Agenda
Tuesday 10/12
2:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Workshops
Getting Plugged In Workshop
Brett Smith, Center for Automotive Research - Moderator
Manoj Karwa, PHEV Product Manager, Leviton Mfg.
Standards and “Advanced” Charging
Hawk Asgeirsson, DTE Energy - Moderator
Gary Savin, Vice President, Underwriters Laboratories
Gery Kissel, SAE J1772™ Task Force Lead, General Motors
Richard Scholer, SAE J2836™/J2847/J2931 Task Force Lead, Ford Motor Company
Economic Development and Venture Capital Opportunities
Joe Malcoun, DTE Energy - Moderator
Lori Hoberman, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke
5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Exhibition Open
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
David Cole, Chairman, Center for Automotive Research - Moderator
Tony Earley, Chairman & CEO, DTE Energy
Tom Stephens, Vice Chairman, General Motors
Wednesday 10/13
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
The Times, They are A-Changin’
Dan Reicher, Director, Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Break
9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Exhibition Open
9:45 – 11:30 a.m.
From ICE to PEV – Enormous Change, Great Opportunity
Bill Reinert, National Manager, Advanced Technology Group, Toyota
Neil Armstrong, President, Mercedes Benz R&D, E-Drive and Powertrain
Scott Becker, Sr. Vice President, Nissan America
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Preparing the PEV Workforce (Breakout 1A)
Kristin Dziczek, Center for Automotive Research - Moderator
Doug Bartman, Human Resources Manager, Johnson Controls SAFT
Steven Ender, Ed.D., President, Grand Rapids Community College
Discovering the Lithium Trail (Breakout 1B)
Jon Hykawy, Clean Technologies & Materials Analyst, Byron Capital - Moderator
Jay Chmelauskas, President, Western Lithium
Jason Forcier, Vice President of Automotive Solutions, A123 Systems
We’re Building Them; So, who’s Going to Buy Them? (Breakout 1C)
Brett Smith, Center for Automotive Research - Moderator
Michael Brylawski, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Bright Automotive
Sherif Marakby, Chief Engineer, Global Hybrid Engineering, Ford Motor Company
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
The Smart Start-up (Breakout 2A)
Dipender Saluja, Managing Partner, Capricorn Investment Group - Moderator
Richard Lowenthal, CEO, Coulomb Technologies
Craig Knight, CEO, Protean Electric Motors
Kevin Czinger, President & CEO, Coda Automotive
Jason Wolf, Vice President, North America, Better Place
Plugged In and Connected (Breakout 2B)
Richard Wallace, Center for Automotive Research - Moderator
Todd Jackson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, GE Energy Services
Launch 2010: Managing Expectations (Breakout 2C)
Howard Mueller, Taratec Corp. - Moderator
Orjiakor Isiogu, Chairman, Michigan Public Service Commission
Britta Gross, Director, Global Energy Systems & Infrastructure Commercialization, General Motors
Aaron Singer, Advanced Technologies Engineer, North America, BMW of North America, LLC
Thursday 10/14
8:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Business Panel: Reshaping and Redefining an Industry
David Cole, Center for Automotive Research - Moderator
Mark Reuss, President, General Motors N.A.
Nancy Gioia, Director, Global Electrification, Ford Motor Company
Yibing Wu, President, CITIC Private Equity Funds
MaryAnn Wright, Vice President, Global Technology and Innovation Accelerator, Johnson Controls
9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Exhibition Open
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Reshaping the City – Leading the Local Charge
Governor George Pataki, Counsel, Chadbourne & Parke - Moderator
Antonio Benecchi, Partner, Roland Berger
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
Closing Lunch Session:
BPI Today – Headlines from The Business of Plugging In
John McElroy, Host, AutolineDaily.com and President, Blue Sky Productions – Moderator
John Voelcker, Editor-in-Chief, GreenCarReports.com
Csaba Csere, Former Editor-in-Chief, Car and Driver
Dan Neil, Auto Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
David Shepardson, Washington Bureau Chief, The Detroit News
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