Listen to this big idea: A wind turbine without blades.

Michigan Women of Wind Energy are holding a kickoff meeting on Oct. 27 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Novi Library. Keynote speakers include Dawn White, co-founder and president of Accio Energy, which is developing a wind energy device without moving parts.

Women of Wind Energy is an international organization, in the U.S. and Canada.

In Novi, they’ll be talking about networking, mentoring and scholarships for women in the field of breeze power.

Dawn White spoke last year at a TEDx event in Detroit. Here’s what she had to say.