Despite being sponsored and presumably paid for by the U.S. Department of Commerce and sponsored by the Port of Richmond, the Advanced Transportation Market Opportunities In China Seminar that was the subject of My March 25 E-FORUM is not, in fact, open to the public. Often, people send me notices about community events, and many of them I post on my E-FORUM. Apparently, this invitation was meant for my eyes only, although it didn’t say that. The exclusive invitation list is shown below. If you are not on it, you will be turned away.

 

Attendee List:

1. Jim Matzorkis, CEO, Port of  Richmond
2. Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of Richmond
3. Katrinka Ruk, Council of Industries
4. Jamie Hall, CalStart
5. John Boesel, CalStart
6. Steve Sokolsky, CalStart
7. Rod Hirsch, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
8. Lily Zhi, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
9. Bryan Erwin, ITA, U.S. Department of Commerce
10. Stephan Crawford, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
11. Elizabeth Krauth, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
12. Cynthia Torres, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce
13. Rob Guthrie, ExIm Bank
14. Jerry Avila, SBA
15. David Blaha, UPS, Diversified Vehicle Industrial Manufacturing Marketing Manager
16. Derek Banta, UPS Marketing Director
17. Violeta Escobar, UPS, , International Business Development
18. Susan Hill, UPS
19. Asia Leonard, UPS, International Account Manager Oakland
20. Darrell Gualco, UPS International Account Manager San Ramon
21. Rhoda Daclison, UPS Communications
22. Red Smith, ContainerTrac
23. Dr. Yunshi Wang, UC Davis, China Center for Transportation
24. Jacob Teter, UC Davis, China Center for Transportation
25. Zhenying  Shao, UC Davis, Center for Transportation
26. Dr. Vince Battaglia, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
27. Nico Bouwkamp, California Fuel Cell Partnership
28. Melanie Hagebusch, i-GATE
29. Brandon Cardwell, City of Livermore/i-GATE
30. Dexter Vizinau, Cybertran
31. Neil Sinclair, Cybertran
32. Timothy Collins, Kleen Speed
33. Kambiz Salari, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
34. Brian Hooker, Congressman John Garamendi CA-10
35. Gary Prost, Congressman Jerry McNerney, CA-11
36. Latressa Alford, Congressman George Miller CA-7
37. Raul Aguilar, Electric Motorsport
38. Todd Kollin, Electric Motorsport
39. Brad Edgar, Cleaire
40. Summer Pennino, EVI-USA
41. Jason Mortimer, SunPower Corp
42. Jim Castelaz, Motiv Inc.
43. Motiv - VP Business Development
44. John Hackenberg, Farasis Energy Inc.
45. Yu Wang, Farasis Energy Inc.
46. Weiping Xia, Han’s Technologies
47. James Li, Han’s Technologies
48. Jonathan Carey, Classic Vans/Mobility Vans USA
49. Monica Lamb, Mission Motors
50. Marcus Hayes, Picycle
51. George Carter, Business Services Representative/Rapid Response Coordinator Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County
52. Monica Weiss, ErgSol
53. Wolfgang Weiss, ErgSol
54. Ian Wright, Wrightspeed
55. Mira Inbar, Dow Kokam
56. Joel Smith, Cascade Sierra Solutions
57. Rich Piellisch, Editor, Fleets & Fuels and Fleets & Fuels HHP, Fleets & Fuels Show Times
58. Jeff Grossmann, ATDynamics, Vice President of  Engineering
59. Denise Gray, Atieva
60. Paul Gutwald, Simbol Materials
61. Alex Lee, Phoenix Motor Cars
62. Rick Reinhard, Phoenix Motor Cars, Chief Engineer
63. Art Martinez, Phoenix Motor Cars, Driver
64. Marc Gottschalk, Proterra, Chief Business Development Officer and General Counsel
65. Peter Ward, Alternative Fuels Advocates
66. Mike Smith, Alternative Fuels Advocates
67. Alessandro Zago, Pinnacle Engines
68. Colin Read, ECOtotality
69. Adres Moscoso, Enova Corp.
70. John Micek, Enova Corp.
71. Simon Saba, Saba Motors
72. Ian Kaye, UltraCell
73. Dr. Terry Galloway, Intellergy Corp.
74. Sal Vaca, Director of Employment and Training, City of Richmond
75. Tom Waller, Richmond Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
76. George Chao, Greentech Power Group

 

 

From: Butt, Tom
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 5:29 PM
Subject: TOM BUTT E-FORUM: At the Craneway - March 29th Opportunities in China

advanced transportation market

OPPORTUNITIEs in china Seminar

 

Date:                                       Thursday, March 29, 2012

Location:                                 Craneway Pavilion (Old Ford Mfg. Plant)
1414 Harbour Way South
Richmond, CA 94804

Point of Contact:                     Rod Hirsch, Oakland Export Assistance Center, USDOC

Tel:/Cell:                                  510-273-7350/510-604-4187

Time:                                      

9:30 am                                   Welcome remarks by Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of Richmond

Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation for supporting the National Export Initiative (NEI): Port of Richmond and CalStart
Presenter:  Rod Hirsch, U.S. Commercial Service, USDOC

Presentation of Congressman Miller’s Certificate of Recognition: ContainerTrac - India Ports Infrastructure Trade Mission Participant
Presenter:  Latressa Alford, Senior District Aide, Congressman George Miller, CA-7

10:00 am                                 Energy & Environmental Security
Dr. S. Julio Friedmann, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Invited

10:10 am                                 US-China Clean Truck Forum Presentation John Boesel, CalStart, Richmond, CA

10:30 am                                 Federal Export Promotion & Finance Programs
Moderator:  Rod Hirsch, U.S. Commercial Service, USDOC
Bryan Erwin, Director, Advocacy Center, International Trade Administration, USDOC
Rob Guthrie, U.S. Export Import Bank – Clean Technology Program
Jerry Avila, Small Business Administration (SBA)

11:15 am                                 California’s Hydrogen Highway – A Case Study
Nico Bouwkamp, California Fuel Cell Partnership
– 10 minutes
Private sector presenters: Altairnano and Ian Kaye, UltraCell – 10 minutes

11:35 am                                 Near Term Opportunities for Cleaner/More Efficient Vehicles
Kambiz Salari, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 10 minutes
Private sector presenters:  Jeff Grossman, AT Dynamics and Brad Edgar, Cleaire – 10 minutes

12:00 pm                                 Lunch – Catering by the Boiler House Restaurant

1:00 pm                                   China Market for Advanced Transportation Technologies
Dr. Yunshi Wang, UC Davis, China Center for Energy and Transportation

1:20 pm                                   Lithium Battery Technology Research & Commercialization
Dr. Vince Battaglia, Advanced Battery Fabrication Laboratory (Batt Fab) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – 10 minutes
Private sector presenters:  John Hackenberg, Farasis Energy Inc. and Mira Inbar, Dow Kokam – 10 minutes

1:40 pm                                   Private Sector Panel – Technology Showcase & China Experiences
Moderator:  Tim McKain, Director of UPS International
Companies:  Summer Pennino, EVI (UPS EVs), Dexter Vizinau, CyberTran, Enova and Jim Castelaz, Motiv

1:60 pm                                   Q & A

2:00 pm                                   End Program – Informal Mixer

Roderick A. Hirsch
Director, Oakland Export Assistance Center
U.S. Commercial Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Tel:  510-273-7350
Fax:  510-273-7352
E-mail:  Rod.Hirsch@trade.gov