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EVENT PROGRAM

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From initial community advocacy to electrifying a full depot and managing on-going ZEB operations, conference content spans the entire journey to zero-emission

Wednesday, Sept 15

Wednesday

7:30 am

Attendee Check-in

Prefunction Space

 

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8 am - noon

1:15 - 2:30 pm

ZEB 101 Class

Add-on event. Expand your knowledge on ZEBs before the main sessions!  Taught by CTE's engineering staff.

Denver Room (1-3)

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Tour of Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD)​

Seats full. Hear directly from RTD staff about their fleet of 36 electric buses

5 - 7 pm

Zero Emission Bus Resource Alliance Reception

By invitation only

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Thursday, Sept 16

Thursday

7 - 8:30 am

Networking Breakfast & Check In

Mix and mingle with attendees and 20+ industry sponsors shaping our ZEB future

Prefunction Space

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8:30 - 9 am

Welcome & Introduction
 

Colorado Ballroom

Call to Order

Dan Raudebaugh

Executive Director

CTE

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Virtual Welcome

Jared Polis

Governor

State of Colorado

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Welcome to Denver

Debra Johnson

GM and CEO

RTD

9 - 9:30 am

3rd Edition Debate Challenge!

Exploring the Defining Features of ZEB Implementations Across Transit, Schools, and Airport Operations

​Colorado Ballroom

Moderator

Dan Raudebaugh

Executive Director

CTE

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Sal Llamas

Chief Operating Officer

AC Transit

Gil Rosas

Energy Education Specialist

Stockton Unified School District

9:30 - 10 am

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Moderator

Dan Raudebaugh

Executive Director

CTE

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Sal Llamas

Chief Operating Officer

AC Transit

Gil Rosas

Energy Education Specialist

Stockton Unified School District

Frameworks for the New Zero Emission Transportation Paradigm
 

Colorado Ballroom

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Stacey Simms

Senior Portfolio Manager- EV Fleet Strategies 

Xcel Energy

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Dexter Turner

Co-Founder and CEO

OpConnect 

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Melinda Pagliarello

Senior Director, Environmental Affairs

Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA)

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Mike Hursh

General Manager

AC Transit

10 - 10:20 am

10:20 - 11:20 am

Coffee Break


Breakout Sessions

Prefunction Space

The Other Electric Bus

Transit Leaders Discuss Experiences with Fuel Cell Electric Technology

Denver Room (1-3)

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Moderator

Jason Hanlin

Senior Director

CTE

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Delivering A Turnkey Hydrogen Solution for the Transit Bus Market

John Hroncich

Director, North American Transit Sales 

BAE Systems

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Planning a Fuel Cell Bus Program

Roland Cordero

Project Director

Foothill Transit

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Current Status of Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets

Matthew Post

Hydrogen Systems Researcher

NREL

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Zero Emission Buses Should Also Be Sustainable

Tim Sasseen

Market Development Manager

Ballard

St. Louis Metro

Leading One of the Largest ZEB Depot Installations in America

Denver Room (4-6)

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Moderator

Amy Posner

Engineering Consultant

CTE

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Jonah Crespo

Infrastructure Engineering & Construction Project Manager

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Michael Hollingshead

Project Manager

Burns & McDonnell

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Chance Baragary

Project Director

Metro St. Louis

Resilience

Reducing Risk Through Distributed Energy Resources

Penrose Ballroom 

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Moderator

Jen Lehmann

Consultant

CTE

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A Microgrid for Transit Case Study on Martha’s Vineyard 

Cole Roberts

Americas Energy Leader

Arup

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One Public Transit's Triple Bottom Line Approach to Fleet Electrification

Tim Victor

Business Development, EV Infrastructure

Scale Microgrid Solutions

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Delivering Energy Resilience, Reliability & Sustainability for Montgomery County's Electric Bus Fleet

Nicole Geneau

Senior Vice President, Development, EaaS

AlphaStruxure

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Resiliency and V2X Infrastructure - Lessons from Pekin Deployment with Blue Bird School Bus & Nuvve

Joseph Gottlieb

Chief Technical Officer

Rhombus Energy Solutions

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Implementing Via’s Strategic Plan: Social Needs & Resilient Hub

Bill Patterson

CFO

Via Mobility

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11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Keynote Presentation: Proterra

Lunch

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Colorado Ballroom

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John Walsh

Chief Commercial Officer

Proterra

12:30 - 2:05 pm

Leading ZEB Deployments
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Colorado Ballroom

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Moderator

Steve Clermont

Director of Planning and Deployment

CTE

Results Overview from Zero-Emission Transit Bus Technology Analysis (ZETBTA) Study
 

Colorado Ballroom

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Cecil Blandon

Maintenance Director

AC Transit

Colorado Ballroom

Battery Electric Bus Deployments
 
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Richard DeRock

General Manager

Link Transit

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Kyle Whatley

Zero Emissions Bus Project Specialist

San Diego MTS

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Jeff Hiott

Vice President - Imagination,

Research, & Industry Benchmarking

Capital Metro

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Jason House
Assistant Chief Engineer

Chicago Transit Authority

Fuel Cell Bus Deployments
 

Colorado Ballroom

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Lauren Skiver

CEO/General Manager

SunLine

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Kim Okafor

Manager of Strategic Business Development

Trillium

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Kirt Conrad

Executive Director/CEO

SARTA

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Jane Sullivan

Grants and Governmental Affairs Director

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District

2:05 - 2:20 pm

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Keynote Presentation: BYD
 

Colorado Ballroom

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Randy Premo

Regional Sales Manager for NE

BYD

2:20 - 2:45 pm

Coffee Break


Breakout Sessions

2:45 - 3:45 pm

Prefunction Space

1.21 Gigawatts!?! 

The Future of Charging

Denver Room (4-6)

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Moderator

Matt Boothe

Senior Engineering Consultant

CTE

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Standardizing and Commercializing High Power Charging for Transit Fleets

Kendell Whitehead

Heavy Vehicle Charging Solutions Sales, Western Region, ABB

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Using Digital Solutions to Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership for Electrified Fleets

Mitch Henke

Product Manager eMobility SW

SIEMENS

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Providing An All-In-One Telematics and Charge Management System

Trishan Peruma

Head of Business Development North America

ViriCiti

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Wireless Technology Success at AVTA

Mike Masquelier

CTO

WAVE

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Key Learnings from Europe's Largest Airport Charging Projects 

David Aspinwall

President - North America

Heliox

Optimizing Battery Bus Operations

Considerations for Technology Performance and Systems Planning

Denver Room (1-3) 

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Moderator

Joel Donham

Senior Engineering Consultant

CTE

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Young Park

Senior Project Manager, Bus Electrification

TriMet

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Ian Redhead

Deputy Director

Kansas City Airport

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Mike Steiner

Key Accounts Specialist

Holy Cross Energy

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Ethan Warren

Transportation Analyst

Capital District Transit Authority

All About the Benjamins

Case Studies of Creative Financing 

Penrose Ballroom

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Moderator

Steve Clermont

Director of Planing and Deployment

CTE

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Leveraging Environmental Commodities to Accelerate Fleet Transitions 

Evan Rosenberg

Senior Manager, Business Development

SRECTrade

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Maryland Embarks On Largest Electric School Bus Deal in U.S.

Rich DiMatteo

EVP of Capital Markets

Highland Electric

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From New York to California: Scaling Fleets With Charging-as-a-Service

Vic Shao

CEO and Founder

AMPLY Power

4 - 6:30 pm

Happy Bus Hour

On-Site Displays of Leading Zero Emission Buses from:

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7 - 10 pm

Conference Dinner at History Colorado Center 

Dine with speakers and attendees while enjoying complementary access to museum. Transportation provided to event. Purchase your ticket when you register!

Friday

Friday, Sept 17

8:30 - 9 am

Day 2 Kickoff
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9:00- 10:15 am

Colorado Ballroom

Join the Worldwide Party!

Largescale Deployments from Across the Globe 

Colorado Ballroom 

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Accelerating the Zero-Emission Bus Market in Latin America

Oscar Delgado

Zero-Emission Fleets Center Manager

ICCT

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Global Deployment of Fuel Cell Electric Buses – From Europe, Asia, & Canada

Tim Sasseen

Market Development Manager

Ballard

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A Comparative Analysis of Battery Electric, CNG, and Diesel Bus Operations in PMPML (Pune, India)

Pooja Phadke - Ghangurde

Founder

Athena Policy Lab, California 

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Sardjono Jhony Tjitrokusumo

President Director

TransJakarta

10:15 - 10:30 am

Keynote Presentation: NICE America Research, Inc.
 

Colorado Ballroom

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Anthony Ku

CTO

10:30 - 10:45 am

10:45 - 11:45 am

Coffee Break


Breakout Sessions

Prefunction Space

Cultivating Human Capital

From the Workforce to Community Partnerships

Denver Room (4-6)

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Moderator

Jen Lehmann

Consultant

CTE

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Zero Emission Buses are Here: Are Technicians Ready?

Xinge Wang

Deputy Director 
International Transportation Learning Center

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ChargerHelp: Recreating the Business 

Kameale Terry

CEO

ChargerHelp!

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Ensuring Equitable ZEB Deployment

Nicole Wong

Campaign Manager -Green For All

DreamCorps

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Partnerships for Fleet Electrification

Landon Hilliard

Safe Routes to School Coordinator

Boulder Valley School District

Measure Twice Cut Once

Planning Tools & Best Practices

Penrose Ballroom

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Moderator

Joel Donham

Senior Engineering Consultant

CTE

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Systems Level Planning for Boston's 120 Battery Electric Bus Fleet

Jonathan Levy

Senior Engineer

Microgrid Labs

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Planning a Sustainable Funding Structure through P3 Partnerships

Diana Kotler 

Executive Director

Anaheim Transportation Network

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Fleet Electrification Planning for Grossmont Union High School District

Karim Farhat

Director of Mobility Solutions

ENGIE

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Lessons Learned from Stockton Unified School District’s Electric School Bus Deployment

Sarah Woogen

Head of USA Operations & Analytics

The Mobility House

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Demystifying Commercial EV Range: Real World Route Data You Can Count On

Nick Bettis

Director of Marketing & Sales Operations
Lightning eMotors

Enabling Hydrogen Fuel

Innovations to Bring Down the Cost & Facilitate Widespread Adoption

Denver Room (1-3)

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Moderator

Jason Hanlin

Senior Director

CTE

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Al Burgunder

Director, Clean Hydrogen

Linde

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Seth Terry

CEO

New Day H2

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Bob Oesterreich

VP Global Hydrogen Sales
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Tom Mourmouras

Commercial Manager, Heavy Duty

Shell

11:45 am - 1 pm

Wrap Up Networking Lunch in Outdoor Plaza

1 - 5 pm

Tour of Lightning eMotors Manufacturing Facility

Complimentary add-on event. Get an inside look at electric shuttle manufacturing in Loveland, Colorado.

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