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Andrés Vadillo: winner of the Heraldo de Aragón and MIT Zaragoza Masters Scholarship

We would like to congratulate the winner, and thank all candidates who applied for the scholarship

Andrea Martínez: winner of the Master Essay Competition

Thank you to all participants who submitted their essays

Valenciaport participates in the II Forum of Transport and Logistics Clusters

ZLC hosted its second meeting

Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #41

The electronic newletter of the MIT Global Scale Network #41

Making a chain of connections throughout Latin America

MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) teamed with the Bogotá-based consultancy LOGyCA in 2008 to create an education and research facility in the city aimed at helping graduates and educators to tackle the issue. Called the Center for LatinAmerican Logistics Innovation (CLI), the new school offers a graduate certificate in logistics and supply chain management as a specialisation within a standard masters programme in industrial engineering, business administration, or similar discipline at selected universities in the region.

Malaria Announcement

Half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. In 2006, there were 247 million cases and nearly 881,000 malaria deaths — of which 91% were in <place st="on" st1="http://unknownprefix/st1" >Africa</place>, and 85% were of children under 5 years of age. Each year, approximately 50 million women living in malaria-endemic countries become pregnant, over half of whom live in <place st="on" st1="http://unknownprefix/st1" >Africa</place>, and an estimated 10,000 of these women and 200,000 infants die as a result of malaria infection during pregnancy*.

La Universidad del Pacífico, parte de la Red de Universidades del Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística -CLI-

La Universidad del Pacífico es una de las primeras instituciones educativas que entran a formar parte de la red de universidades que ofrecerán en Colombia y Latinoamérica, investigación y formación logística de primer nivel.

Seminario Internacional sobre Colaboración Segura en la Cadena de Suministro

El instituto de investigación Zaragoza Logistics Center, en colaboración con el líder mundial en software de gestión de negocio SAP y varias instituciones académicas, organiza un Seminario Internacional sobre Colaboración Segura en la Cadena de Suministro, en Barcelona (España) el día 2 de junio, de forma paralela al Salón Internacional de la Logística (SIL 2009).

MIT news: A renaissance in logistics for economic growth

An aerial shot of the Plataforma Logística de Zaragoza (PLAZA), the largest logistics park in Europe, which was designed through a partnership with MIT. The Zaragoza Logistics Center, a new research institute established through the partnership with MIT, is also based in the middle of the logistics park.

MIT - Premio Aragón Internacional 2009

El Gobierno de Aragón otorga los premios 2009 a la Fundación Seminario de Investigación para la Paz y al Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nota de prensa: ZLC entrega a CLASA un estudio de la cadena logística en el modo aéreo

Nota de Prensa sobre la entrega del Estudio “Análisis de las cadenas logísticas comprendidas en los procesos de transferencias intermodales en y al modo aéreo”, liderado por <personname st="on" st1="http://unknownprefix/st1" productid="la Fundación ZLC">la Fundación ZLC</personname>, a Centros Logísticos Aeroportuarios, S.A.

Press release: MIT-Zaragoza has received a Grant of US$492,857.00 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Logistics program at the Zaragoza Logistics Center has received a Grant of US$492,857.00 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study the most effective way to estimate the demand for global health products. The study results could have a profound impact on the planning and quantification processes used in global health programs and would also help create a healthy supply market for these products.