Driving Mobility 13

1:00 – 1:15

Registration & Networking

1:15 – 1:20

Sustain SoCal Board of Directors Welcome

1:20 – 1:40

Clean Air & Stable Climate: Transportation Incentives & Drive Forward

• Stephanie Parent, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board (CARB)

1:40 – 2:10

Electrification at Scale: Infrastructure, Access, Grid Readiness & Reliability

• Brendan O’Donnell, CEO, bodeEV
• Marc Deutsch, Manager, Electric Vehicles, American Honda Motors
• Lisa Hannaman, Senior Customer Service Advisor, Southern California Edison

2:10 – 2:20

Autonomous Vehicles & Road Safety

• Sarah Catz, Researcher, UCI Institute for Transportation Studies

2:20 – 2:50

Medium to Heavy Duty Electrification & The Path Forward

• Aravind Kailas, Advanced Technology Policy Director, Volvo Group
• Jakson Alvarez, Co-Founder, EvoLectric
• Graham Jensen, Western Region General Manager, Sales, Harbinger

2:50 – 3:00

Intermission

3:00 – 3:30

Sustaining Hydrogen Momentum in SoCal: Partnerships, Pilots & Public Impact

• Lillian Liu, Program Manager, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development, Governor’s Office of Business & Economic Development (GO-Biz)
• James Kast, General Manager Hydrogen, Iwatani
• Mei Wang, Assistant Deputy for Technology Advancement, South Coast AQMD

3:30 – 3:45

Vehicle to Grid

• Peter Ford, CTO, Drive Labs, Inc. 
• Srikanth Kanaparthi, Senior VP, Tellus Power Green

3:45 – 4:00

Urban Air Mobility

• Karen Coronel, State & Local Government Affairs, Joby Aviation

4:00 – 4:20

Sourcing Sustainable Materials for the Rivian R2 

• Farshad Toomadj, CMF & Advanced Development Leader, Rivian

4:30 – 5:00

Workforce: Preparing for The Next Generation of Sustainable Cars and Trucks 

• Dean Case, Membership Director, SoCal SAE
• Michael Konig, Chief Business Officer, Motivo
• Jenn Voelker, Vice President, Program Management, KARMA
• Taylor Brooks, Department Chair, Saddleback College Automotive Technologies Dept
• Dennis Brangwin, Director of Programs, VITAL LINK
• Sari Finge, Project Manager, Clean Tech Training Program, Goodwill Orange County
• Mike McCarthy, SAE Faculty Advisor, School of Engineering, UC Irvine (UCI)
• William Modeste, Student, Baja SAE Team Member, Cal State Long Beach (CSULB)
• Alexis Lam, Student, Racer X2 Solar Car Team, Temple City High School

5:00

Closing Comments

5:00 – 7:00

Reception & EXPO