Episode 60: Global Decarbonized Mobility Summit

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

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4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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SwRI is hosting its first Global Decarbonized Mobility Summit, an opportunity for transportation industry members worldwide to convene in one place and discuss sustainable mobility solutions for all types of transportation. The impactful gathering, which is set to be an annual event, will bring together different perspectives and ideas to tackle the global emissions challenge as the industry strives for net zero emissions by 2050. Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions requires a clear action plan and the exploration of numerous sustainable options. The Summit will illuminate transportation needs and research opportunities to achieve lower global emissions on a rigid timeline. Listen now as SwRI Engineer and Summit Organizer Chris Bitsis discusses the vision for the inaugural Summit, the challenges the transportation industry is up against and why it is a critical event for everyone on the planet.

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0:00.0	Decarbonization conversations and sustainable solutions are the focus of SWRI's upcoming global decarbonized mobility summit.
0:09.3	The inaugural summit will bring together transportation industry members with the common goal of optimizing mobility while lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
0:18.9	We'll learn about this groundbreaking gathering next on this episode of
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0:56.9	Hello and welcome to technology today. I'm Lisa Benia. Southwest Research Institute will
1:01.9	host its first global decarbonized mobility summit November 13th through 17th in San Antonio, Texas.
1:09.9	SWRI is leading research, development, and the demonstration of sustainable transportation
1:15.2	technology.
1:16.6	The summit will showcase these advances and bring together transportation industry players
1:21.7	to connect and discuss decarbonized mobility solutions and challenges.
1:27.0	Our guest today is SWRI, engineer and summit
1:30.4	organizer Chris Spitzis. Thanks for joining us, Chris. Thanks, Lisa. Happy to be here. So this is going to be
1:37.0	an impactful event. So first, tell us about the global decarbonized mobility summit. What can
1:44.0	attendees expect at this event? Yeah, the global decarbonized mobility summit. What can attendees expect at this event?
1:46.6	Yeah, the global decarbonized mobility summit is a really exciting event for us at Southwest Research
1:51.5	Institute. It's a week-long event designed around our Advanced Research Consortia and topics that
1:57.3	relate to those with several parallel sessions taking place at the same time.
2:06.3	We start the week off with three of our consortia meetings coming to a close and having their final meetings. Then we move into an open day of industry professionals and Swery speakers,
2:12.2	as well as the kickoff meeting for our clean, highly efficient, decarbonized engines 9 consortia. The last two days
2:19.4	of the week, we have a life cycle analysis for transportation symposium, which is also an event
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