Agenda

AGENDA

Wednesday, December 8

7:45 -8:45 a.m. – Registration and continental breakfast

8:45 – 9:45 a.m. – NAATBatt Members Meeting

9:45 – 10:00a.m. – Break

10:00 – 10:10 a.m. – Welcome by Executive Director

10:10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Speaker: Probable Impact of First Generation PEV’s on the Grid

Dr. Jason Taylor
EPRI

10:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m. – Panel: What Utilities Are Doing to Get Ready for PEV’s

Ana Medina
DTE Energy 

 

James Ellis
TVA 

 

Mike Rowand
Duke Energy 

  

Brian Hanrahan
Florida Power & Light

 

Cedric Daniel
Southern Company

Darren Epps
Chartwell Inc.

12:15 – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch

1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. – Panel: How PEV’s Will Interface with the Grid to Minimize Impact

Robert Galyen
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)/Magna E-Car

Eric Simmon 

National Institute of Standards (NIST)

 

Laurie Florence

Underwriter’s Laboratories

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. – Panel: Regulatory View of Capital Improvements to Assure Grid Reliability

Orjiakor N. Isiogu
Chairman
Michigan Public Service Commission

James W. Gardner
Vice Chairman
Kentucky Public Service Commission 

 

Dan Cleverdon

Technical Advisor

District of Columbia Public Service Commission

 

Paul Centolella
Commissioner
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

3:45 – 4:15 p.m. – Break

4:15 – 5:30 p.m. – Panel: Meet the Public: Consumer Behavior and Acceptance of Recharging Constraints

Vincenzo Marano
Center for Automotive Research at
The Ohio State University

 

Danilo Santini
Argonne National Laboratory

 

Richard Steiner
Hoosier Electric Vehicle Association

 

Paul Mitchell

Energy Systems Network

5:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Break

7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – Reception, Dinner and Golden Spike Awards Presentation

Governor Steve Beshear
Commonwealth of Kentucky

Thursday, December 9

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast

8:30 – 8:35 a.m. – Welcome and Summary of Day 1

8:35 – 9:20 a.m. – Speaker: Best Utility Practices for Accommodating PEV Loads

Larry Dickerman
KEMA

9:20 – 10:35 a.m. – Panel: Strategies for PEV Demand Response

Tony Markel
NREL

Ed May
Itron Inc.

Arthur “Bud” Vos
Comverge Inc.

Paul Pebbles
OnStar

10:35 – 10:50 a.m. – Break

10:50 – 12:15 p.m. – Panel: Distributed Energy Storage as a Response to PEV Demand

Ali Nourai

KEMA

 

 Kevin Fok
LG Chem Power, Inc.

 

Brett Williams
University of California, Berkeley

 Gary Rackliffe
ABB Robotics North America 

12:15 – 1:45 p.m. – Lunch

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. – Speaker: Program Keynote

Dr. Imre Gyuk
U.S. Department of Energy

 

2:30 – 3:45 p.m. – Panel: Technology Options for Distributed Energy Storage

Terry Copeland
AltairNano

 

Steve Clarke
Applied Intellectual Capital

 

Charlie Vartanian
A123 Systems

 

Richard Brody
PowerGenix

 

Joe Desmond
ICE Energy

3:45 – 4:05 p.m. – Break

4:05 – 5:45 p.m. – Company Showcase

                 Valence Technology

                 Cabot 

                
                 EnerSys

 

                 Kentucky-Argonne Partnership

                 Oak Ridge National Laboratory 

                 
5:45 – 7:00 p.m. – “Mint Julep” Networking Reception

Friday, December 10

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast

8:30- 8:35 a.m. – Welcome and Summary of Day 2

8:35 – 9:20 a.m. – Speaker: Features and Benefits of Distributed Energy Storage

Jim Sember
S&C Electric

9:20 – 10:45 a.m. – Panel: How Auto Makers are Working With Utilities to Integrate PEV’s onto the Grid

Ken Srebnik
Nissan North America

Ted Miller
Ford Motor Company

Kristin Zimmerman
General Motors Company

Sankar Das Gupta
Electrovaya

10:45-11:30 a.m. – Speaker:  Electricity Rates and PEV’s

Darren Epps
Chartwell, Inc.

11:30 a.m. – Adjourn