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Q&A with Cisco’s Laura Ipsen: Telepresence reduces carbon at Copenhagen

Source: VentureBeat

Oct 29, 2009

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I spoke recently with Laura Ipsen, the senior vice president and general manager in charge of the Smart Grid for Cisco.

The Smart Grid is the more efficient electrical grid that the nation is moving toward, one that relies on more renewable energy and emits less carbon into the atmosphere. Ipsen will be speaking at our GreenBeat conference next month, where we’ll be discussing the most disruptive technologies bringing change to the old carbon-based grid system. President Obama just Tuesday announced a $3.4 billion federal investment into Smart Grid projects.

Notably, Ipsen says Cisco has offered its Telepresence technology to the United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen in December — so that stakeholders from around the world can have access to the diplomats who will negotiate a pact to lower emissions without actually having to fly to Copenhagen to do so. It’s a pretty extensive effort, hooking up almost 100 different offices into a virtual carbon-lite experience.

Cisco also is pushing hard to make sure the Smart Grid runs on internet protocol (IP) tec

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