BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20110313T020000 RDATE:20110313T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110914T025716Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111005T114500 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111005T090000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110914T025716Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120215T205417Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250461331 DESCRIPTION:OctoberBest 2011 seminar of special interest \;\n \;\n Green Vehicle Design and Manufacturing \;\nSpeakers: Laurence Dunn\, Nacco Materials\; Bob Simpson\, EVDrive\; Joe Justice\, WIKISPEED \;\ n \;\nDate: Wednesday\, October 5\, 2011 \;\nTime: 8:30 AM Registr ation\; 9:00 – 11:45 AM seminar \;\nLocation: Tektronix Conference Ce nter\, 3025 SW Zworkin Ave\, Beaverton OR 97075 \;\nCost: $40 \;\ n \;\nThis seminar features three presentations which will cover batt eries\, drive system design\, and a novel method of manufacture for elec tric and hybrid vehicles. \;\n \;\nIn addition\, there will be an on-site display of vehicles from EVDrive and Wikispeed. \;\n \;\nR egistration/check-in starts at 8:30 am\, with the seminar starting promp tly at 9:00. \;\n \;\n“Li-Ion Is it our Mobility Future” \;\nLa urence Dunn\, Chief Engineer with Nacco Materials Handling Group will sp eak on how advanced battery technologies are helping bring more sustaina ble and greener technologies to the market while increasing productivity and decreasing operational costs. \;\n \;\nLaurence Dunn is Chief Engineer NMHG Inc. a Global Leader for company Innovation. He has spent 40 years in Automotive Electronics\, and the past 4 Years working on Fu el Cell and Li-Ion Projects for Forklifts. He is a committee member for UL 2580 “Standards for Batteries for use in Electric Vehicles”. \;\n& #13\;\n \;\n“Automotive Technology - The Next Generation Drive System s” \;\nBob Simpson\, CTO of EVDrive\, will speak on how pure electric vehicles can meet or exceed the performance of internal combustion powe red vehicles when powered by the right batteries in the right quantity a nd in the right location with the right secret sauce and systems integra tion to pull it all together. This presentation will discuss the design and development of electric vehicle drive systems. It will cover: \;\ n** Battery cell technology \;\n** Motor technology \;\n** Power sources and impact to grid\, \;\n** Comparative cost of operation an d service\, \;\n** Solution to Range anxiety with electric vehicles&# 13\;\n \;\nBob Simpson is the CTO and Drive System Engineer for EVDri ve Inc. He also has been employed since 1977 at Tektronix as a Sr. HW De sign Engineer. In 2008 he designed and fabricated a full performance ele ctric conversion of a BMW 325i. Elimination of fuel use and it's emissio ns was the goal but without sacrifice of performance OR economy. See www .evdrive.com for extensive build diaries. \;\n \;\n \;\n“Agile Manufacturing: The WIKISPEED 100 mpg car"\; \;\nJoe Justice\, CEO of Seattle-based Wikispeed will speak about Wikispeed\, an “open source ” project\, developing vehicles using principles from modular\, lean\, a gile software development. The gas-powered cars\, evolved from Wikispeed 's entry in the Progressive Automotive X-Prize\, are designed to be inex pensive\, safe\, efficient and fast -- made of aluminum extrusions and s tructural carbon fiber. \;\n \;\nTeam WIKISPEED entered a $10 Mil lion competition to produce road legal 100+ mpg cars. They built the imp ossible in three months. The WIKISPEED Team will talk about Agile practi ces applied to enormously speed up physical manufacturing. Joe Justice l eads WIKISPEED\, a team of 102 volunteers in 7 countries\, and walks thr ough how their 100 MPG road car was made possible through modular design \, iterative development\, and Agile project management. \;\n \;\n Joe takes a deep dive on exactly how a 100 mpg can be prototyped\, valid ated\, and brought to market by "\;using less stuff"\; and extre mely quickly. Joe will use the example and of the design and development of their revolutionary 100 mpg\, gasoline powered\, four-seat car with a target price of $17\,995. \;\n \;\nThis ground breaking work exp ands the agile process to design and manufacturing of the car. The talk will provide tools and take-aways for engineers and executives\, in manu facturing and software\, looking to improve their processes. New profess ionals and students can see examples of the value found in pairing\, pri oritized backlog driven development\, and extreme programming\, as they see the methodology jump from software teams to research\, manufacturing \, and product engineering. \;\n \;\nJoe Justice is a Seattle-area lean-software consultant and entreprenerd\, and a registered automotive manufacture since 2007. In 2010\, Joe’s X Prize team\, WIKISPEED\, tied for 10th place in the mainstream class of the Progressive Insurance Aut omotive X Prize\, a $10 million challenge for 100+ MPGe automobiles. Joe has spoken on social web application development\, project methodology\ , and agile best practices to audiences at Denver University\, Universit y of California Berkley\, Google\, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation \, Rotary International\, and others. Joe is currently on assignment at Zynga and CEO of WIKISPEED. \;\n \;\n \;\nAgenda: \;\nSched ule: \;\n• 8:30 am – Registration and Refreshments \;\n• 9:00 – 11 :40 am – Seminar \;\n• 11:40 – 11:45 am – Wrap-up \;\n• 11:45am – 1:00pm – OctoberBest 2011 Lunch Keynote (requires separate OctoberBest registration) \;\n \;\n \;\nLocation: \;\nBldg: Tek Confer ence Center (Bldg 38) \;\n3025 SW Zworkin Ave. \;\nBeaverton \; \n97075\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250461331 URL:http://www.octoberbest.com/ SUMMARY:OctoberBest 2011 Seminar - Green Vehicle Design and Manufacturing LOCATION:Tektronix Bldg 38: 3025 SW Zworykin Avenue\, Beaverton Oregon 97 077 US SEQUENCE:5 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR