{"296451":{"#nid":"296451","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ratliff Named Chair of World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Logistics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Ratliff has been named the chair of the World Economic Forum\u2019s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on the Future of Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chains for the 2014-2016 term. \u0026nbsp;As chair, Ratliff will provide thought-leadership to the World Economic Forum\u2019s Supply Chain and Transport Industry Community on the transformations the industry is facing, by providing vision and strategic insights for the long-term future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKlaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Global Agenda Council said Ratliff\u2019s leadership will be \u201cinstrumental in helping this Council collaboratively develop pertinent insights and solutions to address this global challenge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERatliff, the executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute, has previously served on the WEF Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Global Agenda Council and co-authored a chapter in the \u003Cem\u003EWEF Global Enabling Trade Report 2012: Reducing Supply Chain Barriers\u003C\/em\u003E that outlined the requirements that an optimization model for supply chain design should fulfill, and some of the obstacles faced in its construction. \u0026nbsp;Ratliff was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1996 and is a fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEstablished in 2008, the Network of Global Agenda Councils is an invitation-only knowledge network that serves as an international brain trust to the World Economic Forum and the world at large. Each of the 80 Councils focuses on specific issues, and the six Metacouncils dealing with cross-cutting themes are comprised of 20 globally renowned experts from business, government, academia and civil society. The Network gives its members a unique platform to support the Forum\u0027s vision to better understand and catalyze global, regional and industry transformation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon Ratliff has been named the chair of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chains for the 2014-2016 term\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Don Ratliff has been named the chair of the World Economic Forum\u2019s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Logistics \u0026 Supply Chains for the 2014-2016 term"}],"uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2014-05-12 08:05:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:26","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"281911":{"id":"281911","type":"image","title":"Don Ratliff","body":null,"created":"1449244199","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:59","changed":"1475894976","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:36","alt":"Don Ratliff","file":{"fid":"198947","name":"don_ratliff_georgia_tech-600.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/don_ratliff_georgia_tech-600_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/don_ratliff_georgia_tech-600_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":18467,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/don_ratliff_georgia_tech-600_0.jpg?itok=qenneH89"}}},"media_ids":["281911"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7977","name":"Don Ratliff"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}