ESI and ISEAS cordially invite you to a public seminar
featuring the
Electric Car and Electric Scooter
Date: Friday, 16 January 2009
Time: 9.30 am to 12.00 pm
Venue: ISEAS Seminar Room, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 119614
Registration is free but pre-registration is required.
Please email your name, designation and organization to esibox2@nus.edu.sg by 14 January 09. Due to limited seating capacity, please register early.
Abstracts
Global Warming and Financial Fallout of Auto Giants - Two Crises; One Promise?
In the words of Barrack Obama, our planet is in peril. The challenge of global warming is coming at a time when the world auto giants – producers of gas guzzling cars, which contribute significantly to carbon emissions – are suffering their most severe financial fallout. The two crises have come at an interesting crossroad for environmentalists and big business and throws into sharp focus the future of the green car.
Cont …
A Greener Singapore: Sustainable Mobility
The small, highly urban Singapore with its high percentage of daily commuters is one of the best places worldwide for sustainable mobility based on electric vehicles powered by clean energy. While most countries do test bedding with cars not yet in the market, Zeco decided to use German electric scooters with proven technology in the US, Europe and Japan.
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Programme
9.30 am Registration
10.00 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Mr David Tan, Deputy Executive Director, ESI
Mr Mark Hong, Energy Programme Head, ISEAS
10.10 am Global Warming and Financial Fallout of Auto Giants -
Two Crises; One Promise?
Mr Lim Kian Wee, Founder & Executive Director,
1AMPLEWORLD Company
10.35 am A Greener Singapore: Sustainable Mobility
Mr Jan Croeni, Managing Director,
Zeco Scooters Pte Ltd
11.00 am Forum chaired by Mr David Tan
11.30 am Viewing of Electric Car and Electric Scooter
12.00 pm End of Programme
Global Warming and Financial Fallout of Auto Giants - Two Crises; One Promise? (cont …)
Every crisis offers an opportunity. And these two crises could well offer a tantalizing prospect to redefine the global auto industry to make it greener and better. But will it make the industry leaner and more profitable?
This presentation traces the evolution of the green car till present day and questions its relevance and potential for a greener world amidst the current global financial turmoil. Also, this presentation will present how renewable green power will catalyze the evolution of transportation. The key to efficiency and sustainability is an integrated system which combines V2G (vehicle to grid), G2V (grid to vehicle), energy storage (battery), electric vehicles, solar, wind and others.
A Greener Singapore: Sustainable Mobility (cont ...)
Besides new electric vehicles, the setup of convenient plug-in infrastructure to charge electric vehicles is a crucial component for the success towards sustainable mobility. Solutions call for the setup of the whole system consisting of clean vehicles, charging and clean energy production.
The presentation will address the challenges of shifting from a society focused on petrol vehicles towards vehicles run entirely on electricity generated by clean energy. Zeco, as a pioneer initiative in Singapore, is committed to delivering the world’s first zero emissions transportation system – electric scooters fuelled 100% by a clean energy charging network.
About the Speakers
Mr Lim Kian Wee, Founder & Executive Director, 1AMPLEWORLD Company
Mr. Lim Kian Wee heads the worldwide operations for AMPLE. His area of specialization until 2008 was “Asset Optimisation” and he had worked at the SGXlisted Chartered Semiconductor. In Chartered, he served in the role of optimising assets and “Lights Out” operations as part of its productivity strategy to improve stakeholder value. These efforts in Chartered were state-of-the-art and at the forefront of semiconductor manufacturing; resulting in 3 patents (pending) and an automation benchmark for the semiconductor industry.
Prior to Chartered, he served in senior management positions with two logistics companies - Eagle Global Logistics (now CEVA Logistics) and Exel Logistics (now DHL). At Eagle and Exel Logistics, he headed the logistics, warehouse and distribution functions for Nike, Agilent, Intel, General Electric, and others products regionally and worldwide. He began his career as an Industrial Engineer with Western Digital and subsequently ran semiconductor manufacturing for SilTerra.
He graduated from Mississippi State University, USA with a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering and had completed an MBA from Heriot Watt University, UK.
Mr Jan Croeni, Managing Director, Zeco Scooters Pte Ltd
Mr Jan Croeni is the Managing Director of Zeco Scooters Pte Ltd, the first zero emissions transportation provider in Singapore. He is also the Founder of Eonlux SMExport in Singapore specialising in sustainable project management. Jan possesses more than 5 years experience in business development for startups such as Asia-Interns.com (the latter iHipo), marketing of high-end premium consumer goods, and furthering economic development initiatives for the German Chambers of Commerce and the German Ministry of Economic Affairs in Germany, Denmark and Singapore.
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