<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InformAction"><span style="display:none" itemprop="about" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><meta itemprop="description" content="Invitation from swvasteamntdsync@swvastemnextthreedayssync.iam.gserviceaccount.com"/></span><span itemprop="object" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Event"><div style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" border="0" summary="" style="width:100%;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;border:1px Solid #ccc;border-width:1px 2px 2px 1px;background-color:#fff;"><tr><td><meta itemprop="eventStatus" content="http://schema.org/EventScheduled"/><div style="padding:2px"><span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="Google Calendar"/></span><meta itemprop="eventId/googleCalendar" content="hh0ui0qiettft1md1l1vl9p6o4"/><div style="float:right;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px"> <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=aGgwdWkwcWlldHRmdDFtZDFsMXZsOXA2bzQgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTNmMDRhZTU2YzVhMTE2YTNiNTllNzMyMDhmOThkZDEyNWNlM2U3YjY&ctz=UTC&hl=en&es=0" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">more details »</a><br></div><h3 style="padding:0 0 6px 0;margin:0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#222"><span itemprop="name">Choices and Challenges Forum: Self-driving cars in the New River Valley</span></h3><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="Event details"><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">When</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="20190404T170000Z"></time><time itemprop="endDate" datetime="20190405T010000Z"></time>Thu Apr 4 5pm – Fri Apr 5, 2019 1am <span style="color:#888">Coordinated Universal Time</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Where</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><span itemprop="location" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
901 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24060</span><span dir="ltr"> (<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+Inn+at+Virginia+Tech+and+Skelton+Conference+Center%0D%0A901+Prices+Fork+Road%0D%0ABlacksburg,+VA+24060&hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" target="_blank" itemprop="map">map</a>)</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Calendar</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px">stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech</div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Who</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222;width:10px"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><span style="font-family:Courier New,monospace">•</span></div></td><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><div><div style="margin:0 0 0.3em 0"><span itemprop="attendee" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">RBTC STEM Event Announcer</span><meta itemprop="email" content="stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech"/></span></div></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div style="padding-bottom:15px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222;white-space:pre-wrap!important;white-space:-moz-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-o-pre-wrap!important;white-space:pre;word-wrap:break-word"><span>The Choices and Challenges Project presents the forum "Self-driving cars in the New River Valley" on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.<p>Schedule:<br>• 1:00-3:30 pm: Background Sessionsj<br>• 1:00-5:00 pm: Poster Session<br>• 2:00-2:15 pm: Coffee Break<br>• 2:00-2:15 pm: Meet Poster Presenters<br>• 3:30-3:45 pm: Coffee Break<br>• 3:30-3:45 pm: Meet Poster Presenters<br>• 3:45-5:00 pm: Background Sessions<br>• 6:00-8:00 pm: Main Panel<br>• 8:15-9:00 pm: Follow-Up Session</p><p>This event seeks to explore the choices we still face and the challenges raised by the potential presence of self-driving cars on our roads and in our lives. While most thinking about and planning for self-driving cars has focused on urban environments, the New River Valley’s mixture of small town and rural communities offers a unique opportunity for exploring a range of questions. </p><p>• Will these vehicles interfere with our privacy? <br>• Are they safe, for passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and others? <br>• Will they undermine existing public transportation options, or expand public transportation into new communities? <br>• Will they increase or decrease transportation accessibility for poor communities, the elderly, and the disabled? <br>• Will they shift patterns of vehicle ownership? Will they improve traffic or create new problems? <br>• Will they require new regulations, and if so, by whom and of what sort? <br>• Are they ultimately good or bad for our environment, our communities, and our personal lives? </p><p>Our Choices and Challenges forum will bring together internationally-recognized experts and the public to discuss these and other important questions.</p><p>Admission is free and all are welcome.</p><p>Choices and Challenges is an ongoing public engagement series exploring ethical and social issues created by advances in science and technology.</p><p>Free parking is available in the guest parking lots at the Inn at Virginia Tech.</p><p>For more information, visit: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fcandc.sts.vt.edu%2F&sa=D&ust=1554448644144000&usg=AFQjCNFq0zZsosunabaXXYHzWniQnBbAHQ" target="_blank">https://candc.sts.vt.edu/</a>.</p><p>Cost: See Description</p></span><meta itemprop="description" content="The Choices and Challenges Project presents the forum "Self-driving cars in the New River Valley" on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center.
Schedule:
• 1:00-3:30 pm: Background Sessionsj
• 1:00-5:00 pm: Poster Session
• 2:00-2:15 pm: Coffee Break
• 2:00-2:15 pm: Meet Poster Presenters
• 3:30-3:45 pm: Coffee Break
• 3:30-3:45 pm: Meet Poster Presenters
• 3:45-5:00 pm: Background Sessions
• 6:00-8:00 pm: Main Panel
• 8:15-9:00 pm: Follow-Up Session
This event seeks to explore the choices we still face and the challenges raised by the potential presence of self-driving cars on our roads and in our lives. While most thinking about and planning for self-driving cars has focused on urban environments, the New River Valley’s mixture of small town and rural communities offers a unique opportunity for exploring a range of questions.
• Will these vehicles interfere with our privacy?
• Are they safe, for passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and others?
• Will they undermine existing public transportation options, or expand public transportation into new communities?
• Will they increase or decrease transportation accessibility for poor communities, the elderly, and the disabled?
• Will they shift patterns of vehicle ownership? Will they improve traffic or create new problems?
• Will they require new regulations, and if so, by whom and of what sort?
• Are they ultimately good or bad for our environment, our communities, and our personal lives?
Our Choices and Challenges forum will bring together internationally-recognized experts and the public to discuss these and other important questions.
Admission is free and all are welcome.
Choices and Challenges is an ongoing public engagement series exploring ethical and social issues created by advances in science and technology.
Free parking is available in the guest parking lots at the Inn at Virginia Tech.
For more information, visit: https://candc.sts.vt.edu/.
Cost: See Description"/></div></div><p style="color:#222;font-size:13px;margin:0"><span style="color:#888">Going (stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech)? </span><wbr><strong><span itemprop="potentialaction" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/RsvpAction"><meta itemprop="attendance" content="http://schema.org/RsvpAttendance/Yes"/><span itemprop="handler" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><link itemprop="method" href="http://schema.org/HttpRequestMethod/GET"/><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=aGgwdWkwcWlldHRmdDFtZDFsMXZsOXA2bzQgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&rst=1&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTNmMDRhZTU2YzVhMTE2YTNiNTllNzMyMDhmOThkZDEyNWNlM2U3YjY&ctz=UTC&hl=en&es=0" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">Yes</a></span></span><span style="margin:0 0.4em;font-weight:normal"> - </span><span itemprop="potentialaction" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/RsvpAction"><meta itemprop="attendance" content="http://schema.org/RsvpAttendance/Maybe"/><span itemprop="handler" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><link itemprop="method" href="http://schema.org/HttpRequestMethod/GET"/><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=aGgwdWkwcWlldHRmdDFtZDFsMXZsOXA2bzQgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&rst=3&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTNmMDRhZTU2YzVhMTE2YTNiNTllNzMyMDhmOThkZDEyNWNlM2U3YjY&ctz=UTC&hl=en&es=0" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">Maybe</a></span></span><span style="margin:0 0.4em;font-weight:normal"> - </span><span itemprop="potentialaction" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/RsvpAction"><meta itemprop="attendance" content="http://schema.org/RsvpAttendance/No"/><span itemprop="handler" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/HttpActionHandler"><link itemprop="method" href="http://schema.org/HttpRequestMethod/GET"/><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=RESPOND&eid=aGgwdWkwcWlldHRmdDFtZDFsMXZsOXA2bzQgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&rst=2&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTNmMDRhZTU2YzVhMTE2YTNiNTllNzMyMDhmOThkZDEyNWNlM2U3YjY&ctz=UTC&hl=en&es=0" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">No</a></span></span></strong> <wbr><a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=aGgwdWkwcWlldHRmdDFtZDFsMXZsOXA2bzQgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTNmMDRhZTU2YzVhMTE2YTNiNTllNzMyMDhmOThkZDEyNWNlM2U3YjY&ctz=UTC&hl=en&es=0" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">more options »</a></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#888;border-top:1px Solid #ccc;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:11px"><p>Invitation from <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/" target="_blank" style="">Google Calendar</a></p><p>You are receiving this courtesy email at the account stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech because you are an attendee of this event.</p><p>To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://www.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar.</p><p>Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. <a href="https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding">Learn More</a>.</p></td></tr></table></div></span></span>