NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL FUEL CELL BUS WORKSHOP

 

Marriott San Francisco Airport Waterfront

1800 Old Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, California

www.ifcbus.com

 

February 23-25, 2011

 

FINAL AGENDA

 

Wednesday, February 23

 

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm        Check-in

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm        Reception and fuel cell bus showcase

                                   

 

Thursday, February 24

 

8:00am-8:30am              Check-in and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30am-9:00am              Opening Session

Welcoming remarks - Edward Carranza, Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Region IX Deputy Administrator

                                                           

Welcome to San Francisco, Carter Rohan, SF MTA

 

Overview of the National and International Fuel Cell Bus Workshop – Walter Kulyk, FTA

                                               

9:00am–12:30pm           Fuel Cell Bus Initiatives in the U.S.

 

Representatives of U.S fuel cell bus programs will give the latest updates on their program and discuss future directions and plans

 

9:00am–10:15pm           Overview of Fuel Cell Bus Research in U.S.

 

o    FTA Research Efforts and Future Outlook and Opportunities – Walter Kulyk, U.S. DOT/ Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

o    U.S. DOE Overview of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Activities - John Garbak, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

 

            National Fuel Cell Bus Program- a report from the three Consortia

o    Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), Dan Raudebaugh, Executive Director 

o    CALSTART, John Boesel, President and CEO

o   Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortia (NAVC), Mark D’Amico, Finance Director

 

10:15am –10:30am        Morning break

                          

 

 

 

 

                                               

10:30am –12:30pm        A view from the User: Select project reports from current U.S. fuel cell bus demonstration projects

Moderator:  Leslie Eudy, DOE/NREL

 

o    Connecticut Transit, Steve Warren

o    San Francisco MTA, Marty Mellera

o    SunLine Transit, Tommy Edwards 

o    University of Delaware, Suresh Advani  

o    Proterra bus demo in CMRTA/SC, Louis Fernandez

o    Zero Emission Bay Area Project, Steve Miller, Golden Gate Transit  

o    AC Transit, Jaimie Levin, AC Transit

o    Georgetown FCB program, Charlie Pritzlaff, Georgetown Univ.

 

Q&A/ discussion

 

12:30pm - 1:30pm         Lunch  

 

1:30pm  -  3:00 pm        A view from Industry: Developments in Fuel Cell Buses and Systems

Moderator:  Larry Wnuk, CALSTART

 

o    UTC Power - Dana Kaplinski

o    Ballard –Jeff Grant

o    Hydrogenics, Mark Kammerer

o    BAE Systems, Bob Devine

o    Proterra – Joshua Goldman

o    GE Global Research – Bob King

o    Bluways – Tavin Tyler  

 

 

3:00 pm  -  4:00 pm       Infrastructure and supporting technologies for fuel cell buses

Moderator: Nico Bouwkamp, California Fuel Cell Partnership

 

o    Air Products - Nick Mittica

o    Linde - - Steve Eckhardt/Nitin Natesan

o    Air Liquide - Bob Oesterreich

 

4:00 pm -  4:15 pm        Break

 

4:15 pm - 5:30 pm         Discussion Roundtable 1: Outlook for Fuel Cell Buses

Moderator: Ron Harmer, Consultant (formerly VP Technical Services BC Transit)

 

Set–up Presentations:

 

Panelists:

o    Steve Warren, Connecticut Transit

o    Dimitrios Papageorgopoulos, DOE

o    Christina Gikakis, FTA

 

Discussion topic: Current and future targets - moving forward towards the next generation of technologies and demonstrations

 

5:30 pm                        Adjourn for Day

 

                                                           

 

Friday, February 25

 

 

8:00am - 8:30am           Continental breakfast

 

8:30am - 8:45am            Welcome

o    Recap and Overview of the Fuel Cell Bus Workshop – Walter Kulyk, FTA

 

8:45am –12:00pm          Fuel Cell Bus Initiatives Worldwide

Presentations by representatives of Fuel Cell Bus Programs around the world on fuel cell bus demonstrations and technology advances.

o    Canada - J Gregg Singer, BC Transit

o    Japan -  Takehito Yokoo, Toyota

o   Germany – Monika Kentzler, Daimler

o   Europe/ Brussels - Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), Carlos Navas

o    Brazil - Ivan Regina, EMTP-SP

 

Q&A / Discussion

 

12:00 pm – 1:30pm        Lunch

 

                                               

1:30pm – 2:30pm          Roundtable 2: Collaboration between the Continents  

                                    Moderators:  Walter Kulyk, DOT/FTA and Leslie Eudy, DOE/NREL

                                    Successful outreach efforts and tools

 

                                    Presentations:

o    Data Collection Efforts on Fuel Cell Buses, Leslie Eudy, DOE, NREL

o    Moving Forward on Collaborations, Lauren Justice, CTE

                       

Panelists:        

o    Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), Brussels - Carlos Navas

o    Canada - J Gregg Singer, BC Transit

o    Lauren Justice, CTE

 

           

2:30pm – 2:40pm          Closing Remarks- Next Steps, Action Items, Next Meeting

 

 

2:45 pm                      Depart for Transit Agency Tour

 

o    Travel to AC Transit, Oakland division on fuel cell buses

o    View APCI temporary fueler and demonstration of a fuel delivery to the trailer at Oakland division

o    Travel to Emeryville to view progress at site, and equipment

o    Return to hotel on buses