Fwd: (4) Geography2050: The Future of Mobility | November 16-17 in NYC | LinkedIn
John Scott
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On October 13, 2017 at 4:25:58 PM, John Scott (jms...@gmail.com) wrote:
Geography2050: The Future of Mobility | November 16-17 in NYC
Of the trends that are going to reshape the geography of our planet over the coming decades, none will have a more profound impact than new innovations in Mobility. Just as railroads, automobiles, and airplanes reshaped our planet over the 19th and 20th century, we now must grapple with how mobility will be reinvented by the dawn of autonomous, electric, and shared mobility solutions, the emergence of autonomous flying taxi services and hypersonics, and the evolution of the next generation of mass transit, including HyperLoops. Old and new forms of mobility like bicycles and electric bicycles, skytrams and jetpacks will all play roles in this future. Together, these new forms of mobility will reshape our cities, our regions, and how they connect our planet. How will you help shape the world's thinking on these important issues?
Join in the American Geographical Society's (www.americangeo.org) multi-year strategic dialog about the vital trends that will reshape the geography of our planet over the coming decades. 2050 is coming sooner than you might think. Of course, November 16-17 is coming even sooner! So, register now to secure your spot for this exciting event in New York City at www.geography2050.org and come to NYC November 16-17 to lend your voice to this important dialog.
During the two-day program, interact with a series of presentations from and exciting array of leaders from government, industry, academe, the social sector to envision how these trends will reshape how we perceive, understand, and experience space and time as the fabric of mobility changes. Where else will you meet Parag Khanna and learn about how CONNECTOGRAPHY will reshape our planet, and then hear the inventors of GoogleMaps/Earth and Pokemon Go - Brian McClendon and John Hanke - share their vision on the future of geography and mobility. You will hear leaders from cutting edge mobility endeavors such as HyperLoopOne and the Airbus A3 autonomous flying taxi service talk about how they plan to remake the geography of our cities, regions, and the planet. McKinsey and RethinkX will be on hand to share their dueling visions for how the future of mobility may unfold. Leaders from cities and states that are grappling with this next generation of mobility solutions will be on hand to share there visions, along with leaders from public and private sector finance who will ultimately make all this possible. And this will not just be a discussion of future mobility technologies. It will be focused on the second and third order effects that these technologies will have on the future geography of our future world. This discussion will get you ahead of the curve so you can help do your part to build a future that is more sustainable, equitable, prosperous, and secure.
And afterwards, we have great cocktail events - the second of which will be in the iconic and picturesque Low Library Rotunda on the Columbia University campus to close everything off and bringing you lasting personal and professional connections.
Register today and make sure to share this with your friends and encourage them to join in this important conversation about how we together can reshape the geography of our planet in a way that makes the world a better place.
View topics, agenda, and register at geography2050.org.
