SiSNaNRINVL SVLISUBAINN WinTV ONFHOL Id oaue}esa}U] fants naa VLISUaAINN owuawpediq ONIHOLIG | & OSINDALIIOd 91J9/9191q Ip apesjs a] a1epuoul Jessew ip ovodsel] ip jwajsis yenye 116 uoo BjeiBajul a ajiqiuajsos BUIIQOW e//@ OAIJCAOUU! O|DD0Idde uN Plog o16Bey 2z ‘ouL0, SW ‘Jouey “yy O1PagECO della CITTA' - 27 maggio 2014 Eventi e Appuntamenti A new system of sustainable and inclusive transportation Dove: Torino, Castello del Valent ‘Seminario su un nuove sistema di trasporti sostenibile e inclusivo, presentato da Pedro Roberto Kanof martedi 27 maggio alle 14,30 ‘The presentation will begin by indicating the trends of urbanization and utilization of transportation systems, as well as an analysis of the proposed solutions in the recent years, The possibility of a new system of transportation that will be inclusive - enlarge the spectrum of users to diverse sectors of Society according to each specific need (women, seniors, youth, etc.) - will be discussed. In this way, this new system will put an end to discrimination ~ present in the current system of transportation ~ by being inclusive and being economically accessible. Additiorally, this new system will be sustainable by reducing the emissions of toxic gases, which damage human health as well as harm the environment. {Last but not least, the system will guarantee the safety ofits users. This new system of transportation has already obtained a patent in the United States, as well as in other parts of the wor'd, Presenter: Pedro Roberto Kanof Pedro Roberto Kanof is an entrepreneur: he is the founder and CEO of Kanof Mobility Solutions, an enterprise which has the mission of manufacturing and marketing the product based on his invention of a new system of sustainable large-scale transportation based on bicycles. In this endeavor, he developed in the last five years an intense international activity, including presentations at conferences from Copenhagen to Bogota, from Buenos Aires to Berlin, from Washington DC to Rome, and also gave media interviews, The KMS proposal remains at the forefront of alternative transportation as a clean and affordable mobility solution. Kanof has previously worked in both the industrial and academic realms. As a professional he has worked in truck and car manufacturing (Mercedes Benz Argentina, and Alfa Romeo, Italy), publishing (Mondadori, Italy), and financial institutions (the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Inter- ‘American Development Bank) in Africa, Eastern Europe and the Americas. He has taught information technology in many universities (UC-Berkeley, California; Johns Hopkins University; George Washington University, Washington DC; Universita di Milano; Universita di Venice TUAY, Italy; Universidad de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela; and Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina). He holds a Doctoral degree in Engineering from Milan Polytechnic, Italy, and also studied at the Institute de Recherche sur F'informatique et 'Automatisme-INRIA, Paris, the ILO- International Training Center, Turin, Ttaly, the Hass Graduate School of Business Administration at Berkeley, University of California, land at the Facultad de Ingenieria de la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. He is a member of many engineering and management professional associations, and has been on the scientific board of different international conferences. Kanof is the editor of a book Innovazioni Tecnologiche: Nuove Opportunita’ per gli Anni'90), Franco Angeli, Milano, 1991), and is the author of approximately 60 papers. He Is also a member of cyclist organizations on both sides of the Atlantic,