{"id":5228,"date":"2018-03-07T15:41:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T20:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2018-03-07T15:41:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T20:41:47","slug":"the-kaleidoscope-in-opening-the-arctic-seas-for-shipping-are-we-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/the-kaleidoscope-in-opening-the-arctic-seas-for-shipping-are-we-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kaleidoscope in Opening the Arctic Seas for Shipping \u2013 Are We Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--themify_builder_static--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1595\/DVIS-eBanner-Master-1.jpg\" alt=\"DVIS eBanner Master 1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1595\/Dr-Ng.jpg\" alt=\"Adolf K.Y. Ng, Director, Transport Institute and Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada\" \/> Adolf K.Y. Ng, Director, Transport Institute and Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada <\/p>\n<h2>The Kaleidoscope in Opening the Arctic Seas for Shipping\u2014Are We Ready?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, April 11, 2018<br \/>Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical &#038; Forensic Sciences, Room 100\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>5:30\u20137 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>(Doors open at 5 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScN-3-VQ8UqyIO97MpnkS0Dn8DvWWWz2ilRnv2reXc3vkhsZA\/viewform\">RSVP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to the public.<br \/>Seating is open and on a first come basis.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Karen Sechio at <a href=\"mailto:karensechio@uri.edu\">karensechio@uri.edu<\/a> or 401.874.4359.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adolf Ng<\/strong> is a renowned international scholar and researcher who specializes in global supply chains, especially in how geography and climate change affect the transport of goods. His talk will focus on the economic feasibility of diverting ships from conventional routes to the Arctic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401.874.4359 at least five days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 711.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--\/themify_builder_static--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adolf K.Y. Ng, Director, Transport Institute and Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada The Kaleidoscope in Opening the Arctic Seas for Shipping\u2014Are We Ready? Wednesday, April 11, 2018Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical &#038; Forensic Sciences, Room 100\u00a05:30\u20137 p.m.(Doors open at 5 p.m.) RSVP This event is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}