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Electric Transportation of Goods and People and the resulting impact on Energy Infrastructure ConferenceTuesday, September 15, 2020


Program
All times are PDT or Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM    Conference Check-in


9:00 AM - 9:15 AM    Introduction
Rajit Gadh

State of the EV charging infrastructure industry during and post COVID

Rajit Gadh, Professor and Director, UCLA CAEV, SMERC, ESmart

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM    Opening Talk
Gary Gero

Regional Approaches to Sustainable Transportation

Gary Gero, Chief Sustainability Officer, County of Los Angeles

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM    Panel Discussion: Electrification of Truck Fleets, advances in technologies and impact on goods movement

Chair:
Bob Purcell

It's All in the Mission. But it Starts with a Vision.

Bob Purcell, CEO, VIA Motors International

Panelists:
Dakota Semler Dakota Semler, Founder and CEO, XOS Trucks
Keshav	Sondhi Keshav Sondhi, Director - Fleet Engineering & Sustainability, PepsiCo, Inc.
Aparna Mehta Aparna Mehta, Vice President - Global Customer Solutions, UPS

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM    Break Outs


11:15 AM - 11:45 AM    Talk
Rajit Gadh Rajit Gadh, Professor and Director, UCLA CAEV, SMERC, ESmart

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM    Keynote Speech
Stella Li Stella Li, President, BYD Motors Inc.

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM    Lunch Break


12:45 PM - 2:00 PM    Panel Discussion: Infrastructure and Grid Impact resulting from Electrification of Transportation including the role of Smart Charging, V1G and V2G

Chair:
Amin Ghazanfari

Electric Transportation and Energy Infrastructure

Amin Ghazanfari, Principal Scientist, Hydro-Québec's Centre of Excellence in Transportation Electrification and Energy Storage

Panelists:
Noel Crisostomo Noel Crisostomo, Air Pollution Specialist, California Energy Commission
Jordan	Smith Jordan Smith, Senior Engineer for Emerging Technologies Evaluation, Southern California Edison

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM    Keynote Speech
Jack Allen

Revolutionizing Transportation

Jack Allen, Chairman & CEO, Proterra

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM    Break Outs


2:45 PM - 4:00 PM    Charging Infrastructure and its relationship to Operations - Perspectives on light, medium and heavy duty EVs (cars, trucks, buses)

Chair:
Vandana (Ana) Mangal Vandana (Ana) Mangal, Faculty Lecturer, UCLA and Executive Director of Easton Technology Management Center (former), UCLA Anderson School of Management

Panelists:
Marc Manning

Charging Infrastructure and its relationship to Operations

Marc Manning, Senior Director, Vehicle Engineering & Acquisition, LA Metro
Lincoln Bleveans

How The Rubber Hits The Road In Burbank

Lincoln Bleveans, Assistant General Manager, Power Supply, Burbank Water and Power
Ganesh V. Iyer

NIO's company introduction, mission/vision and the EV product lines

Ganesh V. Iyer, EVP, Managing Director, NIO USA

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM    Keynote Speech
Nancy Sutley

Los Angeles' Electric Transportation and Decarbonization Future

Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainabiity Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM    Keynote Speech
Freeman Shen

The Rise of Smart Connectivity

Freeman Shen, Founder and CEO, WM Motor

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM    Conference Closing - Open Participation from the Audience


   Location

Virtual Conference



sponsors

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