Alternative Energy: the Future is Now January 29, 2009

The panelists of "Alternative Energy: the Future Is Now" will share their visions and the innovative technologies that are driving their companies and organizations forward.

This panel discussion also highlights the high-tech connections between Silicon Valley and Israel, which both seek solutions to the issues of energy independence and global climate change. Organized by Santa Clara University's Jewish Student Union and Hillel of Silicon Valley, the discussion will take place in the elegant Saint Clare Room of Santa Clara University Library, in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Panel:
* Amit Nisenbaum, global operations and strategy. Better Place, leader in building an electric car network with the goals of sustainability and oil independence. Better Place was highlighted in a December 10, 2008, column by New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman.
* Udi Paret, vice president of business development & marketing. Pythagoras Solar, building cost-effective solar energy products through innovative photovoltaic technology and a winner of Scientific American's magazine's "50 most significant scientific breakthrough" awards.

* Geoffrey Bowker, executive director. Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology and Society, fostering a global network of scholars, activists, and leaders to understand social dimensions of technological change.
* Allison Kopf, student leader of Santa Clara University's 2009 Solar Decathlon team. In their last outing, SCU's Solar Decathlon team won third place in the 2007 International Solar Decathlon, organized by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Contact:
Michal Strutin, campus advisor; SCU Jewish Student Union; [email protected], 408-551-7021
Vanina Sandel, Hillel of Silicon Valley, [email protected], 408-286-6669 x11

Light refreshments provided

Free.

Official Website: http://www.hillelsv.org