Invitation

Call for papers

Researchers, professionals, and specialists are invited to participate in the Transportation and Logistics Congress- Mexico-Canada, to be held at the main campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), in Mexico City.

Objective

This event aims to foster research development and promote the application of knowledge in the fields of transportation and logistics, as well as to strengthen research ties between Mexico and Canada.

Topics

The topics included are as follows:

Public transportation

Freight transport and logistics

Sustainable transport

Transportation safety

Traffic engineering

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Transport and land use

Transport economics

Transport infrastructure

Transport planning and management

Social aspects of transport

Transport geography

Psychology and behavior in transportation

Active mobility

Equity and inclusion in transportationusión en el transporte

Program

November 19, 20, and 21, 2025

General program

Download here General Program



Preliminary detailed program

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Works

Author Guidelines

The article summary must be between 150 and 200 words and must be written using the official congress template (AbstractFormat.doc). It should clearly include the objectives, scope, methodology, results and conclusions of the work.
  Download Abstract Format

Once the summary is accepted, the full article must be submitted with a length of 1,500 to 3,000 words, using the official congress article template (Paper_Template.doc). The article should include the following sections: introduction, literature review, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions and references.
  Download Paper Template -final version-

Please note that all articles will undergo a double-blind peer review process for evaluation and final approval.

Authors of accepted papers may choose to present their paper only or consider its publication in the conference proceedings, which will be published after the event and will have an ISBN.

The best papers will be submitted for a special issue of the Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology and other journals that will be announced later. These papers must be submitted in English with good writing quality.

Speakers must use the official template when preparing their presentations.
  Download Presentation Template

Paper Submission

No new papers will be accepted after June 28.



Important dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: June 22, 2025  
    June 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
  • Abstract acceptance notification: July 26, 2025   August 5, 2025
  • Full paper submission deadline: September 21, 2025   October 12, 2025
  • Acceptance notification: to be announced
  • Full paper submission deadline (special issues): to be announced
  • Congress dates: November 19-21, 2025

Publications

  • Conference proceedings with ISSN.

  • Special issue in Latin American Transportation Studies (Elsevier).

  • Special issue in Ingeniería, Investigación y Tecnología Journal.   Click here

Instructions for approved abstract

If your abstract is approved, authors have the following options:

  • 1. Present the work without publishing it in the proceedings.

  • 2. Present the work and publish it in the proceedings, which requires that the paper be previously reviewed and approved.
  • 2.a) If the paper receives a low score in the review, it will only be published in the proceedings.
  • 2.b) If the paper receives a high score in the review, the authors will be informed about the advisability of submitting it to a journal. Authors must follow all the requirements established by the journal; submitting the paper does not guarantee its acceptation.

Registration

Notice: Each presentation requires that at least one author be registered. If someone is author of multiple papers, they must ensure a registration for each paper.

Click here to download THE CONGRESS REGISTRATION GUIDE

Fees

Participant type * Before August 17, 2025
(Canadian Dollars)		 Between August 18 and October 12, 2025
(Canadian Dollars)
Speakers 150 205
Attenders 150 205
Doctoral students ** 120 160
Master's students ** 90 120
Undergraduate students ** 85 110

* It includes sessions, lunches, coffee breaks, and digital proceedings.
** A valid proof of enrollment is required. Please send your student certificate to contralog2025@pumas.iingen.unam.mx, with the subject "proof of enrollment", where you will receive an access code.


Registration

Registration is available at the following link:
  contralog-2025-registro.devsoutaspace.com



Keynote Speaker

Title:

The Role of Freight Transportation Policy and Planning in the Fight Against Climate Change: Electric Trucks, Land Use, and Other Tools Nobody Talks About

Speaker:

José Holguín-Veras

Dr. José Holguín-Veras is the William H. Hart Professor and Director of the Volvo Foundation Centre of Excellence for Research and Education for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (CoE-SUFS), and the Centre for Infrastructure, Transport and Environment at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He has received numerous national awards, including the White House Champion of Change Award (2013) in Transportation, the Milton Pikarsky Award (1996) from the Council of Transportation Research Centers, and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Award for contributions to freight transportation research related to economics. His research is in the area of freight transport systems modelling. He has published more than 250 scientific journal articles, book chapters, and reports. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996, and a Master of Science degree from the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1984. He graduated in civil engineering from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in 1982. He is Associate Editor of Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice and Network and Spatial Economics; and is a member of the Senior Strategic Review Board of the prestigious Journal of Operations Management. He is a member of numerous scientific committees in prestigious professional associations.

Abstract:

The obvious changes in the climate—exemplified by former “hundred year weather events” taking place every other year—are adding tremendous urgency to efforts to reduce the emissions produced by mobile sources. In this context, reducing the freight transportation’s environmental footprint is an essential, though extremely hard to achieve, component of sustainability efforts. To a great extent, this is a result of the pervasive nature of freight activity where even the simplest human activities have the potential to require supplies or one kind or another, and produce cargo that needs to be transported elsewhere. The profound interconnections between freight activity and the rest of the economy —after all freight activity is a physical manifestation of the economy—creates a situation where the sustainability of freight activity is intrinsically linked to the sustainability of the economy.
In this talk, Professor Holguín-Veras will provide a brief overview of the: freight transportation research conducted at Rensselaer relevant to the fight against climate change; economic and behavioral interconnections between the participants in supply chains; wide range of potential public sector initiatives that could be used to foster sustainability; role of novel technologies, such as Connected Trucks, and best ways to avoid the trap identified by the Efficiency Paradox; role of land use policy and planning, and other potential public sector interventions such as efforts aimed at changing the very nature of freight demand, including freight mode choice. In the final section, Professor Holguín-Veras will illustrate the potential benefits of selected initiatives.

  Note: The talk will be presented in spanish, with slides in english.

Technical Visits

Technical visits are scheduled for Friday, November 21, except for one.
All technical visits are subject to limited availability.
Participants may register for only one technical visit.

  Visit 1. Mexico City Metro Control Center

The Metro Control Center is the operational core from which the functioning of a large part of the Mexico City Metro network is supervised and regulated. This facility integrates monitoring and telecommunications technologies that allow real-time control of train movements, signaling, track switches, and the coordination of operations to maintain safe and regular intervals.

  • Capacity: 25 people
  • Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
  • Suggestion: For safety reasons, comfortable shoes are recommended, and women are advised to wear pants.

  Visit 2. Metrobus System Control Centers

The Metrobus Control Center is the facility responsible for supervising and coordinating, in real time, the operation of the system’s seven lines. From this hub, staff monitor bus circulation, station conditions, service regularity, and incident response. The center is equipped with video surveillance and communication technology, integrated both on buses and at stations, enabling the detection of contingencies, optimization of service frequencies, and enhanced passenger safety.

  • Capacity: 25 people

  Visit 3

To be determined

  Visit 4

To be determined


Committees

Organizing Committee

  • Angélica Lozano - Institute of Engineering, UNAM (Chair)
  • Luis Miranda-Moreno - Civil Engineering, McGill University
  • Alejandro Pérez Villaseñor - McGill University
  • Ricardo Aceves García - Faculty of Engineering, UNAM
  • Maribel Miranda Estrada - Institute of Engineering, UNAM
  • Lizbeth Guarneros Avilés - Institute of Engineering, UNAM
  • Amairani Corona Pérez - Institute of Engineering, UNAM

Scientific Committee

  • Angélica Lozano, Institute of Engineering, UNAM (Chair Scientific Committee)
  • Alberto Mendoza Díaz, Mexican Institute of Transportation
  • Alejandro Guzmán Castro, Institute of Engineering, UNAM
  • Ana Cecilia Cuevas, Mexican Institute of Transportation
  • Antonio Hurtado Beltrán, Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo
  • Aurelie Labbe, HEC Montreal
  • Carlos Alberto Hernández Linares, Veracruzana University
  • Carmen Icazuriaga Montes, CIESAS
  • César Mario Fuentes Flores, College of the Northern Border
  • Claudia Orquídea López Soto, Faculty of Sciences, UNAM
  • Clemencia Santos Cerquera, Institute of Geography, UNAM
  • Daphne Espejel Garcia, Autonomous University of Chihuahua
  • David López Flores, Institute of Engineering, UNAM
  • Dianela Berenice Guemez Pacheco, Autonomous University of Carmen
  • Diego Tlapa Mendoza, Autonomous University of Baja California
  • Eduardo Betanzo Quezada, Autonomous University of Querétaro
  • Esther Segura Pérez, Postgraduate Engineering, UNAM
  • Francesco Ciari, Polytechnique Montreal
  • Francisco Granados, Institute of Engineering, UNAM
  • Gloria Elena Londoño Mejía, Autonomous University of Mexico City
  • Ignacio Tiznado-Aitken, University of Toronto
  • Isaac Chaparro Hernández, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez
  • Javier García Gutiérrez, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico
  • Jianbo Yu, McGill University
  • José Fernando Camacho Vallejo, Autonomous University of Nuevo León


  • Lijun Sun, McGill University
  • Liping Fu, University of Waterloo
  • Luis Álvarez-Icaza Longoria, Institute of Engineering, UNAM
  • Luis Miranda-Moreno, McGill University
  • Luis David Berrones, Autonomous University of Mexico City
  • Ma. Teresa Cruz Patiño, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico
  • Manuel Del Moral, Iberoamerican University
  • Manuel Perló Cohen, Institute for Social Research, UNAM
  • María Elena Lárraga Ramírez, Institute of Engineering, UNAM
  • María Victoria Chávez Hernández, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico
  • Martha Eugenia Chávez González, University of Colima
  • Martha Lorena Avendaño Garrido, Veracruzana University
  • Omar Jorge Ibarra Rojas, Autonomous University of Nuevo León
  • Patricia Saavedra Barrera, Metropolitan Autonomous University
  • Peter Chung Alonso, Technological Institute of Colima
  • Rafael Carmona Benítez, Anáhuac University
  • Ricardo Aceves García, Postgraduate Engineering, UNAM
  • Ricardo Montoya Zamora, Autonomous University of Querétaro
  • Roberto Gabriel Eibenschutz Hartman - Metropolitan Autonomous University
  • Sandra Carmen Murillo López, Institute for Social Research, UNAM
  • Saúl A. Obregón Biosca, Autonomous University of Querétaro
  • Sergio Peña Medina, The College of the Northern Border
  • Tae J. Kwon, University of Alberta
  • Vladimir Hernández Hernández, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez
  • Yasmín Águeda Ríos Solís, Monterrey Institute of Technology

Venue - Engineering Tower

Location

Engineering Tower
Circuito Escolar s/n, University City,
Coyoacán Borough, Postal Code 04510, Mexico City.


Accessibility to the Engineering Tower

Metro Line 3 + Pumabús (free)

  • Copilco Station (1.4 Km)
  • Universidad Station (3.1 Km)

Metrobús Line 1 + Pumabús Line 7

  • Metrobús Dr. Gálvez (walk to the Faculty of Psychology)
  • Pumabús Line 7 to ENALLT Station

Metrobús Line 1 + Pumabús Line 8

  • Metrobús CU Station (descend CU ramp)
  • Pumabús Line 8 to the Institute of Engineering Station

Public transport

  • Metro CU and Metro Copilco stations serve various public transport routes. From these, one can take the free Pumabús or a collective taxi.

Taxi and ride-hailing services

  • From Metro Copilco: 1.4 km
  • From Metro CU: 2.0 km
  • From Av. Insurgentes Sur (Rectorate): 2.5 km

Private vehicle

  • Parking is available at the Olympic Stadium. Several Pumabús routes stop at the Engineering Tower.

Accommodation

Discounted hotels for the conference participants:

  • Fiesta Inn   - Periférico Sur 5530, Pedregal de Carrasco, Coyoacán, 04700, Ciudad de México -
  • fiestainn.com   |   Location   |   Conditions
  • Reservation Details:
  • Phone: 800 504 5000 (Reservations)
  • Code: CUS021002

  • Hotel ONE   - Periférico Sur 5530, Pedregal de Carrasco, Coyoacán, 04700, Ciudad de México -
  • onehoteles.com   |   Location   |   Conditions
  • Reservation Details:
  • Phone: 800 504 5000 (Reservations)
  • Code: CUS021002

  • Krystal Grand Suites   - Insurgentes Sur 1991, Guadalupe Inn, Álvaro Obregón, 01020, Ciudad de México -
  • krystal-grand-suites.com   |   Location   |   Conditions
  • Reservation Details:
  • Phone: (52) 5322 1580 or 01 800 5797 825
  • Code: G-692 Congreso Instituto UNAM
  • E-mail: reservas.kgs@krystal-hotels.com and ventasc.kgs@krystal-hotels.com

  • Radisson Paraíso   - Cúspide 53, Parques del Pedregal, Tlalpan, 14010, Ciudad de México -
  • radisson.com.mx   |   Location   |   Conditions
  • Reservation Details:
  • Phone: 55 5927 5959 ext. 1361 (Reservations)
  • Code: Instituto de Ingeniería UNAM
  • 09:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
  • 09:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Saturday)
  • E-mail: reservaciones@radisson.com.mx

  • Royal Pedregal   - Periférico Sur 4363, Jardines en la Montaña,Tlalpan, 14210, Ciudad de México -
  • hotelesroyal.com.mx   |   Location   |   Conditions
  • Reservation Details:
  • Phone: 55 5449 4000 (Reservations)
  • Code: CONTRALI
  • E-mail: reservaciones@hotelesroyal.com.mx


Nearby restaurants and cafes

Inside CU, near the Engineering Tower:

  • Restaurante Tierra Cocina Viva
  • Ground floor, Engineering Tower ($$$ MXN)
  • Various food stalls
  • Engineering Tower parking lot ($ MXN)
  • Gera Food Stand
  • Behind the Olympic Pool ($ MXN)
  • Terraza Café
  • Engineering Tower parking lot ($$ MXN)
  • Café Diseño
  • Faculty of Architecture ($$ MXN)
  • Chemistry Cafeteria
  • Faculty of Chemistry ($$ MXN)

Nearby Outside CU:

  • Various restaurants on Paseo de las Facultades   ($ MXN)
  • Location: Paseo de las Facultades, Copilco Universidad, Coyoacán, 04360
  • Little Caesars Copilco   ($$ MXN)
  • Location: Cerro de la Venta 12-Local B, Copilco Universidad, Coyoacán, 04360
  • Burger King Copilco   ($$ MXN)
  • Location: Eje 10 Sur, Romero de Terreros, Coyoacán, 04310, CDMX
  • Ke gordito   ($$ MXN)
  • Location: Filosofía y Letras 6, Copilco Universidad, Coyoacán, 04360 Copilco
  • Café Jarocho   ($$ MXN)
  • Location: Av. Copilco 164, Copilco el Bajo, Coyoacán, 04360
  • Casa Club del Académico   ($$$ MXN)
  • Location: Av. Ciudad Universitaria 301, C.U., Coyoacán, 04510
  • Los Arcos Restaurante   ($$$ MXN)
  • Location: San Jerónimo 215, Tizapán San Ángel, La Otra Banda, Álvaro Obregón, 01090
  • Plaza Cuicuilco Inbursa   (Sanborns and others $$$ MXN)
  • Location: Insurgentes Sur 3500, Peña Pobre, Tlalpan, 14060
  • Perisur Shopping Mall   (various options $$$ MXN)
  • Location: Periférico Sur 4690, Jardines del Pedregal de San Ángel, Coyoacán, 04530

Collaborating Institutions