Panel 9: Changing Industries
As part of our Panel assignment on Changing Industries, we coordinated a panel of speakers with educational and career backgrounds in information technology and energy management/provision respectively. Our speakers, Michael Hidary, Dennis Quinn, and Manny Cancel, discussed the role of technology in a bid to ensure a greener future through the utilization of alternative forms of energy, example solar energy. While there were numerous take-aways following the in-class discussion, the ones mentioned are primarily those that resonated with some of the material we previously discussed in class.
Dennis Quinn mentioned, “Entrepreneurship is something you definitely need passion for.” The theme about liking what you do is one that has been discussed numerously in this class. He emphasized the importance of enjoying what you do in order to succeed in it; be it in one’s entrepreneurial or intrepreneurial endeavors. Dennis shared another excellent piece of advice, “One door will open another door. You never know what that other door will be if you never open the first,” emphasizing the importance of exploring new options, and making full use of whatever is presented to us, particularly as students in an ever changing, ever globalizing world. All the speakers were optimistic about the future of green technology, claiming that with “proper planning, and appropriate allocation of resources” companies can make great strides in attaining a greener future.
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