Cornell Silicon Valley Presents: Are Two Billion Cars Really Sustainable?
Join us for a mini-conference on the future of the automobile featuring Daniel Sperling '73, Co-Author of Two Billion Cars, Driving Toward Sustainability with Foreword by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with brief presentations by Cornell entrepreneurs in the automotive space.
In his new book, Daniel Sperling and co-author Deborah Gordon predict that the number of cars in the world will double from 1 to 2 billion in twenty years largely as a result of growth in India and China. With an environmental crisis already underway, how can the world sustain this type of growth? During this presentation, Daniel will tell us how we got to this breaking point and demonstrate how advances in technology, including electric vehicles and low-carbon fuels, have the potential to provide viable solutions to this pending problem.
Suggested Viewing;
Dan Sperling on the Daily Show
NPR: A Billion Cars And Counting
Obama to Toughen Rules on Emissions and Mileage
The event will start off with several entrepreneurs presenting their ideas for automotive sustainability, followed by a networking reception and Daniel Sperling's presentation. If you're an entrepreneur in the "Automotive Sustainability Space" and would like to do an brief presentation at 5PM, please email shannon.murray@cornell.edu
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
5:00 PM Brief Presentations by Entrepreneurs in the Automotive Sustainability Space
6:00 PM Reception
7:00 PM Presentation by Daniel Sperling '73, Co-Author of Two Billion Cars, Driving Toward Sustainability
Presentations by Entrepreneurs in the Automotive Sustainability Space include;
Aaron Blake '02, Tris Tarantino and Adam Kravetz, '02, MS '05, Founders, Lorax Motor Works, which designs and builds ground-up electric vehicles; our goal is to offering competitively priced alternative transportation to conventional vehicles.
Carol DiBenedetto, ALS '86, Director of Project Development, The California Cars Initiative (CalCars.org), a non-profit tackling energy security, global warming and jobs creation by promoting rapid mass production of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and conversions to power millions of existing gas-guzzlers with electricity.
Sean Harrington, Business Development, Better Place, the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) services provider, catalyzing the transition to sustainable transportation by deploying recharging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
Donna Horne, DVM, '81, Co-founder and CEO, ZoomPool, a CA Bay area rideshare matching service providing solutions to carpooling barriers with robust security filters, compatibility matching to facilitate the formation of social relationships, and automating the sharing of driving costs.
John Zimmer '06 Founder & COO, Zimride which leverages social networks to make it fun and easy to find classmates and coworkers to share the ride and split costs. Check this out.
* Cornell cited for best practices in transportation: Cornell University has been ranked a top 25 employer for its transportation practices, which encourage greener commuting and other energy-reduction efforts.
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