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 Outside the lecture hall: coffee and chats, chats, chats...   Registering and all those practicalities...  Seated...  Many students from the University attended the presentations. Introductions and perspectives    Organisers Jake Roberts and Christer Lindström and the motor of the Uppsala Podcar City 1 Event, Magnus Hunhammar, got the ball rolling... See the presentation of Magnus Hunhammar 
Mayor Carolyn Peterson, Ithaca welcomed everyone and told about the impressing endevours of the Ithaca community to reach ecological goals and sustainability.  A Video Message was shown from Debbie Cook, Mayor of Huntington Beach and candidate for US Congress (D). She expressed her strong interest in the issue and wished the event good luck. See the video  Gay Nicholson, CEO Sustainable Tompkins presented an interesting holistic perspective on the process of changing paradigms. The best way of bringing about such a change is not by focusing at numbers and details, but at the fundamental attitudes. See the video See the pdf Local experience  Hans Lindqvist, the chairman of the network for podcars in municipalities - KOMPASS- made a forceful plea for action. See pdf of presentation  He told of the rapidly growing network and the enthusiastic interest for podcars and invited representatives from other countries to enter the network.  Let us unite Swedish enthusiasm and american "doism"!, he concluded. See the video See the pdf
 Time for Gus Ayer, Fountain Valley to give a South California Perspective. He widened the horizon with some very wise reflections on the podcar issue. See the video See the pdf  He used a big brush and painted a grand scenario what is ahead and what has to be done.   Realism   Bo Olsson (left), Swedish Rail, focused on train development but saw podcars as strong supplement and that the two modes of transport could enforce one another. See the video See the pdf Robbert Lohmann (right), 2Getthere, Netherlands, presented some invaluable experiences to remember when the euphoria about podcars is expressed. He can tell about problems and easily neglected aspects after a long trial and error project in Amsterdam Shiphol Airport. See the video of his speech See the pdf Pictures: Picture 1, Picture 2, Map, Schiphol Video   Joan Bokaer , Founder Ecovillage and Martin Tillman, UK both touched the Masdar project, where a whole new urban area in Abu Dhabi, will be planned with a podcar system integrated. Joan Bokaers: Video Martin Tillman: Video 
Ron Swenson once again reminded about the serious global energy situation, that demands new solutions fi concearning transportation. See the video See the pdf  After all this wisdom and realism there was time for some... Innovative perspectives 
Crista Lopes UCI, presented The Encitra Virtual City Initiative. Christa has developed tools within the virtual environment of 2nd Life, that can be used for visualising podcar solutions. To some (so far), this project seems to have a huge potential. See the video    Crista showed how to move around in 2nd life (left) and her legendary performance (as her 2nd Life "avatar" Diva Canto) with a podcar of SkyTran model (middle) and how podcar tracks can be implemented in the 3-dimensional environment (right). Design for the Podcar City Another innovative perspective was opened up during the 1st days´ final discussion (led by David Muyres) with some of the lecturers from the day at the podium. It was put forward by Geoff Wardle (2nd from the right) and gave a strong input regarding the whole planning process, the visual impact of the podcar systems and the integration of all aspects of architecture, innovation and human interaction, i.e. design for the whole podcar city! 
 See the video See Geoff Wardles pdf See also the video of the panel discussion Incidentially, David Muyres had issued an inspiring card game, containing aspects of the comples planning process, which amused those who got the chance to look at it. Like at the banquet when Magnus Hunhammar showed it to some interested participants.     Kjell Dahlström and Hans Lindqvist joined in. All means must be used... |
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