Media Advisory
WHO: | The Honorable Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy, will be the featured keynote presenter at the event. | |||||
WHAT: | The half-day, invitation-only event is the third in a series of forums sponsored by Hitachi and featuring panels organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and The Brookings Institution. For more information on the event, including a link to a live webcast of the keynote presentation and panel discussions, please visit: http://www.hitachi.us/about/hitachi/environment/eco-engineering-forum-2011/. | |||||
To access live webcast directly, please click: | ||||||
Agenda at a Glance: | ||||||
1:00 p.m.: | Registration | |||||
1:30 p.m.: | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |||||
1:45 p.m.: | Keynote Presentation by The Honorable Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy | |||||
2:15 p.m.: | Panel Discussion Featuring Policy, Science and Industry Experts Discussing Recent Developments in Eco-Engineering: Building Sustainable Cities | |||||
3:40 p.m.: | Coffee Break | |||||
4:10 p.m.: | A Conversation with Mayors: Sustainable Redevelopment | |||||
5:20 p.m.: | Closing Remarks | |||||
5:25 p.m.: | Adjourn | |||||
5:30 p.m.: | Reception | |||||
EDITOR’S NOTE: | ||||||
The forum is open to the press. Please RSVP to Mickey Takeuchi, masayuki.takeuchi@hal.hitachi.com, or (914) 333-2987. On-site media registration is permitted, but media must provide appropriate credentials. | ||||||
WHERE: | ||||||
| AAAS Auditorium | ||||||
1200 New York Avenue, N.W. | ||||||
| Washington, D.C. 20005 | ||||||
(Please use the entrance on 12th and H Streets) | ||||||
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2010 (ended March 31, 2011) consolidated revenues totaled 9,315 billion yen ($112.2 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
Contacts:
Mickey Takeuchi, 914-333-2987
masayuki.takeuchi@hal.hitachi.com
