Change members- Below's an announcement for an event hosted by the UW Foster Net Impact Chapter. We wanted to extend an invitation to the happy hour to campus groups like Change as there's going to be *lots of attendees interested in sustainability, economic development, and social entrepreneurship* (from both within UW and working professionals). Or just come for a free round of drinks and networking! See below for more details. While the topic of electric vehicles may or may not be directly applicable to Change, feel free to attend the talk beforehand (please rsvp using the link below, list your class as Other:Change). See you then! -Joe Michiels Foster School of Business - Class of 2010 jmich@uw.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Debbie Tran <debtran@u.washington.edu> Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:20 PM Subject: [Netimpactstudents] Oct 29th Net Impact speaker & social To: netimpactstudents@u.washington.edu Net Impact invites you to hear Jim Billmaier present *"Free Gas: The impending dominance of the Electric Vehicle."* This presentation both predicts and advocates for the rapid and massive transformation from octane-powered to electric-powered personal transportation. Jim will discuss why this will and must happen and the massive opportunities created as a result of this paradigm shift. (Please see below for his bio.) Location: Balmer 303 When: Thursday, Oct 29th from 5-6pm Afterwards, join us for a social gathering with other graduate students from around campus and members of the Seattle professional chapter of Net Impact. UW members of Net Impact - enjoy a round of drinks on us! Location: District Lounge - 4507 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105 When: Thursday, Oct 29th from 6:30-7:30pm *Let us know you're coming! * https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/debtran/86694 Speaker bio: Jim Billmaier is a founding partner of Charge Northwest, a company focused on hardware, software and consulting solutions for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Jim is a 30 year technology veteran and inventor of over 80 granted and pending patents. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of two venture backed companies and is an angel technology investor, as well as a limited partner in a Seattle based venture capital firm. Jim has served as Chairman and CEO of three companies including Asymetrix, which he led to a successful IPO in 1998, and Digeo, Inc which he co-founded with Microsoft legend Paul Allen. At Digeo, Jim became the only entrepreneur to ever win back-to-back EMMY awards for technical achievement. Jim acted as an advisor to Paul Allen, sitting as one of 4 members on his "President's Council" for 10 years. Prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, Jim was VP and General Manager of Sun Microsystem’s Networking Division, leading the efforts of Sun’s first internet offerings, the development of TCP/IP (the backbone protocol of the Internet), as well as introducing the Java programming language to the world. He also held executive leadership positions at MIPS Computer Systems and Digital Equipment Corporation. _______________________________________________ Netimpactstudents mailing list Netimpactstudents@u.washington.edu https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/netimpactstudents