Educational Program: How the Electric Vehicle Revolution can contribute to fighting the climate crisis
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS
BY THE ASSOCIATION OF FOREIGN PRESS CORRESPONDENTS (AFPC-USA)
The aftermath of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference: How the Electric Vehicle Revolution can contribute to fighting the climate crisis
In the past few years, the automotive industry has been going through the greatest transformation of its history. Electric and autonomous vehicles, new software, battery technologies, and innovative design promise to revolutionize the way we move people and goods from one point to another.
A more sustainable world is both the drive and the outcome of this transformation, and doing the transition in an equitable manner is crucial for a better future for everyone. In this educational program, foreign correspondents will have the opportunity to learn how the industry is tackling key issues of the transition toward a zero emissions future as the topic takes center stage in global forums like COP27 - where the private and public sectors come together to discuss challenges, set ambitious targets, and forge partnerships to accelerate the transition.
This educational program is developed in partnership with General Motors, and the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents is solely responsible for the content of this educational program.
LECTURERS FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Shilpan Amin
Shilpan Amin is senior vice president and president, GM International, a role he assumed in April 2022.
Amin is responsible for GM operations outside of North America and China. His objective is to deliver profitable growth in each of the markets in which GM competes.
Previously, Amin was vice president, GM Global Purchasing and Supply Chain and responsible for the strategic direction of GM’s worldwide purchasing, supply chain and logistics operations.
Amin began his career with GM in 1996 as a product engineer in Advanced Product Development for steering systems. He has held various leadership roles within GM’s Vehicle Engineering and Global Purchasing and Supply Chain organizations, including executive director of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Program Management, and executive director of Global Propulsion Systems Engineering Vehicle Integration and Operations.
Amin is a member of the external Board of Directors for the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce and Pure Watercraft and the Board of Directors Advisory Committee of Focus: HOPE. He also serves as the lead executive chair of the Board of Directors for the General Motors Asian Connections Business Resource Group.
He has earned certificates in Leading Global Business and Accelerating Board Diversity from Harvard Business School, as well as a Transformational Leadership certificate from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Amin holds two advanced degrees: a master’s degree in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University.
Lena Hansen
Lena Hansen is the managing director of RMI’s Strategic Analysis & Engagement Group, and the co-chair of the Portfolio Management Group. Her work is focused on telling the integrated story of RMI’s work and connecting that to global climate change action.
She currently sits on the board of Canary Media. Previously she was the managing director of our China Program, based in Beijing, where she led a team to advise and support China’s energy transition. She has more than 15 years of experience developing, testing, and implementing innovative efficiency and clean energy solutions.
Lena has also led RMI’s US electricity program, where she focused on electric utility business models and the integration of renewable and distributed energy resources into the grid. She co-founded RMI’s Electricity Innovation Lab (eLab), a unique multi-year collaboration of leading power sector decision makers to create transformational solutions, and led RMI’s collaboration with the New York Public Service Commission on its industry-leading reform initiative “Reforming the Energy Vision.”
Lena co-authored RMI’s 2011 book Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for a New Energy Era, a roadmap for an economic transition to a low-carbon system in the United States.
Andy Oury
Andy Oury is the Engineering Technical Leader for High Voltage Battery Packs at General Motors. He has 23 years of experience in automotive product development, focused on chassis and battery engineering. Andy works with cross-functional teams to design battery systems like those found in GM’s Ultium Platform, that underpins game changing EVs like the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. Andy earned a Bachelor’s degree from MIT in mechanical engineering and a Master’s from Purdue in multidisciplinary engineering.