Carbon Culture at the Crossroads: Embracing a Green Michigan
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
from
7:30 AM
to
12:15 PM
WWJ Newsradio 950 Business Conference
April 22, 2008
Registration and breakfast - 7:30 a.m. | Program begins at 8:30 a.m.
Advance registration is required. Members of the Wayne State University community are free with a valid OneCard.
WWJ Newsradio 950 and the University Research Corridor present Embracing A Green Michigan - Carbon Culture at the Crossroads, a half-day business conference highlighting the work being done in Michigan to develop new technologies and new thinking about energy and the environment.
Two panel discussions will explore the following concepts:
- Public policies needed at the federal, state and local government levels to create a bioeconomy.
- How environmental concerns will change the products we use every day.
- The challenges of changing public behavior to support new energy and environmental technologies.
- The infrastructure changes that will be needed to support environmentally friendly vehicles.
Skip Pruss, Office of Governor Jennifer Granholm - "Michigan's Plan for Alternative Energy"
Panel discussions
Matt Roush, The Great Lakes IT Report, MODERATOR
Panel 1 - Cultural and Policy Impediments to a Green Michigan
Jim Croce, CEO, NextEnergy
Steve Forrest, Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
Randal Charlton, TechTown, Wayne State University
Soji Adelaja, Land Policy Institute, Michigan State University
Panel 2 - Business Reacts to the Michigan Energy Plan
Mary Beth Stanek, Director of GM Energy and Environmental Policy and Commercialization
Ron Krupitzer, Vice President of AISI Automotive Applications Committee
Ray Siada, Corporate Energy Manager, Guardian Industries
Aaron Crum, Co-founder, AMI Adaptive Materials
Wayne State University
Community Arts Auditorium (map)
450 Reuther Mall
Detroit, MI 48202
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Category:
Special Event
Location:
Community Arts Center
Audiences:
Alumni
Community
Current Graduate Students
Current Undergraduate Students
Faculty
Prospective Students
Staff
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