TRANSPORTATION TOMORROW [SOLD OUT]
By Jean-Marie Tarascon, Spencer Low & Alan Chan
Friday 26 May 07:00 pm
1 Sarkies Road SGP 258130 , Alliance Française de Singapour
About the talk
Transportation is essential to us today. The proof of its importance is that transport produces more than 25% of our CO2 emissions today (in France), contributing significantly to global warming. It is, therefore urgent to move from a model based on oil and gasoline to a model based on low-carbon energies that are much more environmentally friendly.
We hear more and more about electric vehicles or autonomous cars. But what about their technological reality? Will we see cars driven by artificial intelligence (or AI) within five years or only within 20 years? Similarly, for electric vehicles, what energy sources will be used to power the entire fleet? Will the electrical grid be able to keep up with demand? Will there be enough materials to produce and equip the vehicles of tomorrow? What role will recycling play?
Talk held by Professor Jean-Marie Tarascon from the Collège de France, part of the “Sustainable Development, Energy and Society” programme, Spencer Low, Chief Data and Sustainability Officer at SATS, Singapore Airport Terminal Services and Alan Chan, Chairman of the Land Transport Authority (Singapore).
The talk will be moderated by formerMaritime and Port Authority of Singapore Chief Executive Ley Hoon Quah.
In English
Friday 26 May, 7 pm
In the library, level 2
Duration: 1 hour
Speaker
Jean-Marie Tarascon
Professor Jean-Marie Tarascon holds the prestigious Collège de France chair in Solid-State Chemistry and Energy (Chimie du Solide et Energie), part of the “Sustainable development, Energy and society” programme. Since he moved back to France, he has been working on advanced technologies for tomorrow’s batteries. He has been awarded the gold medal of the French national centre for scientific Research.
Speaker
Spencer Low
Spencer Low was appointed Chief Data & Sustainability Officer of SATS in October 2022. He leads SATS’ data strategy, governance and analytics and is responsible for the Group’s sustainability, corporate communications, enterprise risk and corporate safety functions. Spencer joined the company in January 2020 as Chief Executive Officer, Travel Retail and Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer.
Speaker
Alan Chan
Alan Chan is the Chairman of the Land Transport Authority (Singapore) since 2016. It is a statutory boardunder the Ministry of Transport and is responsible for planning, designing, building and maintaining Singapore’s land transport infrastructure and systems. Alan holds a Diplome d’Ingenieur from the Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, France and MBA (withDistinction) from INSEAD, France.
Moderator
Ley Hoon Quah
Quah Ley Hoon is the former Chief Executive of Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
She is currently CapitaLand Chief People and Culture Officer.
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