Organization: University of Pretoria
Registration deadline: 17 Nov 2015
Starting date: 18 Nov 2015
Ending date: 20 Nov 2015
Program
Now in its seventh year, the conference will be hosted in Africa for the first time by the University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science and co-organized by Georgia Tech, INSEAD, MIT and Northeastern University. The mission of the conference is to stimulate innovation and build capacity to manage global health and humanitarian supply chains around the world. It brings together high level speakers from across the health and humanitarian sectors, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), industry, government, etc. Discussions will focus on the role of logistics in areas such as disaster response, health systems and food security as well as highlight the unique logistical challenges for humanitarian response and long-term development in Africa. You are welcome to email your ideas for panel themes, workshop topics, and potential speakers/facilitators to humlogconf@gatech.edu. For panel topics, view the conference agenda. Speaker and workshop information will be made available soon.
The conference is intended to be highly interactive, where participants will have ample time to discuss different view points rather than simply listening to speakers. In many conferences, even if there is time for participants to ask questions, only a handful speak up. Therefore we have adapted the conference agenda to allow for various kinds of interaction. For instance, panel speakers will give brief presentations, allowing plenty of time for participants to discuss the topics amongst those at their tables. A representative from each table will then direct a summary statement back to the panel with one or two resulting questions or challenges.
There will be a number of break-out workshops of small groups of participants led by experts in a given topic. These sessions will focus on discussion and exchange, allowing for different participants to share their views and make connections with each other. Following the workshops, a final plenary discussion will summarize the conclusions from the various workshops and the panel will discuss outcomes and potential action steps to move the agenda forward following the conference.
Conference Co-Chairs
Özlem Ergun (Northeastern University; co-director, Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems, Georgia Tech)
Jarrod Goentzel (Humanitarian Response Lab, MIT)
Pinar Keskinocak and Julie Swann (Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems, Georgia Tech)
Lew Roberts and Shaun Rozyn (Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria)
Luk Van Wassenhove (Humanitarian Research Group, INSEAD)
Posters
Poster sessions will be held throughout the conference, and financial aid is available to students who apply with the proper documentation and whose posters are accepted.
The deadline for poster submissions and student support applications is August 18, 2015 and a decision notification email will be send out by September 4, 2015 to individuals noted as contact authors in the online submission system. If you submitted a poster and have questions or if you did not receive a notification from your group leader, please use the contact form.
Online poster submission is now open!
Access the online poster submission system
Financial Support for Poster Presenters*
Limited funds are available to support students presenting accepted posters at the conference. Support includes free conference registration and up to $250 in travel expenses for students traveling in Africa and up to $500 for students traveling outside of Africa. To be considered for financial support, attach a single PDF file containing the below as part of your poster submission.
- your resume
- a statement (< 1 page) about why you are interested in the humanitarian sector
- a transcript
- a reference letter from an advisor
- an estimate of your expenses for the conference
*Poster presenter pays registration fee up front and will be reimbursed after the conference. He or she must present valid travel expense receipts and will be reimbursed for the total amount up to $250 in for those traveling within Africa and up to $500 for those traveling from outside of Africa. Valid travel expenditures must be directly related to conference attendance (airline tickets, lodging, other transportation such as taxis, public transport, parking, rental car, gas mileage, etc.). Meals and coffee breaks provided as part of the conference will not be covered. The person named as the poster presenter in the online application must submit original receipts to conference organizers. After "expense report" is approved, a reimbursement for travel expenses will be processed.
How to register:
Registration
Please note that all registration and payments will be processed via the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) event/conference website.
Fee Structure
Registration includes attendee to the three-day conference program, immersion experiences and materials.
Type: Early Fee // Regular Fee
Regular R4200 (~$350 US) // R5400 (~$450 US)
Student R720 (~$60 US) // R840 (~$70 US)
NGOs, African Foundations and Universities R2160 (~$180 US) // R2640 (~$220 US)
All fees are quoted in South African Rands (ZAR) with US Dollar (USD) equivalents @ US$1.00 to R12.00. Click here for current exchange rate calculations.
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Contacts
If you would like to contact the organizing groups at MIT, please use humlogconf@mit.edu.