Hot, Flat and Crowded Author to Speak at WFU

Thomas Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist for The New York Times and recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes, will speak at Wait Chapel as part of Wake Forest’s Voices of Our Time series.  His latest book, Hot, Flat and Crowded:  Why We Need a Green Revolution, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and will be the source for much of Friedman’s discussion at Wake Forest.  The event is free and open to the public. 

Friedman’s speech at Wait Chapel is also the keynote address for the Energizing the Future: Technology, Policy and Entrepreneurship, a conference taking place at Wake Forest February 10-11.   This conference will bring together leaders in business, academia, science and government to discuss  topics including traditional and alternate energy sources, energy economics, emergent technologies, and entrepreneurship. The conference will feature many panel discussions containing a wide range of expertise and opinion.  There is no charge to attend the conference but registration is recommended at energy2010.wfu.edu.