Tesla Motors, Pelikanstrasse 10 , 8001 Zurich (map)
Thursday, September 29, 19.00 - 21:20

Pre-conference networking night for JAC participants. Drinks and dinner served.

Electric Cars: Fad, niche, or rebirth of the auto industry?
Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) promise both freedom from oil dependence and a key step toward mitigating climate change. The US and China each promise to have a million PEVs on the road in the near future. Are we witnessing a historic tipping point for the automobile?  Or are PEVs merely the latest in a series of vehicle fads?

Schedule:
19:00 - 19:20: Welcome Drinks
19:20 - 19:40: The World of Tesla
19:40 - 20:00: Electric Vehicles: Revolution or Evolution?
                     Thomas P. Lyon, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
20:00 - 21:30: Dinner and Networking


 

About Thomas P. Lyon

Thomas P. Lyon is the Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan.  He holds the Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce, with appointments in both the Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources and Environment.  Professor Lyon is a leader in using economic analysis to understand corporate environmental strategy and how it is shaped by emerging government regulations, non-governmental organizations, and consumer demands.  His book Corporate Environmentalism and Public Policy, published by Cambridge University Press, is the first rigorous economic analysis of this increasingly important topic.   Professor Lyon earned his bachelor’s degree at Princeton University and his doctorate at Stanford University.  His current research focuses on corporate environmental information disclosure, greenwash, the causes and consequences of renewable energy policy, and voluntary programs for environmental improvement. 

Professor Lyon has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago, the University of Bonn, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Paris.  He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Scuola Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy during 1997.  He spent the academic year 2002/2003 as a Gilbert White Fellow at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, and 2003/2004 as a visiting economist in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.  Professor Lyon serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy and the Journal of Regulatory Economics.  His teaching experience includes energy economics and policy, environmental governance, non-market strategy, regulation, managerial economics, business and government, game theory, business strategy, and the management of innovation.

 
Location:
Tesla Motors, Pelikanstrasse 10, Zurich

Fee:
-> Free for JAC participants: confirm attendance via email to registration(at)jac-conference.org
-> Others: CHF 65.-: click here