October 24-25, 2011
A toolkit to give utilities a comfortable and commercial drive during the vehicle to grid journey
According to Frost and Sullivan by 2020, more than 40 million electric vehicles will be sold annually around the world. This is the basis for a brand new industry in North America, which is being propelled by President Barack Obama’s pledge to have a million plug-in cars on U.S. roads by 2015, as well his $230 million program in which two groups of companies are installing 14,000 stations to gather data on their use and impacts.
There is no doubt that this large penetration of electric cars will place substantial pressure on utilities and the electricity grid if there is an uncontrolled charging strategy. The Smart Cars conference and exhibition will gather key utility EV role-players to develop this strategy, including electricity utilities; electric vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); regulators; city officials and planners, smart grid and metering technology providers; charging infrastructure developers, battery technologies companies.
Why you must attend:
- This is the only event with an agenda dedicated to addressing smart car issues from a utility perspective (Other events address EV issues from consumer, manufacturer, vendor perspectives)
- Learn strategies and technologies for managing the impact of EVs on the grid and discover the optimal metering, billing and rate strategies
- Understand the role EVs play in the wider smart grid ecosystem (participate in co-located Smart Homes and Smart Energy events)
- Build your network of industry contacts by meeting regulators, IOUs, municipalities, technology vendors, industry bodies, and key executives in smart home, EV and energy storage
- Hear the latest developments from recent EV rollouts
Agenda topics include:
- Round table discussion: Mapping out future charging infrastructure
- Utilities as Gas Station of the Future
- How the EV ecosystem will evolve
- Emerging electric vehicle, battery and charging technologies
- V2G charging: Research results from the Californian Public Utilities Commission
- Lessons learned from major EV rollouts in North America
- EV Development and its connection to Smart Community in Japan
- Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle consumer research
- Desirable consumer behavior and options to encourage it
- Pleasing early adopters of EVs to move the entire value chain
- Automakers’ future visions: Consumer interaction and production
- Standards and codes for communication between vehicle, charging station and grid
- Plug-In Electric Vehicle Rates
Featured Speakers include:
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Adam Langton, Energy Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission |
Kazumi Matsushige, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Former Vice President, Kyoto University, Japan |
Bill Boyce, Supervisor, Electric Transportation, Sacramento Municipal Utility District |
Joan M. Soller, Manager - Corporate Planning, Indianapolis Power & Light Company |
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Richard Morgan, Green Building & Emerging Technologies Manager, Austin Energy |
Keith Wilson, Technical Project Manager, SAE Ground Vehicle Standards, SAE International |
Takehito Yokoo, General Manager - Advanced Powertrain, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. |
Chad Bell, Senior Director of Best Buy's New Business Solutions Group, Best Buy |
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Chris Chen, Market Development Manager, Plug-in Electric Vehicles, Sempra Energy |
Peter Dempster, Sustainable Mobility Topics, BMW Group Technology Office USA |
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