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:
Jim Matzorkis, CEO, Port of Richmond Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor of Richmond Katrinka Ruk, Council of Industries Jamie Hall, CalStart John Boesel, CalStart Steve Sokolsky, CalStart Rod Hirsch, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce Lily Zhi, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce Bryan Erwin, ITA, U.S. Department of Commerce Stephan Crawford, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce Elizabeth Krauth, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce Cynthia Torres, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce Rob Guthrie, ExIm Bank Jerry Avila, SBA David Blaha, UPS, Diversified Vehicle Industrial Manufacturing Marketing Manager Derek Banta, UPS Marketing Director Violeta Escobar, UPS, , International Business Development Susan Hill, UPS Asia Leonard, UPS, International Account Manager Oakland Darrell Gualco, UPS International Account Manager San Ramon Rhoda Daclison, UPS Communications Red Smith, ContainerTrac Dr. Yunshi Wang, UC Davis, China Center for Transportation Jacob Teter, UC Davis, China Center for Transportation Zhenying Shao, UC Davis, Center for Transportation Dr. Vince Battaglia, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Nico Bouwkamp, California Fuel Cell Partnership Melanie Hagebusch, i-GATE Brandon Cardwell, City of Livermore/i-GATE Dexter Vizinau, Cybertran Neil Sinclair, Cybertran Timothy Collins, Kleen Speed Kambiz Salari, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Brian Hooker, Congressman John Garamendi CA-10 Gary Prost, Congressman Jerry McNerney, CA-11 Latressa Alford, Congressman George Miller CA-7 Raul Aguilar, Electric Motorsport Todd Kollin, Electric Motorsport Brad Edgar, Cleaire Summer Pennino, EVI-USA Jason Mortimer, SunPower Corp Jim Castelaz, Motiv Inc. Motiv – VP Business Development John Hackenberg, Farasis Energy Inc. Yu Wang, Farasis Energy Inc. Weiping Xia, Han’s Technologies James Li, Han’s Technologies Jonathan Carey, Classic Vans/Mobility Vans USA Monica Lamb, Mission Motors Marcus Hayes, Picycle George Carter, Business Services Representative/Rapid Response Coordinator Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County Monica Weiss, ErgSol Wolfgang Weiss, ErgSol Ian Wright, Wrightspeed Mira Inbar, Dow Kokam Joel Smith, Cascade Sierra Solutions Rich Piellisch, Editor, Fleets & Fuels and Fleets & Fuels HHP, Fleets & Fuels Show Times Jeff Grossmann, ATDynamics, Vice President of Engineering Denise Gray, Atieva Paul Gutwald, Simbol Materials Alex Lee, Phoenix Motor Cars Rick Reinhard, Phoenix Motor Cars, Chief Engineer Art Martinez, Phoenix Motor Cars, Driver Marc Gottschalk, Proterra, Chief Business Development Officer and General Counsel Peter Ward, Alternative Fuels Advocates Mike Smith, Alternative Fuels Advocates Alessandro Zago, Pinnacle Engines Colin Read, ECOtotality Adres Moscoso, Enova Corp. John Micek, Enova Corp. Simon Saba, Saba Motors Ian Kaye, UltraCell Dr. Terry Galloway, Intellergy Corp. Sal Vaca, Director of Employment and Training, City of Richmond Tom Waller, Richmond Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors George Chao, Greentech Power Group
From: Butt, Tom Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 5:29 PM Subject: 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