Monday, September 17    

 

12:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.        Exhibit Hall Move-in – Hall B

12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.        Registration Open – A Concourse Below

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.          Pre-Conference Workshop – Fuel Economy:  An interactive feedback session on issues, challenges and opportunities that can shape the formation of Phase II of the new fuel economy/carbon rules for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. – Room 213D

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.          Break – East Pre-function Area 2

3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.          Pre-Conference Workshop – Military Installations: The increased military deployment of advanced technology vehicles, especially plug-in variants, will require changes in facilities and operations. This interactive workshop will provide hands-on information for military fleet managers. – Room 213D

6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m.          Fleet Reception (invitation only), sponsored by

Tuesday, September 18

 

7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.          Registration Open – A Concourse Below

7:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.          Continental Breakfast – Ballroom AB Pre-function Area

8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.          General Session – Ballroom AB

Overview of Market Demand: Technology Trends and Next Steps

• Welcome:  John Boesel, President and CEO, CALSTART
• Welcome:  Dave Thomas, Director, National Automotive Center, US Army TARDEC

Keynote – Perspectives: The Growing Drivers of Change

• Heather Zichal, Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Policy

9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.        Break – Ballroom AB Pre-function Area

10:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.      General Session – Ballroom AB

Making Change Real: Driving User Adoption

Fleet Leadership Roundtable: Speeding the Break-out of Advanced Trucks

• John Formisano, Board Chair, CALSTART (moderator)
• Cedric Daniels, Electric Power Program Manager, Alabama Power/Southern Company
• Steve Hanson, Alternative Vehicle Program Manager, Frito Lay North America
• Claude Masters, Manager, Fleet Acquisition and Fuel, Florida Power and Light
• Matthew Stewart, Senior Automotive Equipment Analyst, City of Chicago

10:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.        Expo Hall Open – Hall B

11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.        Lunch in Expo Hall – Hall B

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.          Concurrent Sessions:

E-Trucks in Action – Technology Tools to Speed Implementation: This session provides real-world information on E-Truck usage, including fleet user profiles and technical data on battery life. Room 213BC

• Whitney Pitkanen, CALSTART (moderator)
• Jim Castelaz, Motiv Power Systems
• Vishant Shah, EnerNex
• Larry Kubes, Remy Electric
• Gary Marble, Emerald Automotive

Technology Trends – New Innovations for the Market: The panel will discuss some of the latest technology developments in the medium- and heavy-duty markets, including hydraulic hybrid technology and in-wheel motors. Room 217A

• Ewan Pritchard, Keystone Science Center, NCSU (moderator)
• John Kargul, US EPA
• Brad Bohlmann, University of Minnesota
• Alex Stucky, Eaton 
• Derek Matthews, BAE Systems
• Tom Prucha, Protean Electric

Implementation Lessons for Fleets:  This panel will focus on the challenges fleets face as they deploy advanced technology vehicles: fuel/technology selection, performance tracking, and operations. Room 217D

• Mike Tourville, Evans Cooling Systems (moderator)
• Mark O’Connell, Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program
• David Worthington, Sonoma County
• Greg Treinen, Freightliner
• Morgan Hamori, Parker Hannifin

Utility and Telecom Applications: This session showcases technologies and issues related to the use of Electric Power Take-Off (E-PTO), non-driveline hybrids and other utility and telecom worksite applications. Room 211AB

• Dean Jones, Duke Energy (moderator)
• Jasna Tomic, CALSTART
• Nick Cammisa, Terex
• Mark Greer, Altec 
• Matt Jarmuz, Odyne 

3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.          Break in Expo Hall – Hall B, 

 Sponsored by 

3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.          Concurrent Sessions:

E-Trucks in Action – Infrastructure and Economic Opportunities: The focal points of this discussion will be how well E-Trucks are performing and defining pathways that meet infrastructure needs and challenges. Room 213BC

• Danny Kings, Alabama Power/Southern Company (moderator)
• Jean-Baptiste Gallo, CALSTART
• Jeff Kessen, A123 Systems
• Michael Herbert, ACT I

Technology Trends – Coming Soon to a Truck Near You: This session showcases some of the technologies that are in development and will be in the market in the not-so-distant future including flywheel hybrids and light-weight materials. Room 217D

• Michael Bates, NGT News (moderator)
• Thomas Orberger, Siemens
• Jonas Schuster, Lenze Schmidhauser
• Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University
• Christian Pronovost, TM4

Going Global: CALSTART's US-China Initiative is just one example of the global reach of US companies and the promise of growing international demand through trade missions. This session covers both the opportunities and challenges of operating internationally in the advanced truck marketplace. Room 217A

• Peter Thomas, FIAMM SoNick (moderator)
• Bill Van Amburg, CALSTART
• Dr. Rajshekar DasGupta, Electrovaya
• Mike Tourville, Evans Cooling Systems
• Josh Anderson, DesignLine

Greening Garbage: Get the latest on clean technologies for the refuse industry, including new components, systems, and fuel uses. Room 211AB

• Richard Parish, CALSTART (moderator)
• Leonardo Alencar, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
• Kathy Sanders, City of Charlotte Solid Waste Services
• Erik Blowers, God Bless the USA Trash Service
• Benoit LaCroix, Effenco Development
• Nathan Knestrick, Parker Hannifin

5:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m.          Expo Hall Reception – Hall B

 sponsored by 

 7:00 p.m.                          Revenge of the Electric Car Screening, hosted by the

                                     

Epi-Center Theatres, 210 E. Trade Street, Pre-Screening party at Mez Lounge at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, September 19

 

7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.          Registration Open – A Concourse Below

7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.          Fleet Breakfast (fleet professionals only)– Room 217CD

  sponsored by 

 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.          Continental Breakfast (all attendees) – Ballroom AB Pre-function Area

8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.        General Session – Ballroom AB 

Transforming Transportation: Driving Down Costs and Making the Business Case

• Welcome, David Mohler, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, Duke Energy

 Keynote – Transformative Technologies

• Dr. Dane Boysen, Program Director, ARPA-e

Industry Thought Leaders: What Is Required to Move the Industry Forward?

• Kevin Beaty, Vice President and Director of HTUF, CALSTART (moderator)
• Jit Bhattacharya, CEO, Mission Motors Company
• George Survant, Senior Director, Fleet, Time Warner Cable
• Andy Tempest, CEO, Emerald Automotive
• Tim Wells, Program Manager, Vehicle Hybrid Systems, BAE Systems
• Tim Weaver, Senior Director, Global Affairs, Smith Electric

10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.        Expo Hall Open – Hall B

10:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.        North Carolina PEV Taskforce Meeting – Room 217AB

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.      Break, sponsored by Altec – Ballroom AB Pre-function Area

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.      General Session – Ballroom AB                                 

New Financing Options to Drive Adoption

• Bill Van Amburg, Senior Vice President, CALSTART (moderator)
• Tom Brotherton, Regional Director, CALSTART
• Joe Calavita, Air Pollution Specialist, US EPA Region 9/CARB
• Camron Gorguinpour, Special Assistant, U.S. Air Force

12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.        Lunch in Expo Hall – Hall B

12:30 p.m.                        Product Reveal by  – Hall B

11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.        Exhibitor Silent Auction to benefit EV Challenge – Hall B

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.          Concurrent Sessions:

Technology Trends – What Fleets Should Know: Get updates on the latest practical developments in the HTUF purview: retrofitting, OBD challenges and new hybrid configurations. Room 213A

• Claude Masters, Florida Power & Light (moderator)
• Lawrence Zepp, Variable Torque Motors
• Dwight Hansell, Pi Innovo
• Justin Ashton, XL Hybrids
• Glenn Ellis, Hino Trucks

Understanding the Business Case: Economic indicators such as Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV) and payback period are applied to advanced vehicle technologies to compare the whole life cycle costs against conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles. Important analytic tools will be showcased. Room 213BC

• Jason Wager, Centralina Council of Governments (moderator)
• Mira Inbar, Dow Kokam
• Ian Wright, Wrightspeed
• Nathan Knestrick, Parker Hannifin

Class 8 – Making the Grade: This session focuses on Class 8 technology developments, including the HTUF Class 8 Working Group evaluation results, CNG/LNG activities, beverage delivery truck performance and trailer efficiency. Room 213D

• Curtis Dorwart, Mack Trucks (moderator)
• Patrick Chen, CALSTART
• Michael Roeth, NACFE
• Douglas Thomson, EcoDual
• Jean-Baptiste Gallo, CALSTART

Military Activities for Technology Acceleration: This session provides an in-depth look into advanced technology vehicle adaptation in the military, including an update on the HTUF Military Working Group, and vehicle deployments and activities. Room 218AB

• Brad McNett, US Army TARDEC HTUF Program Manager (moderator)
• Wesley Scharmen, Ricardo
• Lt. Col. Glenn Kerley, Jr., US Army TARDEC
• Dave Cook, US Navy NAVFAC
• Daniel Bartz, US Army TARDEC

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.          Break -– East Pre-function Area 2

sponsored by

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.          Concurrent Sessions: 

The Real World Business Case: Drawing on actual fleet experiences, this session provides in-depth analyses of issues, such as drive cycles and creative leasing. Room 217AB

• Cedric Daniels, Southern Company (moderator)
• Adam Duran, NREL
• Steve Whaley, Alliance Autogas
• Joe Korn, ARI
• Jeffrey Esfeld, VIA Motors

Under Construction: This panel will report on the HTUF Construction Equipment Working Group demo results and challenges that face the off-road sector. Room 213D

• Dennis Johnson, US EPA Smartway (moderator)
• Adam Puzzouli, US Army TARDEC
• Clark Fortune, Eaton
• John Oenick, Phoenix International

Special Delivery: This session highlights the results of advanced technology deployments of alternative fuel and hybrid technologies for parcel delivery trucks. Room 213BC

• Richard Parish, CALSTART (moderator)
• Tamar Williamson, Parker Hannifin
• Michael Lammert, NREL
• Jean-Baptiste Gallo, CALSTART

State and Local Strategies: This roundtable discussion will provide an update on innovative state and local programs and development strategies for advanced truck deployment. Room 213A

• Carl Lisek, South Shore Clean Cities (moderator)
• Jesse Shroyer, Smith Electric
• Sean Flaherty, Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition
• Kathy Boyer, Triangle J Council of Governments
• Jamison Walker, Virginia Clean Cities
• Anne Tazewell, North Carolina Solar Center
• Joe Calavita, US EPA Region 9/CARB

7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.        Closing Night Gala at the NASCAR Hall of Fame

 Gala Fan Billboard sponsored by

Thursday, September 20

9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.          Ride and Drive at the zMax Dragstrip, sponsored by

Buses depart from the Charlotte Westin at 8:30 a.m. and will rotate on a ½ hour cycle until 2 p.m.

9:00 a.m.                          Keynote Address

• Honorable Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy & Environment) Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
• Master of Ceremonies, Sammy Jo Francis, WBTV Charlotte

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.          NACFE 6th Driving Innovation Meeting – Charlotte Convention Center, Room 217AB  (View Agenda)