I’m getting excited for tonight’s chat featuring two great energy—and clean energy—experts. Coming in from out of town as the star of the show is Amory Lovins, the visionary cofounder, chairman, and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He will be chatting with Jim Matheson, general partner of Flagship Ventures, and one of New England’s leading authorities on energy and sustainability.
Both men think a lot about how to bring energy needs and constraints in tune with commercial and lifestyle realities. Lovins advocates that it is possible to run a 2.6x-bigger economy by 2050 without oil, coal, or nukes, not to mention one-third less natural gas—and much lower costs. He has detailed all this in a new book he co-authored called Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era. And he will be sharing many of the details tonight with our audience.
This should be a truly insightful evening—and we still have a few tickets left. The event takes place at 6pm at Draper Laboratory in Kendall Square. There will be an hour of networking, with the chat itself set for 7-8pm, followed by still more networking. Matheson promises there will be plenty of time for audience questions as well.
So act fast and get your tickets here to this eye-opening evening.
Author: Robert Buderi
Bob is Xconomy's founder and chairman. He is one of the country's foremost journalists covering business and technology. As a noted author and magazine editor, he is a sought-after commentator on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review, then a 10-times-a-year publication with a circulation of 315,000. Bob led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek's technology editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative.
Bob is the author of four books about technology and innovation. Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) is a post-Cold War account of the Office of Naval Research. Guanxi (2006) focuses on Microsoft's Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness. Engines of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research. The Invention That Changed the World (1996) covered a secret lab at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness-sponsored National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.
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