CEOs in Spandex! Media Advisory & Photo Opportunity.The Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is an organization to, from its website, "involve principal officers and senior managers of member companies in a cooperative effort with local, regional, state, and federal government officials to address major public policy issues is holding a news conference on the Palm, Inc. campus at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, to promote its CEO/Celebrity Cycle-to-Work Day Challenge to encourage Silicon Valley businesses, government agencies, employees and residents to cycle to work on May 17 as part of the national Bike-to-Work Week May 14-18. A dozen or more Silicon Valley executives and public officials will be clad CLAD canine leukocyte adhesion disease. in colorful cycling garb to help demonstrate that they and their organizations are committed to the effort to reduce greenhouse gases greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas , lessen less·en v. less·ened, less·en·ing, less·ens v.tr. 1. To make less; reduce. 2. Archaic To make little of; belittle. v.intr. To become less; decrease. our dependence on fossil fuels fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel. fossil fuel Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. , ease traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and promote a healthy lifestyle by cycling to work on May 17. The Leadership Group will challenge all Silicon Valley businesses, their employees and their communities to do the same.
Time: 2 p.m. Event Kick-off w/ Cycling CEOs
Concludes at 2:30 p.m.
Location: Palm, Inc.
950 W. Maude Avenue (at the corner of Mary)
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
Media parking: Between Buildings 1 and 2. Look for signs.
Event: Bicycling-in welcome by Carl Guardino,
president and CEO, Silicon Valley
Leadership Group
Next up: Ed Colligan, Palm president and
CEO, followed by other CEOs on bicycles
Short comments by officials, including Palo
Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto, Specialized
Bikes CEO Mike Sinyard, Lockheed Martin VP
Len Kwiatkowski, and Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority GM Michael Burns.
RSVP: A&R-Edelman for Palm, Inc.
Erin Freeley at efreeley@ar-edelman.com
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