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Torino Bike Pride 2014, convegno sulla "bikenomics" con Pedro Kanof
Pedro Roberto Kanof is an engineer and inventor. He ideated the first electronic system and method for renting bicycles in the 1980s, the same method that is now used globally in the bicycle sharing system.
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Currently, Kanof is the president and CEO of Kanof Mobility Solutions, a company he founded in 2007. The company’s mission is to produce and install his latest invention, which consists of a new sustainable transportation system. This system is based on parking stations for every type of bicycle, public or private. This invention is a significant step in the evolution of the original automatic and electronic public bike renting system that he invented. On August 13, 2013 the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) granted the patent number 8,508 333 for his new invention.
Kanof has presented his new proposal in numerous conferences and universities around the world, including in Rome, Milan, Dresden, Berlin, Copenhagen, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Bogotá, Cuenca, Naples, and Washington, DC. He has also attracted the attention of media, including radio and television, in various countries.
Kanof was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1944 and moved to Milan, Italy in 1972 because of the anti-democratic Argentinean regime. He continued the studies he began in Buenos Aires in Paris, Milan, and Berkeley, receiving a doctorate in electronic engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan. In addition to his professional activity, he has taught in various universities, including the University of California – Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University, and Università degli studi di Venezia, among others.
Professionally, Kanof has served as an information technology expert in important industries (Alfa Romeo, Mondadori) and financial organizations (World Bank, International Monetary Fund). He also edited the book Innovazioni tecnologiche: nuove opportunitá per gli anni ‘90 (“Technological innovation: new opportunities for the 90s”) in 1991.