{"id":2350,"date":"2018-03-05T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novacom.group\/csrf\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2350"},"modified":"2019-07-25T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:13:50","slug":"srf-introductory-workshop","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/novacom.group\/csrf\/events\/srf-introductory-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"SRF Introductory Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>On Wednesday&nbsp;28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;March 2018 a workshop will be held at Cambridge University Engineering Department for senior technical and logistics personnel from some of the UK\u2019s major commercial freight transport organisations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main aim of the workshop is to present the new Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (SRF), which is collaboration between Cambridge and Heriot Watt Universities and a number of companies that work in road freight transport sector.<\/p>\n\n\n<style 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class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">What you will learn <\/span><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>The workshop will be an opportunity to learn about the large portfolio of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/csrf\/research\/core.html\"><strong>research activities<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>in the Centre, concerned with minimizing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from road freight.&nbsp; You will also hear about&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/csrf\/partners-advisors.html\"><strong>how you can get involved<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a>in setting the research agenda and take advantage of the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have heard about the activities of the Centre in the past, this event will provide you with a lot more information about the way that the Centre has grown during the first 5 years of its operation and the new research activities. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-16 kt-pane_28238c-cd\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Benefits of membership <\/span><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<ul class=\"green-numbers mb-3\"><li> Access to latest research, worldwide<\/li><li>Access to Logistics database<\/li><li>Early adoption and testing of results\u2026<\/li><li>Simulation software<\/li><li>Testing equipment and instrumentation, HiL<\/li><li>Prototype vehicle hardware<\/li><li>Experimental vehicles<\/li><li>Spin\u2013off technologies<\/li><li>\u201915by25\u2032 (15% by 2025) Carbon Reduction Programme<\/li><li>Company-specific projects and advice<\/li><li>Cooperation\/Networking with other members<\/li><li>Marketing for member companies \u2013 eg CSR Reports<\/li><li>Access to other research groups around the universities..<\/li><li>Financial leverage for research \u00a3<\/li><li>Help meet corporate sustainability targets <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-17 kt-pane_ca6f50-b8\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">How to register and join the workshop <\/span><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>To register for the workshop please RSVP to Virginia&nbsp;Bath&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:vl270@cam.ac.uk\">vl270@cam.ac.uk<\/a>&nbsp;by Monday 26th March. For further information about the Centre contact Professor David Cebon&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:dc@eng.cam.ac.uk\">dc@eng.cam.ac.uk<\/a>&nbsp;. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-18 kt-pane_49c95f-4b\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Preliminary Agenda <\/span><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>9.30am<\/td><td><strong>Registration and Coffee<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.00am<\/td><td><strong>Welcome and introductions <\/strong>(Justin Laney: General Manager &#8211; Central Transport, John Lewis; Chairman SRF)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.30am<\/td><td><strong>Introduction to the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight<\/strong>\n(Prof David Cebon: Director of SRF)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.00am<\/td><td><strong>Research on road freight operations at Heriot Watt University<\/strong>(Dr Maja Piecyk: University of Westminster)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.30am<\/td><td><strong>\u2018An Operator\u2019s Perspective\u2019<\/strong>(David Rowlands, Technical Services Director Wincanton)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.00noon<\/td><td><strong>Lunch and Poster Session<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.00pm<\/td><td><strong>Linking Research and Practice: Business Perspective on Progress towards Low Carbon Freight Transport<\/strong>\n(Andy Eastlake: Managing Director, LowCVP)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.30pm<\/td><td><strong>Research on heavy vehicle engineering in Cambridge <\/strong>(Prof David Cebon)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2.00pm<\/td><td><strong>Getting involved in the SRF<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3.00pm<\/td><td><strong>Meeting Close<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3:00pm<\/td><td><strong>Tour of the Research Labs in the Engineering Department<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-19 kt-pane_512221-97\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Background to the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight <\/span><\/div><div class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>The Centre is a collaboration between Cambridge and Heriot-Watt Universities and organizations in the freight and logistics sectors. Its purpose is to research engineering and organizational solutions to make road freight economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. This&nbsp;is the first time that a team of international standing has fully addressed the complete \u2018triple bottom line\u2019 of sustainability in this sector.&nbsp; The team, led by Professors Alan McKinnon of Heriot Watt and David Cebon of Cambridge, combines expertise in logistics, road freight vehicle engineering, human factors and sustainability.&nbsp; It works in partnership with key industry players, who help set the research agenda and drive the adoption of results by the road freight industry. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday&nbsp;28th&nbsp;March 2018 a workshop will be held at Cambridge University Engineering Department for senior&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2270,"template":"events.php","categories":[],"past_events":[104],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SRF Introductory Workshop - 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