NDN Panel Event and Live Webcast: Insights into the Future of Clean Transportation

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What:			The NDN Green Project will host a panel discussion on the future of clean transportation and the auto industry. As the global auto industry retools and re-emerges following the financial crisis, new technologies, players and business models are promising to reinvent not only how we drive, but also one of the key industries driving global growth. Clean vehicles have the potential to provide energy security, lower our carbon emissions and create new jobs as part of a new and cleaner, automotive future. But how the industry re-emerges, where it thrives and what technologies and companies will come out on top remain vital questions, the answers to which will impact not only America’s future but the world’s.
			The panel will explore how private and public initiatives in the U.S. can accelerate the deployment of fuel-efficient vehicles.
			Key issues to be addressed include:
			-- Can private-sector leadership drive the conversion of fleets to clean alternative fuels?
			-- What are the economic and environmental benefits of fleet conversion initiatives such as the one recently announced by AT&T?
			-- Where will clean vehicles create jobs and how will they transform the economy?
			-- What is the connection between electric cars, renewable energy and the electricity network?
			-- What new technologies lie on the horizon?
			-- Can clean vehicles provide energy security while addressing climate change?
Who:			Michael Moynihan, NDN Green Project Director to moderate the panel
			Dave McCurdy, former Congressman and President and CEO of the Auto Alliance
			Mike Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies for Better Place
			Kim Hill, Director, Sustainable Transportation and Communities Group, Center for Automotive Research and author of a recent study on jobs and environmental benefits resulting from fleet conversion, using AT&T as a case study
When:			Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 12 pm ET (lunch will be provided)
Where:			NDN
			729 15th St. NW, 1st Floor
			Washington, DC 20005

To RSVP to attend this event, please click here or visit the NDN website at www.ndn.org.

For those who cannot attend, please join us for a live webcast during the event, which will also allow viewers to submit questions for the panel. To RSVP for the webcast, contact Sam Dupont at (202) 384-1214, or e-mail him at sdupont@ndn.org.

About the Participating Organizations

NDN is a leading think tank and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., led by veteran strategist and thought-leader, Simon Rosenberg. The Auto Alliance is an organization of the leading global makers of cars and other vehicles. The Center for Automotive Research is the leading organization providing research on the global car industry and impact of cars on the economy. Better Place which is integrating electric transportation solutions in Israel, Australia, Denmark, the United States, Canada and Japan is the first service provider for electric cars, building infrastructure, software and the user interfaces to make electric cars available for mass adoption.

About the NDN Green Project

The NDN Green Project is working to facilitate the transition to a clean, low-carbon economy to advance the goals of solving climate change, improving energy security, and promoting economic growth.