CalHEAT Forum 2012 Agenda Outline
Policies and Investments for Speeding Clean Truck Technologies

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Hilton Hotel Stockton
2323 Grand Canal Blvd.
Stockton, CA 92507

7:30 – 8:30        Registration and Breakfast

8:30- 9:00          Welcoming Remarks
The Honorable Leroy Ornellas, Supervisor, San Joaquin County (invited)
The Honorable Anne Johnston, Mayor, City of Stockton (invited)
Seyed Sadredin, Air Pollution Control Officer, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Fred Silver, Vice President, CALSTART and CALSTART CalHEAT Program Manager
           

9:00-9:30        Opening remarks – The Importance of CalHEAT and its Activities to California
CalHEAT has ambitious objectives to help California achieve its air quality and GHG goals.  Through its Technology Roadmap and demonstration programs CalHEAT is providing unique and significant steps for California to develop its state truck transportation plan.  How speeding the commercialization and deployment of clean truck technologies helps the state achieve these goals is the focus of the day’s discussion.

Rob Oglesby, Executive Director, California Energy Commission
Tom Jordan, Senior Policy Advisor, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

9:30 – 10:00        The Technology Path to Deep Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts for California
Dr. Jim Williams, Chief Scientist, Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) and Associate Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Author, The Technology Path to Deep Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cuts by 2050:  The Pivotal Role of Electricity

10:00 – 10:30        Break and Exhibit Viewing
            
10:30 – 11:30    Technology Roadmap Findings - Pathways, Challenges and Strategies for Success
The CalHEAT Technology Roadmap proposes and recommends key technology pathways for California to achieve its clean air goals for 2020 and for 2050.  It explores the challenges and barriers to achieving these technology pathways as well as some of the key strategies and market mechanisms which are needed by industry, government, and fleets need to advance clean truck technologies.

Fred Silver, Vice President, CALSTART and CALSTART CalHEAT Program Manager
Tom Brotherton, Western Regional Director, CALSTART and CalHEAT Technology Roadmap Lead Author, CALSTART    

11:30 – 12:15                  Policy Initiatives Speeding Clean Truck Technologies
In this session, key staff from U.S. EPA and the California Air Resources Board will discuss planned and existing regulations and policies that are driving the development and deployment of clean truck technologies. They will provide an overview of where we are today and will talk about how much these policies will do to contribute to the petroleum and emission reduction goals at the heart of the CalHEAT roadmap.

Moderator: Bill Van Amburg, Senior Vice President, CALSTART
Panelists:
Matt Spears, Center Director, Heavy-Duty Diesel Programs, US EPA
Erik White, Assistant Division Chief, Mobile Source Control Division, California Air Resources Board

12:15 – 1:15        Lunch and Exhibit Viewing

1:15 – 2:30                   Incentives and Investments Needed to Speed Clean Truck Technologies
Current and planned policies are driving technology development, but more is needed to bridge the gap between where current policy will get us and where we need to be. In this session, experts will discuss the investments, incentives, and additional programs needed to achieve the petroleum and emissions reduction goals that form the basis of the CalHEAT roadmap.

Moderator:  Jamie Hall, Policy Director, CALSTART
Panelists:
Pat Perez, Deputy Director, Fuels and Technology Division, California Energy Commission
Damian Breen, Director, Strategic Incentives Division, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Tim Carmichael, President, California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition
Don Anair, Senior Analyst/Engineer, Union of Concerned Scientists
Samir Sheik, Director, Strategies and Incentives, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

2::30 – 3:30    CalHEAT Technology Roadmap – Stakeholders Perspectives on Clean Truck Technologies
There are many stakeholders who are invested in the success of clean truck technologies in California including technology developers, government, and potential users of these technologies. This session brings some of these stakeholders together to provide a diversity of views of how the CalHEAT Technology Roadmap addresses their needs, what they would like to see to advance clean truck technologies and why doing so is important

Moderator:  Dr. Matt Miyasato, Assistant Deputy Executive Officer, Technology Demonstration, South Coast Air Quality Management District
            Panelists:  
Matt Miyasato, Assistant Deputy Executive Officer, Technology Demonstration, South Coast Air Quality Management District
Doug Failing, Executive Director Highway Programs, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Jeff Reed, Director, Emerging Technology, Sempra Utilities
Jack Kitowski, Chief, Freight Transportation Branch, California Air Resources Board

3:30 – 3:45        Break and Exhibit Viewing

3:45- 4:45    CalHEAT Technology Roadmap – Fleet Perspectives on Clean Truck Technologies
Technologies need to be accepted by the people who will use them the most, primarily truck fleets.  But there continues to be challenges and barriers to widespread deployment.  In this session, fleets discuss what challenges they face in adopting clean truck technologies and what they would like to see happen including a viable business case, incentives, and supportive government policy initiatives for them to invest in clean truck technologies.

Moderator:  Fred Silver, Senior Vice President, CALSTART
            Panelists:  
Judge McKinney, Fleet Project Engineer, FedEx Express (invited)
Chris Trajkovski, National Fleet Sustainability Senior Manager, Pepsico-Frito-Lay
Mike Britt, Director of Maintenance and Engineering, UPS
Mike Tunnell, Director, Environmental Affairs, American Trucking Association
Patrick Smith, Fleet Transportation Coordinator, Harris Ranch Feeding Company (invited)

4:45-5:00        Forum Takeaway Remarks
            Fred Silver, Vice President, CALSTART

5:00             Adjourn

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