The Business of Plugging In

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Breakout Session Tracks

Track 1 Infrastructure
Track 2 Battery
Track 3 Vehicle
 

Monday, October 19

1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Registration
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Entrepreneurs' VC Workshop

Moderator: Joseph Muscat, Partner and Director of Cleantech Network, Ernst & Young
Ganesh Ananthasubramaniam, Vice President, DTE Energy Ventures
Thomas Cain, Managing Partner, Sail Venture Partners
Mark Huang, Partner, Novus Energy Partners
Dhiraj Malkani, Principal, Rockport Capital
Michael Rubino, Chief Financial Officer, A123Systems
Dipender Saluja, Partner, Capricorn Investment Group  
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.                                       Ride-and-Drive
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Exposition Open
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Opening Ceremony

Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DTE Energy, and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute

Dennis Assanis, Director, Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, University of Michigan

Thomas G. Stephens, Vice Chairman, Global Product Development, General Motors Company

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Tuesday, October 20

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

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10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exposition Open
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Opening Session: The Electrification of the Vehicle: Supporting a National Strategy

Keynote Discussion

Moderator: Governor George E. Pataki, Counsel Chadbourne & Parke LLP and Former Governor of New York

Peter Darbee, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation

Jonathan J. Lauckner, Vice President, Global Program Management, General Motors Company
9:00 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

Plenary Panel

Moderator: Brian P. Wynne, President, Electric Drive Transportation Association

Paul F. Skalny, Director, National Automotive Center, Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)

Mike Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies, Better Place

David W. Joos, President and Chief Executive Officer, CMS Energy

David Vieau, President and Chief Executive Officer, A123Systems, Inc.
10:25 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Ride-and-Drive
10:40 a.m. – Noon
Plug-In Ready Cities! Battery Technology: Where Do We Go From Here? Greening America's Fleets: The Medium Duty Truck Market Shifts into Gear
Noon – 12:45 p.m.

Networking Lunch


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12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Keynote Address:

General Wesley Clark, Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO

Keynote introduction by Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of DTE Energy and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Break
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
PHEV/EV Infrastructure: Different Business Models? How Government Policy can Shape an Industry From ICE to PEV: What Components Are In? What Components Are Out?
3:15 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. Break
3:35 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.
Managing the Cost of Carbon Building Batteries: From Concept to Commerce Creating the PEV Ready Workforce
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Gala Dinner (Detroit Institute of Arts)


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Wednesday, October 21

7:00 a.m. – Noon Registration
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by         Toyota Logo
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exposition Open
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Ride-and-Drive
8:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

Opening Session: When We Build It… Will They Come?

Plenary Panel

Moderator: David Cole, Ph.D., Chairman, Center for Automotive Research

Richard Curtin, Ph.D., Director, Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan

Henrik Fisker, Chief Executive Officer, Fisker Automotive

Justin Ward, Advanced Powertrain Program Manager, Toyota Technical Center

Yibing Wu, Managing Director, Legend Holdings, Beijing, China
9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

Opening Session: When We Build It... Will They Come?

Keynote Discussion

Moderator: David Cole, Ph.D., Chairman, Center for Automotive Research

Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of DTE Energy and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute

William Clay Ford Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company

Jennifer Granholm, Governor, State of Michigan

Ray Lane, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers

 
10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – Noon
PEVs, the "SmartGrid" and Clean Energy The Consumer: Who, When and Why? Automotive Supplier Development
Noon – 12:10 p.m. Break
12:10 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Closing Session

Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Energy for the Recovery Act, U.S. Department of Energy
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch

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Sponsors DTE Energy University of Michigan GM Center for Automation Research