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3-D Printing, Clean Tech, and Sustainability
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3-D printing – also known as additive manufacturing – has the potential to revolutionize global manufacturing, bringing the fabrication process from the factory floor to the desktop or small local 3-D printing centers. Sustainability impacts could be huge, greatly reducing fuel use and carbon emissions in factories and transportation throughout the manufacturing supply chain and speeding up the design cycle and opening up new markets for bio-based feedstocks. But the impacts could also be negative – a proliferation of unnecessary items using plastics and other petroleum-based materials.
What does the future hold for clean tech and sustainability in this exciting and innovative new field? Join us for a lively interactive conversation co-hosted with Autodesk as we explore these and many other issues and questions in 3-D printing and the intersection of sustainability. Moderated by Clean Edge managing director Ron Pernick in conversation with Janine Benyus, Author and Cofounder, Biomimicry 3.8; Jeremy Faludi (LEED AP), Sustainable Design Strategist and Analyst; Susan Gladwin, Global Lead, Clean Tech Initiative, Autodesk; and Paul Susalla, Section Supervisor of Rapid Manufacturing, Ford Motor Company.
Speaker Bios:
Paul Susalla
Section Supervisor of Rapid Manufacturing, Ford Motor Company
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Paul Susalla is a rapid manufacturing and 3-D printing manager at Ford Motor Company, a position he has held since December 2008. Susalla leads Ford’s 3-D printing operations at a dedicated facility in Dearborn Heights, Mich., that creates prototype 3-D printed production-representative parts for Ford vehicles. Inside the facility, called the Beech Daly Technical Center, Susalla leads a group of technicians who use 3-D printing to quickly produce prototype parts for Ford’s EcoBoost® engines and everything from air vents to cylinder heads, shaving months off overall development time.Previously, Susalla held multiple positions in Ford’s prototype transmission and hybrid transmission development operations, as well as Ford’s North American powertrain manufacturing team. Susalla is a driving force in Ford’s continued investment in 3-D printing and in the utilization of the company’s newest variations of this technology, 3-D printing with sand. In March 2013, Susalla also became an instructor at TechShop Detroit in Allen Park, Mich. Susalla graduated from Kettering University in Flint, Mich., with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1986, and has an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1989 and an M.S. in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1993.
Susan Gladwin
Global Lead, Clean Tech Initiative,
Autodesk
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Susan Gladwin serves as Autodesk’s Clean Tech Initiative Global Lead, and is responsible for overseeing the company’s clean tech program and industry strategy. In this role, Susan manages Autodesk’s partnerships with clean tech companies and stakeholders in North America, Europe and Asia, and also tracks the sector’s sustainability best practices. In 2009, she was responsible for launching the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program, designed to assist clean tech startups through deployment of Autodesk digital prototyping software.
Ms. Gladwin serves on the board of directors for Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, as well as on the faculty of the California College of the Arts’ MBA in Design Strategy program, where she co-developed the Sustainability Studio curriculum. She was part of the founding team of the Clean Technology Open and served as its sustainability chair. Prior to her work with Autodesk, Ms. Gladwin founded Gladwin Consulting, a strategic marketing consulting practice that serves both venture-backed and established technology, digital media, and consumer brand companies as well as select non-profits, building on her previous management experience with Apple and other technology brands.
Ron Pernick
Session Moderator
Managing Director, Clean Edge
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Ron Pernick is founder and managing director of clean-tech research and advisory firm Clean Edge and the coauthor of two books on clean-tech business and innovation, Clean Tech Nation (HarperCollins, 2012) and The Clean Tech Revolution (HarperCollins, 2007). At Clean Edge he has coauthored more than two dozen reports on clean technologies, markets, and policies and oversees the firm’s research, event production, index publishing, and advisory services. He has taught MBA-level courses at Portland State University and New College, is widely quoted in the media, and is a regular speaker at industry events in the U.S. and abroad. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.
Jeremy Faludi
Sustainable Design Strategist and Educator
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Jeremy Faludi (LEED AP BD+C), is a sustainable design strategist and educator. He is co-author of the Autodesk Sustainability Workshop, and has taught green product design at Stanford University, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, and other schools. He has contributed to six books on sustainability, including Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century. A bicycle he helped design was in the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's exhibit "Design for the Other 90%", and he designed the prototype of AskNature.org for The Biomimicry Institute. He has been the sustainability research manager for Project Frog, and a researcher at Rocky Mountain Institute and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs. Jeremy gives lectures and workshops at conferences, schools, and businesses around the world.
Janine Benyus
Author, Innovation Consultant, & Co-Founder,
BIOMIMICRY 3.8
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Janine Benyus is a biologist, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. In Biomimicry, she names an emerging discipline that emulates nature’s designs and processes (e.g., solar cells that mimic leaves) to create a healthier, more sustainable planet. Since the book’s 1997 release, Janine has evolved the practice of biomimicry, consulting with businesses and conducting seminars about what we can learn from the genius that surrounds us. Her favorite role Is Biologist‐at‐the‐Design‐Table, introducing innovators to 3.8 billion years of brilliant, time- tested solutions.
In 2010, Janine and her team combined the for‐profit and non‐profit arms into a single B‐Corp called Biomimicry 3.8. Working as a social enterprise, Biomimicry 3.8 is the world’s leader in biomimicry innovation consulting, training for professionals, and curricula development for educators. Its mission is to inspire, educate, and connect the growing community of biomimicry practitioners around the world. Over the past 14 years, Janine has personally introduced millions to the meme of biomimicry through two TED talks, hundreds of conference keynotes, and a dozen documentaries.
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