Lunch Workshop: Diving Deeper into Fuel Cell Electric Buses – Benefits, Costs and Opportunities
Join the California Hydrogen Business Council at the CTE 2018 American Zero Emission Bus Conference in Los Angeles for the “Lunch Workshop: Diving Deeper into Fuel Cell Electric Buses – Benefits, Costs and Opportunities.” The lunch workshop will take place at the end of day two of the ZEB Conference and will provide an in depth look at Fuel Cell Electric Buses and the requirements to adopt the technology for transit agencies.
The CHBC will provide box lunches for all attendees.
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Hourly Schedule
Day 1
- 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
- Welcome and State of the FCEB Market in California
- - Welcome and Vision of FCEBs in California, Jeff Serfass, Executive Director, CHBC <br/> - Status of FCEBs in California, CaFCP (Invited) <br/> - Planning for the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) Regulation, Shirin Barfjani, Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board
- 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
- Panel: In Depth Analysis of FCEBs’ Capabilities: a 1:1 Replacement for Diesel
- Moderator: Nicolas Pocard, Director, Marketing, Ballard Power Systems <br/> Leslie Eudy, Senior Project Leader, NREL <br/> Oscar Pardinas, Regional Sales Manager, ElDorado National <br/> David Warren, Director of Sustainable Transportation, New Flyer
- 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
- Panel: Overcoming the Challenges to FCEB Fleet Adoption – Hydrogen Infrastructure: Addressing the Fuel Price, Footprint, Scalability, and Renewability of Hydrogen
- Moderator: Jaimie Levin, Senior Program Manager and Director of West Coast Operations, CTE <br/> Steve Jones, Managing Director, ITM Power <br/> Steve Szymanski, Director, Business Development, Nel Hydrogen <br/> Chris Kretz, Business Development Manager, Air Products and Chemicals <br/> Jeff Pickes, NICE America Research
- 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
- Panel: FCEB Experiences of Early Adopting Transit Agencies: Operation, Maintenance, and Lessons Learned
- Moderator: Jeff Serfass, Executive Director, CHBC <br/> Salvador Llamas, Director of Maintenance, AC Transit <br/> Lauren Skiver, CEO & General Manager, SunLine Transit <br/> Bill Habibe, Section Manager, Transit Technical Services, Orange County Transportation Authority
- 2:45 - 3:00 PM
- Conclusions and Action Items
- Jeff Serfass, Executive Director, CHBC