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Nov. 3, 2009 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENTMoving Minds: The Next Transportation InfrastructureDATE: Nov. 9–12, 2009. EVENT: It's a pivotal time for transportation—in the United States, in Southeast Michigan and worldwide. Half the world now lives in city regions. By 2020 that figure will rise to 2/3, challenging current transportation models and policies while at the same time opening exciting new opportunities for business and innovation. "Moving Minds: The Next Transportation Infrastructure" will bring top researchers together with business leaders, entrepreneurs, practitioners and policy makers from around the world and across the U.S. to advance new thinking and to accelerate implementation of systems-based New Mobility solutions and infrastructures. Special focus: "Moving Minds"—understanding the cultural, psychological and aspirational underpinnings of our relationship to transportation (for both users and leaders), and responding with innovative systems, policies, and business models that address these values sustainably, equitably and compellingly. Primary Sponsor: Ford Motor Co. Highlights include: PRIMARY LOCATION: Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor. MORE INFORMATION: The SMART Summit provides a platform for collaboration among leaders from private sector, public sector, non-governmental organizations and academia, who undertake pilot projects, research, education and global learning exchange on a range of pressing issues and opportunities related to the future of transportation in city regions around the world.
Related Links: Video footage of last year's summit 2009 SMART Moving Minds Summit
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