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I attended a lunch on Wednesday lunchtime sponsored by Imaginatik who presented their approach to idea management and solution generation. The company offers a software solution that many companies use including Pitney Bowes who have implemented an Idea capture capability internally called IdeaNet. THree customers of imaginatik provided stories about how they are using the companies software to generate and capture ideas. The lunch was at Sardie's on 44th street - an interesting venue although pretty uninteresting food :(-
Unfortunately I missed some of the early afternoon session as I had a meeting to attend so I am coming in part way through. Following a presentation around alternative fuels and energy there is a Q&A session with Fred Krupp from Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) moderated by GE.
- Why did the presenter write his book?: We all need to know what is happening around alternative energy and global warming. We are going to save ourselves from ourselves we are not going to site around and wait to see what happens
- Two chapters in the book are on Solar why dedicate this so much?: We have so much sunlight and if we had a solar plant 100 square miles in Mexico we could power the whole US. We are getting much more efficient at capturing the sunlight.
- Should Government invest in Solar?: Clayton was skeptical about carbon sequestration and solar - citizens are demanding that governments act but something will happen because it has to. The Government invited all the democrats to the white house and told them that he wants this legislation to happen before healthcare.
- What about regulation?: It should be regulation without too much control allowing companies to innovate within a framework
- Should we be investing in solar and other technologies in Afghanistan and Iraq which don't have a grid infrastructure? Yes that is a great idea - the US can regain its dominance in this area if it decides to invest in these new technologies. At the moment Western Europe is far ahead of the US at the moment.
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