Reminder-Talk by Mark Gorton in Delhi on Mon, 6 Feb
DCC
Event: Talk by Mr. Mark Gorton (founder of several Technology & finance organisations & a philanthropist)
Title: “Rethinking the Automobile: Lessons from 100 years of Urban experience”
Date: Monday, 6th February, 2012
Time: 4.00 PM
Venue : Gandhi Peace Foundation, Deendayal Upadhyay Marh (near ITO), New Delhi
Dear friends,
A prominent New York based founder of several technology & finance organisations (http://www.tower-research.com/, http://openplans.org/, etc) and a Philanthropist Mr. MARK GORTON is visiting Delhi.
We are happy to inform you that Delhi Cycling Club (www.delhicycling.org) is organising a Talk by Mark Gorton at 4.00 PM on Monday, 6th February at Gandhi Peace Foundation (near ITO) in association with Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (www.itdp.org).
You are cordially invited to participate in the event and interact with Mark Gorton. Title of his talk is “Rethinking the Automobile: Lessons from 100 years of Urban experience” and he will speak on issues related to Sustainable Transportation; Role of Information Technology, New Media, and Advocacy; and need to Building more livable, safer and equitable cities. Mark will also share ideas and experience on bridging gap between cities and citizens in decision-making process.
Mark holds Bachelor’s degree from Yale University, Masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and MBA from Harvard University. Mark and his company ‘Tower Research Capital’ has been a regular recruiter at IIT-Delhi, IIT-Bombay and some other universities during last few years.
He lives on the Upper West Side in NY city and cycles regularly to his offices in Lower Manhattan.
The talk shall be followed by a Q&A session and high tea.
Kindly send your confirmations by return mail and also forward it to people you think would be interested to attend.
For additional information please contact: Rajendra Verma on phone number: 9990-22-66-44
R.S.V.P.
DCC & ITDP
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More on MARK GORTON
Mark Gorton (45) is the founder of several innovative financial & technology organisations like Tower Research Capital LLC, a money management firm specializing in quantitative trading and investment strategies, Lime Brokerage LLC, Lime Wire LLC, Lime Labs LLC, and OpenPlans, streetfilms.
Mark has also been a leading philanthropist and advocate supporting sustainable communities and low carbon transportation development initiatives for cities in Unites States of America and in several other countries for several years. In 2005 Mark founded the New York City Streets Renaissance campaign in partnership with the Project for Public Spaces and Transportation Alternatives which has been highlighting the potential of public plazas, pedestrian areas, and bike lanes to transform streets into safer, more dynamic spaces.
He has been probably best described by media channel CNBC as “A serial entrepreneur, Gorton is known as something of a creative genius who just happens to run one of the most sophisticated trading outfits in the U.S.” – CNBC.
More information about him and the work suported by Mark Gorton can be found on the following links:
http://rethinktheauto.org/press/
http://urbanomnibus.net/2011/08/questioning-the-car-a-walk-with-mark-gorton/
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39038892/Man_Vs_Machine_Seven_Major_Players_in_High_Frequency_Trading
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aI7Vgoya5Bak&refer=exclusive