Island Creative solutions are essential in order to maintain economic Inha University Young-Tae Chang, Professor, Asia Pacific School of Logistics; Secretary- growth and protect public safety but can be enormously Global U8 Consortium General, Global U8 Consortium Secretariat, Inha University, Korea complicated and costly. Therefore, in designing and meeting The Transportation Research Board of the National Academies Jess Browning, Director Emeritus, Global Trade, Transportation and mandated regulations, it is vital to identify high-technology and Logistics, University of Washington, USA other responses to assess trade-offs between national security Supporters: Joedy Cambridge, Transportation Research Board, National Academy and the efficiency of logistics and transportation systems. Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sciences, Washington D.C., USA The Lloyd’s List, London This international conference will focus on: National Security, Matthew Flynn, CEO, Flynn Consulting, Hong Kong Korea Shipowners’ Association Natural Disasters, Logistics and Transportation: Assessing the Lloyd’s Freight Transport Buyer Asia Charles-Henri Frédouët, Professor, University of Le Havre, France Risks and Responses. Prominent representatives from ports, Korea Port Economic Association Douglas Hales, Assistant Professor, Business Administration, University shipping lines, airlines, rail companies, trucking industry, labor RI Transportation Research Center of Rhode Island, USA unions, government, and academia will attend. Global U8 Consortium Hercules Haralambides, Professor, Erasmus University and Editor- Approaches for assessing risks and responses will be In-Chief of Maritime Economics and Logistics examined using analytical models and case studies. Different This timely event is being carried out by the Global U8 Consortium. Yehuda Hayuth, Vice-President, Zim Line, Israel perspectives will be included by contributions from The Consortium seeks to anticipate and address major emerging government, business and labor officials. Participants from issues confronting the global community through collaborative Richard Horn, Executive Director, URI Transportation Center, University of Rhode Island, USA many countries will provide international contributions. research, education, and building administrative capacity. The Consortium’s purpose is to meet a growing demand for creative Jong-Kil Kim, Director of Jungseok Research Institute of International responses to new challenges in Global Logistics, Business Logistics and Trade; Dean of College of Economics and International Trade, Administration, Marine Affairs, and Advanced Technologies Inha University, Korea (including information technologies, bio-technology, nano- Oh Kyoung Kwon, Professor, Asia Pacific School of Logistics, Inha technology) through joint research, outreach programs, and University, Korea global cooperation. Gerhardt Muller, Professor, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY Members of the Global U8 Consortium: Tae H. Oum, Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada; Editor, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy RMIT University (Australia) Wayne K. Talley, Professor, Old Dominion University, USA; Editor-in- Xiamen University (China) Chief, Transportation Research E: Logistics and Transport Review University of Le Havre (France) University of Haifa (Israel) Jose Tongzon, Professor, National University of Singapore Inha University (Korea) Paul T-W Lee, Deputy Secretary-General, Global U8 Consortium University of Rhode Island (USA) Secretariat, Inha University, Korea University of Washington (USA) Jaehyun Kim, Jungseok Research Institute of International Trade and Meiji University (Japan) Logistics, Inha University, Korea