Date: February 22, 2018

Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Location: Maeder Hall

Unfortunately, the seminar with Robbie Diamond has been postponed.

Robbie Diamond, president and CEO of Securing America’s Future Energy, will speak on “Self Driving: Are we on ‘Autopilot’ to the future?” as part of the 2017/2018 Highlight Seminar Series at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University.

ABSTRACT
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are already on the roads, and promise to reinvent our transportation system. As AVs are introduced alongside electric powertrains, ride-sharing business models, and V2V and V2I connectivity, there are significant opportunities to realize greater system efficiencies, reduce the cost of travel, save tens of thousands of lives every year, offer safe and affordable transportation to people with disabilities, and mitigate our oil dependence. In addition to exploring the wide swath of benefits offered by AV technology, this presentation will discuss near and long-term regulatory challenges facing an autonomous and electric transportation future, and the political pitfalls that could arise.

BIO
Robbie Diamond is the Founder, President and CEO of Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE). In 2006, he came together with Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President, and CEO of FedEx Corporation, and General P.X. Kelley, USMC (Ret.), 28th Commandant of the Marine Corps, to form SAFE’s Energy Security Leadership Council, a group of prominent business leaders and retired senior military officers dedicated to combating the nation’s dangerous dependence on oil.

Diamond is also the President and CEO of the Electrification Coalition, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale.

Diamond earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in Peace and Conflict Studies and Political Science, as well as a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School.

The 2017/2018 Highlight Seminars Series will be held on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Maeder Hall at the Andlinger Center. Lunch will be served at 12:00 noon in the auditorium lobby of Maeder Hall.