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
9:00am12:30pm 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
9:00am10:15pm 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)
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 DAmico, 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
BAE Systems, Bob Devine
o
Proterra Joshua Goldman
o
GE Global Research Bob King
3:00
pm - 4:00 pm Infrastructure
and supporting technologies for fuel cell buses
Moderator: Nico Bouwkamp,
California Fuel Cell Partnership
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)
Setup 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