Summit Program

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Art Center's Hillside Campus

5:00 – 7:00 pm

Summit Opening Reception

Colors, Materials and Trends Exploration Lab, Hillside Campus

DAY 1: Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Art Center’s South Campus Wind Tunnel

All presentations and activities to be held at Art Center’s South Campus Wind Tunnel (except where noted).
7:30 – 8:30 am

Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30 – 10:15 am     

Art Center Welcome: Summit Overview – Dave Muyres / Nate Young

Morning Keynote: My Other Car is a City – Alex Steffen

Systems Thinking Applied: Cities – Gary Lawrence
10:15 – 10:30 am  

Morning Break

10:30 am – 12:15 pm  

The Designer’s Challenge – Henrik Fisker

Introduction to Art Center’s Mobility Vision Integration Process –  Lloyd Walker , Udaya Patnaik

Session 1: Demonstration of mVIP – Lloyd Walker
12:15 – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 pm

Visualizing Future Cities – Martin Tillman

1:30 – 2:45 pm

Panel Discussion: Mobility as the Driver for City Planning
Gordon Feller, Moderator
Scott Bernstein
William Browning
Martin Wachs, Ph.D.
2:45 – 3:15 pm

Afternoon Break
3:15 – 4:15 pm

Five-Minute Pitch Sessions

Fast-paced presentations of sustainable mobility perspectives and inventions ranging from the feasible to the strategic.

• Peter Treadway, Treadway Update
• Steve Fambro, CEO Aptera
• Raul-David Poblano, MIT Media Lab – Robo-Scooter
• Student Mobility Study, Johnson Controls, Inc. Sponsored Project
• Andréa White, Bikestation
• Lindsay Smith, Where the Rubber Meets the Road

4:15 – 4:45 pm

The Green Economy Drives New Corporate Systems – Hannah Jones

4:45 – 5:00 pm  

Closing Remarks – David Muyres / Andy Ogden
5:00 – 6:00 pm

Shuttle Transportation to Hillside Campus

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Evening Reception – Student Dining Room, Hillside Campus
7:00 – 9:00 pm

Evening Keynote Program – Ahmanson Auditorium

Art Center’s Sustainable Mobility Commitment – Richard Koshalek / Nate Young
Summit highlight reel by Art Center Graduate Film Students
Special Address – John Mizroch
Keynote Introduction – Stuart Townsend
Keynote: Design, Society and Mobility – Paul Hawken

DAY 2: Thursday, February 7, 2008

Art Center’s South Campus Wind Tunnel
7:00 – 8:00 am

Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 10:15 am

Welcome Back

Overview – Dave Muyres / Udaya Patnaik

The $2,500 Car Dilemma – V. Sumantran, Ph.D.

Rethinking Vehicle and Systems Architecture – A Conversation with Gordon Murray

Panel Discussion: The New Systems Driving Sustainable Mobility
     Mark Goodstein, Moderator
     Christer Lindström
     Dan Sturges
     V. Sumantran, Ph.D.
10:15 – 10:30 am

Morning Break

10:30 – 11:00 am

Coordination in the Future Urban – Jan Chipchase

11:00 – 12:00 pm

Session 2: mVIP Future Scenario Application – Lloyd Walker
12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 pm

Mobility: Inevitable Paradigm Shifts Ahead – Hazel Henderson

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Panel Discussion: 21st Century Strategies
     Jayne Poynter, Moderator
     Peter Bishop, Ph.D.
     Axel Friedrich, Ph.D.
     Freeman Thomas, Ph.D. (Honorary)

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm

Designing a Future – Geoff Wardle

2:50 pm – 3:00 pm

Closing Remarks – Dave Muyres
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Alumni for Green Afterparty – South Campus Wind Tunnel and Rooftop
Open to all Summit Attendees and All Art Center alumni.
 

Schedule subject to change.

Take a look at the 2007 Summit program here.