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IITSINE: An Evening With Dr. Ashok Khosla


11/13/2008

Indian Institutes of Technology Society in

New England (IITSINE)

Key Note Speaker Series Presents

The Future of Business and

Business of the Future

A Talk by Dr. Ashok Khosla

Guest of Honor :

Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill

Friday, November 14, 2008

Venue: Bamboo Restaurant

213 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730

(Phone: 781-275-5888)

 

Members $30, Non Members $35

Buy tickets/reservation using the following link:

http://www.lokvani.com/iitsine

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM:      Social/Snack

                  7:00 PM – 7:30 PM:      Welcome, Meet and Greet Treasurer Cahill

                  7:30 PM – 8:15 PM:      Dinner

                  8:15 PM – 9:00 PM:      Talk by Dr. Ashok Khosla

                  9:00 PM – 10:00 PM:    Question & Answer Session

 

Never before in the history of America have we been at such a crossroad where energy, climate and financial crisis have created constraints that are forcing businesses, particularly technology based ones to change their course. The future of business will lie in how well it can adapt to these changes – for which it will need substantial changes in mindset and policy. Dr. Khosla's creation Development Alternatives Group has worked for 25 years to create and market affordable eco-friendly solutions via profitable and sustainable enterprises. The organization has successfully created decentralized renewable energy systems and pioneered the manufacturing of environmentally friendly building materials.  Dr. Khosla will share his insights on technology and business strategies that can help us conceptualize the new kind of innovation.

Dr. Khosla’s Bio

Ashok Khosla was recently elected President of the prestigious International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Earlier, he was Director of Office of Environment, Government of India, and Director, Infoterra in the United Nations Environment Program. Ashok Khosla studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard.  He was awarded the Stockholm Challenge Award in 2002, the UN Sasakawa Environment Prize in 2002 (considered the Nobel Prize in Environment) and the Schwab Foundation's Award for Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in 2004.

For further information, call 617.470.6202.



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