Conference Alert: Moving Minds at the UM/Ann Arbor, Nov 9-12, 2009
MOVING MINDS: THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE is coming up fast - November 9 – 12 in Ann Arbor. Hotel blocks are filling up and the early- bird rate ends October 22 (this Thursday) end of day.
For more information go to http://um-smart.org and click on the SMART summit link in the left margin.
Special Highlights Include:
• The world (and the country) at your doorstep. Urban transportation thought leaders, practitioners, business leaders and policy makers from the U.S. and around the world
• New Mobility Primer Salon – Mon. Nov 9, 6:30 pm – free & open to the public
• New Mobility Entrepreneurs forum, also Monday night
• Moving Minds public event – The psychology of our transportation choices and new visions for the next generation of transportation
• Special working luncheon to connect SE Michigan transportation initiatives – Tues. Nov 10. (SMART’s Connect & Prosper Initiative celebrates its new supporting partner, the Mott Foundation).
• Design in Motion Breakfast – forging the link between design, mobility & accessibility (at Angelo’s – delicious) – Wed. Nov. 11
• Special working luncheon on New Mobility, resilience, and national security (Wed. Nov 11)
• New Mobility Means Business – a panel focused on the emerging business opportunities of innovative transportation in an urbanizing world
• Hands-on mapping session linking real estate and New Mobility – in partnership with the UM-ULI Real Estate Forum (see http://www.umuliforum.com/)
• Policy & Research panel Wed Nov 11, setting the stage for a focused all- afternoon collaborative research workshop geared to accelerating sustainable transportation implementation – Thurs. Nov. 12
