Name
Inside Solar Impulse's High-Stakes Mission to Pilot Around the Globe Without Fuel
Date & Time
Thursday, November 3, 2016, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Description
WeWork Times Square, 1460 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036
 
This past summer, aviation and clean energy history was made when Solar Impulse 2—a fuel-less aircraft—touched down in Abu Dhabi after traveling 42,000 kilometers around the globe over 16 months. Head to WeWork Times Square to hear Rebecca Lucore, Covestro’s head of CSR and sustainability, in conversation with Paige Kassalen, an engineer with Covestro and at age 22, the youngest person working on Solar Impulse’s ground crew and the 16 person team’s sole American female. Together, Kassalen and Lucore will discuss the future of solar and clean tech, as well as what it’s like to work on a stakes-through-the-roof experimental project packed with daily danger and the potential for huge payoffs and ways that anyone can apply their own skills and expertise to volunteer projects that benefit society.
Session
Inside Solar Impulse's High-Stakes Mission to Pilot Around the Globe Without Fuel
Hosted by REBECCA LUCORE, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability for the Americas, Covestro LLC and PAIGE KASSELEN, Commercial Trainee, Covestro LLC
Session Type
Fast Track
Theme
Social Good, Tech
Location
WeWork Times Square, 1460 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036
WeWork Times Square

This past summer, aviation and clean energy history was made when Solar Impulse 2—a fuel-less aircraft—touched down in Abu Dhabi after traveling 42,000 kilometers around the globe over 16 months. Head to WeWork Times Square to hear Rebecca Lucore, Covestro’s head of CSR and sustainability, in conversation with Paige Kassalen, an engineer with Covestro and at age 22, the youngest person working on Solar Impulse’s ground crew and the 16 person team’s sole American female. Together, Kassalen and Lucore will discuss the future of solar and clean tech, as well as what it’s like to work on a stakes-through-the-roof experimental project packed with daily danger and the potential for huge payoffs and ways that anyone can apply their own skills and expertise to volunteer projects that benefit society.