[GPSCC-chat] Fw: Don't Miss WEST Summit 2013 Showcase of Solutions for Planetary Sustainability May 23 @ NASA

[Caroline Yacoub]

If you are willing to forego the wrap-up snacks and drinks, you can do this conference and still make the Green meeting.

--- On Tue, 5/14/13, Sustainable Silicon Valley <mgrossman at sustainablesv.org> wrote:


From: Sustainable Silicon Valley <mgrossman at sustainablesv.org>
Subject: Don't Miss WEST Summit 2013 Showcase of Solutions for Planetary Sustainability May 23 @ NASA
To: carolineyacoub at att.net
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 1:05 PM




 






















 






Highlights

The Speakers

Featured Finalists

The Solutions

Leading the Way




Thanks to our Sponsors


 
















  







  


 

 




 



 

 

 

 






 







Greetings!


What does it mean to have reached 400 ppm CO2? Silicon Valley's genius is taking on challenges head-on that others say can't be done. NASA is expert at systems engineering to achieve impossible feats. Come find out what happens when you put the world's leading scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and problem-solvers together to tackle the worlds' biggest challenges. 


Why you should attend WEST2013:

Achieve competitive advantage over companies that are underestimating climate impacts

Get the full picture from leading scientists on the scope and intensity of changes that are coming
Know the risk of delaying adaptation, and the opportunities for innovation and profit when you respond faster than your competition
Help your customers adapt and thrive in an uncertain future
Hear from corporate and civic leaders how to overcome resistance to create breakthrough change
Help your community go green faster
Discover ideas from innovators in the Showcase Exchange for exciting, game-changing solutions
Join us on May 23 to tackle the challenges ahead. 
 
For speakers, agenda, and more info. click here.
Click here to Register
Be part of the solution. See you there! 

Sincerely,
 Marianna Grossman for the SSV Board, Partners and Team




Hear the experts speak 

 
 
Dennis L. Meadows 
American scientist and Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, co-author of The Limits to Growth. Winner Japan Prize, 2009
  

  
James E. Hansen
Former Head of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City
 
 
 
 
Waleed AbdalatiDirector, Earth Science Observation Center 
University of Colorado
and former Chief Scientist for NASA



 
 
Dr. Anthony D. Barnosky
Professor at Department of Integrative Biology
 UC Berkeley
 
 
 


 
Banny Banerjee, 
Associate Professor & Director
Stanford ChangeLabs 
 
 
 
 Wes Jackson

Founder and President
  Land Institute     
 

 
Dr. Wallace J Nichols
Research Associate
California Academy of Sciences
 
  
 Kristiina Vogt
Professor of Forest Resources
University of Washington
 

 
Dan Rasky
Director & Co-Founder
Space Portal at NASA Ames
 
  
John Hogan
Environmental Scientist
 Bioengineering Branch
NASA Ames Research Center

 
  
Forrest Melton 
Senior Research Scientist
California State University Monterey Bay/NASA Ames 
 
 






 


#65 - Sustainable Power System Design & Performance Assessment Program
         #97 - High performance shrouded wind turbine, "Wind-lens" turbine
         #18 - COOL CITY CHALLENGE
        #40 - Distributed Generation + Intelligent Grid (DG+IG) Initiative
       #33 - GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT FOR A SUSTAINABILE FUTURE
         #7 - Community-based Flexible Workplace Centers
        #98 - The Green Ninja
         #45 - China Dream 
         #21 - re.source: sanitation service for urban slums
         #47 - Panelshake - Recycled Plastic - Natural Fiber Composite Roofing Panels


 




The Solutions






Silicon Valley ingenuity and NASA systems engineering are creating breakthrough, scalable solutions to solve the worlds' great challenges.



Solutions Exchange

Join us for a lunchtime session of serendipitous synergy discovery, uncover breakthrough solutions to our planet's challenges, visit coaches for finance, branding and more. Build connections Silicon Valley style. Bring home ideas to help your enterprise profit.
 
 
Launch Pad!
Ten featured finalists will pitch their solutions and get feedback from a panel of venture capitalists, academics, executives, and government leaders, to compete for the grand prize in a fast-paced session.
 
 
Intelligent Integrated Infrastructure
Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene will probe for advice on how to become the nation's greenest city. Google, SAP, Silver Spring Networks and new big data company, Grok, will show how advanced technology can integrate transportation, energy, water and buildings for true sustainability and resiliency. Learn how you can implement these solutions in your own city.






Leading the Way 
Technology and policy alone are not sufficient. Vision and leadership create the momentum and courage to imagine and implement a new economy, a new society and a better future for all. 


Breakthrough Leadership 
Leading VC Mohanjit Jolly; EMC executive Kathrin Winkler; NASA Associate Center Director Steve Zornetzer; New Resource Bank CEO Vince Siciliano and International Centre for Earth Simulation founder Bob Bishop; in dialogue with SSV President, Marianna Grossman about the role of vision and leadership in catalyzing revolutionary change.

 Awards and Call to Action   

Astronaut Karol "Bo" Bobko and State Senator Jerry Hill will present awards for the featured solutions.
 
Closing remarks: a call to action will close the day.

Celebration and Closing Reception

Join us for wine, delicious food and stimulating conversation. Explore the Solutions Exchange.
Discover new opportunities for collaboration and impact.

 





  Register Now! 

 
 Register Now!  
Public Sector Employees contact SSV for a discount code.



Foreign nationals must register to get clearance from NASA HQ to attend.  Send your information to SSV to find out if you can attend.
 
You can gain visibility by becoming a Sponsor. 


Click here for more information about the conference.
 









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Santa Clara, California 95052-0576
650-358-3638 



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