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Agenda

Low Carbon Cars: Exploring the Challenge of bringing Electric Vehicles to Market” International Experts’ Meeting 27-28 October

 


 

Day 1, Monday 27 October

Rt. Hon. Geoff Hoon MP, Secretary of State for Transport

Dan Sperling - Member, California Air Resources Board, and Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Robert Evans – CEO Cenex, Neil Ridley – Sustainable Transport Director, Arup

Break

Graham Pendlebury - Director, Environment & International, DfT

Cyriacus Bleijs - President IEC TC69

Ian Marchant – CEO Scottish and Southern Energy

Terunobu Yamauchi - Director for Automotive Policy Planning, Manufacturing Industry Bureau, Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Tayce Wakefield - Vice President, Public Policy General Motors

Q&A - Graham Pendlebury, Chair

Alister Wilson – Future Focus Facilitator - Introduction to workshop process

Lunch

Workshops (Delegates to go straight to workshop rooms)

  • Key standards – Chair, Peter Van den Bossche, Erasmus Hogeschool Brussel
  • Infrastructure issues – Chair, Nick Winser, Executive Director, National Grid
  • Technology challenges – Joint Chairs, Professor Peter Bruce, Professor of Chemistry, University of St Andrews and Richard Blundell, MD UK Think Cars
  • Early progress – Chair, Rayna Handelman - Global EV Manager Nissan

Reconvene in main room. Workshop Chairs to provide headline outputs from workshop sessions

Closing comments and arrangements for evening from Simon Edmonds

 


 

Day 2, Tuesday 28 October

Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire

Plenary Review & Visit to National Low Carbon Vehicle Event

Chair of day Professor Brian Collins, Chief Scientific Adviser, DfT and BERR – Introduction of tasks and processes for the day

Pierre Loing – Vice President, Product, Strategy and Planning, Nissan presents on ‘A future transport system without fossil fuel’

Main plenary session Chair Neville Jackson – Group Technology Director, Ricardo and Deputy Chair Alistair Keddie – Director, Warwick Manufacturing Group

Feedback from Monday’s workshops with questions and floor debate.

Summarise key conclusions / obtain consensus / potential next steps

Formal Closing remarks by Professor Brian Collins

Lunch

National UK Low Carbon Car Exhibition