[EXHIBIT] Transit-Geek Fest 4/9

Hi all,
I’m pleased to announce a very exciting event coming up on the evening of April 9th, an ignite-style event focused on new work, theories and projects at the frontier of tech and transportation. I hope you’ll join us. Free registration is now open at:http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/rudin-04-09-2012    //if that link doesn’t work, try the general page and scroll to april:http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/

If you can’t make it, check out other Rudin events here: http://wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/events/

Hoping to see you on April 9th.

Best,
Sarah Kaufman

Short Talks, Big Ideas: Transportation at the Tech Frontier

April 9, 2012

6:30-8:30 p.m.

How is cutting-edge technology bringing us into the new frontier of transportation? Join us for a fun, engaging, fast-paced event, with several speakers making short presentations about their tech-enabled and optimistic projects and theories, followed by networking and refreshments. Confirmed speakers include:

·         Anthony Townsend, Institute for the Future/Rudin Center: Limits of the Untethered City

·         Andrew Mondschein, The Rudin Center: Social Travel in the Era of the Smartphone

·         Frank Hebbert, OpenPlans: The Collaborative City Plan

·         Sophia Choi, NYC DOT: Taxi GPS Data and The Breadcrumb Project

·         Stepan Boltalin, Genevieve Hoffman and Paul May: MetroChange

·         Elizabeth Paul, MTA: The Future of New Fare Payment Systems

·         John Geraci, faberNovel: Getting Around Cities

·         Lizzy Showman and Kathleen Fitzgerald, School of Visual Arts: I Heart M15

When: 4/9/2012 6:30pm-9:00pm
Location: The Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd Fl.
295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012-9604  map