Josh Giegel
Co-Founder & CTO, Virgin Hyperloop | Future of Transportation
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Josh Giegel is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Virgin Hyperloop, the company pioneering a new ultra-high-speed ground transportation system. Giegel has over a decade of experience in advanced propulsion and vehicle design, previously serving as the Director of Engineering at SpaceX.
He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and has authored numerous patents and technical publications. Giegel's keynotes offer a visionary glimpse into the future of transportation, sharing how hyperloop technology can transform the movement of people and goods across the world.
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Super speed, magnetic levitation and the vision behind the hyperloop
What if your hour-long commute was reduced to just minutes? That's the promise of the hyperloop: a transit system designed around a pod that zooms through a vacuum-sealed space (roughly the size of a subway tunnel) at hyper-speed, powered by next-generation batteries and state-of-the-art magnetic levitation. In the visionary talk, Josh Giegel, the hyperloop's very first passenger, shares how this zipping innovation could launch us into a faster, cleaner future of transportation.
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