AIC analyzes the future of the automotive sector in novel way with AIC NEXT
Inspired by the TED format, the forum will showcase creativity, innovation and new ways of thinking in the industry Setting will allow for open debate, where thinkers from various disciplines will exchange ideas and explore new concepts First edition takes place February 18-19 in Bilbao, Spain | 05/01/2010Bilbao, Spain,
January 7, 2010AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center, as part of its aim to
identify new trends in the automotive sector, has launched AIC Next, whose
objective is to analyze the future in a different way.
This project
takes inspiration from the TED format and will provide a forum for thinkers
from various disciplines to exchange ideas and explore new concepts related to
creativity, innovation and values/ways of thinking.
AIC Next
looks to cover as wide a range of issues as possible, including manufacturing,
technology, mobility, sustainability, social integration, consumers, etc.
always with an eye to the long term.
In the first
edition, which takes place February 18-19, 2010 at the AIC, experts will
discuss such topics as ways to understand and prepare for the future, the
impact of geopolitical factors, the architecture of new energies, emotional
engineering, cities without cars or the Glasgow experiment, among others.
Among those
scheduled to speak are philosopher Daniel Innerarity; Alfonso Albaisa (Vice
President, Nissan Design Europe); Shaun Riordan (geopolitical expert);
Pedromari Olaeta (Managing Director, Ingeinnova); Javier Villalba (Director, Spanish
Network Business-Iberdrola); Gonzalo Alonso (Director, Going Green) and José
Solaz (Director-Automotive, Biomechanics Institute of Valencia).
The automotive
industry is facing one of the most dramatic periods of transformation in its
history. Intense and numerous outside pressures from opinion leaders, citizens
and society are imacting the sector in radical ways.
This forum
intends to become a point of reference for people and organizations in
automotive-related fields which are molding the future through their new ideas,
concepts and businesses.
AIC is an international benchmark center
located in Bilbao, Spain, integrating knowledge, training, technology and
industrial development in order to improve the competitiveness of the
automotive sector. The state-of-the-art public/private foundation opened in
2009.