The 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 researchers and practitioners in urban freight, supply chains, and logistics from around the world. 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.

Important Dates

October 20, 2024 – deadline for abstract submissions

November 5, 2024– author notification of the decision on their abstract submission

February 1, 2024– deadline to submit full length paper to special issue 

February 15, 2024– deadline for discounted conference registration

Program Committee Co-chairs

Marlon BoarnetDirector, METRANS Transportation Consortium; Professor, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Maged DessoukyDean’s Professor, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California; Associate Director of Research, METRANS, University of Southern California

Track Chairs

Topic 1 – Local / last mile pickup and deliveryLaetitia Dablanc, Ph.D., Professor, LVMT Center of Cities, Mobility, Transport, University Gustave Eiffel, Paris, France
Topic 2 – Demand management and spatial analysisAlison Conway, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Grove School of Engineering, The City College of New York
Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Maritime Business Administration, Texas A&M University of Galveston
Topic 3 – Freight modeling and planning Maged Dessouky, Ph.D., Dean’s Professor, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California; Associate Director of Research, METRANS, University of Southern California
Topic 4 – Technology and automation Petros Ioannou, Ph.D., A.V. “Bal” Balakrishnan Chair; University Professor, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of California; Associate Director of Research, METRANS, University of Souther California
Ketan Savla, Ph.D., John and Dorothy Shea Early Career Chair in Civil Engineering; Associate Professor, Viterbi School o f Engineering, University of Southern California
Topic 5 – Sustainability Marlon Boarnet, Ph.D., Director, METRANS Transportation Center; Professor, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Genevieve Giuliano, Ph.D., Margaret and John Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government; Distinguished Professor, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.
Topic 6 – Best practices / Case studiesThomas O’Brien, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Professional and Continuing Education, California State University, Long Beach
Topic 7 – Labor issues and workforce developmentTyler Reeb, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for International Trade & Transportation, California State University, Long Beach

Contact Lena Wild at lena.wild@csulb.edu for any inquiries regarding abstract submission and Dolores Rodriguez at rodr549@usc.edu for any other inquiries.