Over 100 people attendend American Israel Chamber of Commerce‘s breakfast Briefing featuring Mike Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies at Better Place hosted by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
Tom Glaser President of AICC and Hans Gant, Senior Vice President of MACOC greeted the audience and Robin Spratlin of the event’s corporate sponsor Georgia Power introduced the speaker.
Mike Granoff told the personal story of Shai Agassi and how his vision for the solution to fossil fuel dependency is structured as a business venture and explained the Better Place program to a very engaged audience. Granoff methodically detailed the reasons why electric is the only viable long term solution for the personal vehicle and the advantages and challenges of creating the infrastructure that supports the use of these vehicles.
The event was organized by AICC’s CleanTech Committee and was cosponsored by the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast, Southeast Energy Efficiancy Allince, Green Chamber of the South, American Jewish Committee, the Atlanta Regional Committee, American Israel Educational Institute, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
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