A kind reader sends along this plug (pun intended) for a special event tomorrow:

On Thursday afternoon (October 23), on the campus of the University of Michigan, several leaders in the areas of automotive research, public policy, venture capital and business will be coming together to discuss the prospects for plug-in electric vehicles, and what they might mean for the future of Michigan.

The program, called TechKnow Forum 2008: ReCharging Michigan, is scheduled to run from 3:00 to 7:00 PM at the University’s Power Center and will include such notable guests as

• John Deniston, Partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,
• David Cole, Chairman of the Center for Automotive Research,
• Nancy Gioia, Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs at Ford Motor Company,
• David Kiley, Senior Correspondent at Business Week,
• several noted U-M faculty members,
• and many others at the forefront of the movements to bring plug-in hybrids to market, and build an electricity infrastructure (smart grid) robust enough to make it possible.

A full list of participants can be found here, and tickets are available online

More information can be found at the Michigan Messenger.

If anyone goes and would like to blog about it for the getDowntown blog, just email me at info@getdowntown.org