Should America Launch a Major Push into Solar Energy?

February 11, 2015

Perlstein Hall Auditorium, Illinois Institute of Technology
10 West 33rd Street, Chicago, IL, USA

Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment

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Many Americans want to start now to develop alternatives to burning fossilized carbon. Solar energy is one of those options. This presentation will provide a back-of-the-envelope analysis of what it would take to power the entire U.S. economy with solar energy.

Follow this link for additional program information: http://www.iit.edu/wiser/news/seminar.shtml

 

Event Details

This program is free and open to the public. RSVP TO Donna Hale (dhale2@iit.edu), 312.567.3041 or Peg Murphy (murphym@iit.edu), 312.567.6881

Light refreshments will be served at 2:45pm

Featured Guest

Phillip Dowd

Phillip Dowd is retired founder and senior executive of SunGard Data Systems — a large specialized provider of software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education, and the public sector. He received a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Currently a trustee at Carnegie Mellon University, Dowd is an active philanthropist in the Chicago area, as well as an avid golfer and sailor.