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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

 
     
 
 

Five Teams, Six Judges, Seven Minutes: Volpe’s Third Innovation Challenge

 

Five teams competing for seed funding waited anxiously to take the stage. Six DOT executives took their seats as judges of Volpe’s third Innovation Challenge. The teams each gave seven-minute presentations describing the problems they proposed to solve, the solutions they wished to develop, and the impacts those solutions could have on transportation. But only one team could win the funding to move its proposal forward.

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Thursday, February 26, 2015
12:00 - 12:45 p.m. ET

 John B. Moavenzadeh
Senior Director of Mobility Industries and Officer of the World Economic Forum USA 

Attend the event via webinar or join us in person.

This event is part of the Transportation and the Economy speaker series.

Visit our website to learn more.

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