Mobile future is focus of InnoMobility 2012 conference

Editor’s note: John Warner is CEO of InnoVenture LLC in Greenville, S.C., which puts on an annual venture capital and technology conference.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – InnoMobility 2012 is around the corner – Nov. 7th and 8th in Greenville, S.C.

Why should you be there?

A couple of years ago, we identified mobility, broadly defined, as a place where people in our region are among the best in the world at what they do. Changes in materials, energy and connectivity are driving the global transformation of mobility, which is impacting almost every industry, from health care and education to automotive.

On November 7th and 8th, we’ll have thought leaders from across the country and around the world, from Sue Zielinski from SMART at the University of Michigan, Peter Falt at BMW Group DesignworksUSA in Silicon Valley to Ofer Avni of Cellint Traffic Solutions in Israel. We’ll also have thought leaders in our backyard, from a discussion of an interesting one-of-a-kind collaboration by Sage, Ford, and Unifi, to bright young entrepreneurs like Marty Bauer at RidePost and Ben Lee at AutoPilot.

Most people are like me and wait until the end, so twice as many people will register in the next three weeks and 500 or so people will attend.

Register today to join us, and then invite a colleague to come with you. You’ll benefit from connecting with people who are among world’s best so we can create the future of mobility together.

Here’s the event agenda:

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH

8:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Presentation

9:00 Joel Hoffmann, Industry Partner Strategist Automotive Solutions Division, Intel Corporation, MI

Connected Vehicle and Mobile Services Conversation

9:30 Next-Gen Connected Car, Dani Essindi Behrendt, Honda Innovation and Strategic Alliances, Honda R&D
9:50 RidePost, Marty Bauer, Co-Founder
10:00 Parking Carma, Rick Warner, CEO
10:10 Pandoodle, Dirk Brown, CEO
10:20 Autopilot, Ben Lee, Co-Founder and CEO

Conversation Cafe

10:40 With Insight Panelists:

Joel Hoffmann, Automotive Strategist, Intel;
Dr. Ulrich Quay, Partner, BMW iVentures;
Dani Essindi Behrendt, Honda Innovation and Strategic Alliances, Honda R&D

11:00 Community Conversations

Presentation

11:30 Ryan Popple, Partner — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, CA

Conversation Cafe

12:00 Venture Capital for New Mobility Opportunities

Dr. Ulrich Quay, Partner, BMW iVentures
Ryan Popple, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Martin Ettlemyer, Director of Operations, SCRA Technology Ventures

Networking Lunch

12:45 Lunch in the Conversation Hall

1:45 SCRA presentation of the Knowledge Economist Award, Bill Mahoney, CEO, SCRA

Presentation

1:50 Barry Einsig, Senior Manager Business Development Transportation Connected Industries Group, Cisco Systems, CA

Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Conversation

2:20 EV Ecosystem, Giorgio Rizzoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Automotive Research Ohio State University
2:30 Autonomous Vehicles, Michael Fleming, CEO, TORC Robotics
2:40 Military Intelligent Vehicle Systems, Corey Clothier, Strategist/Consultant, U.S. Army TARDEC
2:50 Electric Bike Share for Campuses , Bob Vander Woude, President and CEO, Conscious Commuter Corporation
3:00 KEMET, Peter Alexandre Blais, Senior Director Application Engineering – Americas
3:10 Real Fast Charging, Jackie Hutter, CEO and IP Strategist, Evgentech
3:20 Utility Aware EV Charging, Stephen Johnson, Consumer Energy Management, Itron

Conversation Cafe

3:30 With Insight Panelists

Barry Einsig, Senior Manager of Transportation Connected Industries Group, Cisco
Ryan Popple, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Lee Stogner, Director, IEEE Board of Directors at IEEE
Rueben Sarkar, Senior Director of Engineering, Proterra

3:50 Community Conversations

3:50 Networking Reception at CU-ICAR

5:00 Dr. Joachim Taiber, Research Professor, Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH

9:0 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Presentation

9:00 Carol Kordich, Sustainable Materials Lead Designer, Ford Motor Company, MI

Sustainable Materials and Clean Tech Conversation

9:40 Sage Automotive/Unifi/Ford Case Study Sidney Locke, Business Manager, Sage Automotive

Carol Kordich, Sustainable Materials Lead Designer, Ford
Jay Hertwig, VP of Global Branding, Unifi

9:55 Intelligent Transportation Systems, Pedro Fernandes, Researcher, Intelligent Transportation Systems, University of Coimbra, Portugal

10:05 NSF FREEDM Systems Center ERC, Ewan Pritchard, Director of Industry and Innovation at NSF FREEDM Systems Center ERC

10:15 Cellint Traffic Solutions Ofer Avni, CEO, Cellint Traffic Solutions, Israel

Conversation Cafe

10:25 Sustainable Community Transportation Conversation with Insight Panelists

Fred Payne, Greenville County Council
Susan Zielinski, Managing Director, SMART, University of Michigan
Joachim Taiber, Research Professor, Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University
Alissa Ritzo, Sustainability and Transportation Planner, SPATS

11:50 Community Conversations

Presentation

11:30 Jon Coleman, Fleet Sustainability and Technology, Ford Motor Company, MI

Networking Lunch

12:00 Lunch in the Conversation Hall

Presentations

1:20 Peter Falt, Director of Strategic Partnering, BMW Group DesignworksUSA, CA
1:50 Paul Venhovens, Professor/ BMW Endowed Chair in Automotive Systems Integration at Clemson University ICAR

Innovative Vehicle Design and Manufacturing Conversation

2:20 Michelin, David Van Emburg,Technical Director, Product Development, Original Equipment Passenger and Light Truck Tires
2:35 Volta Volaré, Paul Peterson, CEO
2:45 Clemson Advanced Materials in Automotive Applications Bethany Acampora, Ph.D. Technology Commercialization Officer, Clemson University Research Foundation
2:55 LEGO Lab, Tom Devall, Director of Automotive Initiatives Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University
3:05 Mobility Engineering, Paul Kumler, President, Aircraft Structural Designer, KTM Solutions
3:15 Performance Natural Fiber Composite Devin Collins, Assistant Director Business and Entrepreneurial Development, UNC Charlotte

Conversation Cafe

3:25 With Insight Panelists