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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">If you are doing any urban freight related research I encourage you or your Phd students to submit an abstract to this conference at the University of Southern California. Just a reminder
that the deadline for submitting abstracts is October 20, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><img width="763" height="265" style="width:7.9479in;height:2.7604in" id="x_image_0" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DB0E9F.DD14D300"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">The
<b>10th</b> International Urban Freight Conference (I-NUF) is the premier biennial conference that addresses all aspects of city logistics and goods movement in the world’s metropolitan areas. The conference brings together an international group of researchers
and practitioners in urban freight, supply chains, and logistics who approach the topics from a range of perspectives including engineering, economics, policy and data analysis. It is a showcase for cutting-edge research and dynamic information-sharing and
provides a forum for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners to reimagine and guide the future of the industry. I-NUF 2025 will be held
<b>April 9-11 at the USC Hotel</b>, across the street from the University of Southern California in downtown Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">We are soliciting abstracts for conference presentations on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Local/last mile pickup and delivery<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Demand management and spatial analysis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Freight modeling and planning<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Technology and automation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sustainability<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Best practices/ Case studies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Labor issues and workforce development<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>
University of Southern California<br>
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0193<br>
phone 213 740 4891<br>
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