Agenda
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Monday, Sep. 9 | Tuesday, Sep. 10 | Wednesday, Sep. 11
Location: Grand Hyatt Buckhead. All sessions will take place in the Highland Ballroom.
Wednesday, September 11
Registration and Breakfast Available| Highland Ballroom Foyer
7:30 AM
Session 7: Electric Grid Capacity, Resiliency, and Upgrades
8:30 AM
If we are all going to plug-in instead of fill-up, where will we get all this needed electricity? Learn how utilities are planning today for the electricity needs of tomorrow, and what policy changes could help ensure the electric grid will be ready, including needed permitting and rate design.
Moderator:
Nick Steingart, Director, State Affairs, Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Speakers:
Session 8: Role of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
9:10 AM
While most of the focus on the transition to an electrified future has focused on battery electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered vehicles that create electricity onboard will also play a big role. How could fuel cell vehicles help medium and heavy duty electrify? What fueling infrastructure is needed to support sustainable growth?
Moderator:
Josh Fisher, Senior Director, State Affairs, Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Speaker:
Craig Orlan, Director of State and Local Government Affairs, Honda (slides)
Session 9: EV Transition and State Budgets
9:30 AM
Between the overall rise in vehicle fuel economy of internal combustion engines and the accelerating growth of EV adoption, receipts from the gas tax have not kept pace with state transportation needs. Learn how states can appropriately augment the gas tax and plan for the future? A discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of electric vehicle fees, kilowatt-hour taxes, and vehicle miles traveled taxes.
Speaker:
Wayne Weikel, Vice President, State Affairs, Alliance for Automotive Innovation (slides)
Session 10: Interactive Polling
9:45 AM
What do you think the future holds? Has the program swayed you one way or the other? Join in for some fun predictions on where we are headed!
Moderator:
Curt Augustine, Senior Director, State Affairs, Alliance for Automotive Innovation
EV Charge and Drive Ends
10:00 AM
EV Charge and Drive Begins
12:00 PM
Lunch & Session 11: Focus on the Future
12:30 PM
Forget where we are and focus on the future. Discussion of what a mature EV marketplace will look like. What sort of world will consumers experience once the electrification transition occurs. What are we all working toward?
Moderator:
Tim Echols, Vice-Chair Georgia Public Service Commission (DPU)
Speaker:
Andrew Cornelia, President, and CEO of Mercedes-Benz HPC North America
Session 12: Necessary Conditions – State Policy Roadmap
1:15 PM
How to translate ideas presented into actionable policy? A discussion of the necessary conditions needed in a state to help support the transition to an electrified future.
Moderator:
Dave Schwietert, Chief Government Affairs and Policy Office, Alliance for Automotive Innovation (slides)
Speakers:
Shoshana Lew, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation
Will Toor, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Office
Closing Remarks and Adjournment
2:00 PM