37th Annual Asian American Architects and Engineers Dinner
Passenger transportation was arguably the least innovative sector in our society over the past 80 years. Passenger travel has devolved into a monoculture where the single occupant vehicle dominates all other surface modes. We are now on the threshold of radical change. New mobility services such as Uber and Lyft, new propulsion technologies using electricity and hydrogen, and increasing vehicle automation could transform how we travel, with the potential for a much smaller resource and environmental footprint.
Date
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Time
6 pm to 10 pm
Reception: 6:00 pm
Dinner/Program: 7:00 pm
Location
Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Daniel Sperling
Professor; Director of ITS-Davis
University of California, Davis
Dr. Daniel Sperling is Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, and founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis). The Institute has over 150 faculty, staff and student researchers. He has led ITS-Davis to international prominence by building strong partnerships with industry, government, and the environmental community, integrating interdisciplinary research and education programs, and connecting research with public outreach and education. He was a recipient of the Blue Planet Prize from the Asahi Glass Foundation, was appointed to the “automotive engineering” seat on the California Air Resources Board, served as co-director of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard study, and was appointed chair of the “Future of Mobility” Council of the Davos World Economic Forum.
In the past 25 years, he has authored or co-authored over 200 technical papers and 11 books, including Two Billion Cars (Oxford University Press, 2009) and has made 500 professional presentations in his career. He is widely cited in leading newspapers, has been interviewed many times on NPR radio, including Science Friday, Talk of the Nation and Fresh Air, and in 2009 he was featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Dr. Sperling will explore what this all means for our lifestyles, our cities, and our planet.
Master of Ceremony
Mr. Lloyd LaCuesta
Lloyd LaCuesta is an award-winning journalist who has reported on some of the biggest stories in the history of the Bay Area and California including the Loma Prieta Earthquake and the Oakland Hills Fire.
He has won six Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and received a lifetime achievement award from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) in 2004. He was the first national president of the AAJA, and is the director of the AAJA’s Study Tours Program. He was the first president of Unity Journalists of Color.
Mr. LaCuesta is currently an Adjunct Professor at the San Jose State University School of Journalism & Mass Communication.
RSVP
Please RSVP by October 31, 2014.
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Current AAAE members can get a discount for Bronze Sponsorship by registering before October 24, 2014.
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