7:00 AM - 5:00 PM: Registration
JW Mariott Foyer
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM : Breakfast
JW Marriott
Wayne Gretzky Ballroom
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM : Opening Plenary
JW Marriott
Wayne Gretzky Ballroom
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM : Break
Foyer
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM : Session 1 : Optimizing EV Charging Experiences in Canada
Moderator : Cartler Li, CEO and Co-Founder, SWTCH
Charging Infrastructure Benchmarks and Charging Reliability : Louise Lévesque, Director of Policy, Electric Mobility Canada
Customer Focus Must Be a Key Attribute to 2030 EV Strategy and Regulation : Mike Wenzlaff, Senior Program Manager, EV Services, BC Hydro & James Carter, Principal Consultant, Vision Mobility
Equitable and Accessible EV Charging From the Ground Up : Yvette Jones, Project Leader, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) & Joey Dabell, Project Leader, British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Assessing the Consumer EV Charging Experience in Canada: Cedric Smith, Director, Transportation, Pollution Probe
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM : Session 2 : Looking Forward: Electrifying Commercial Truck Fleets
Cracking the Code of MHD Awareness : Theresa Cooke, Head of Global Customer Success, Managed Charging, Siemens Canada Limited & Shayna Rector Bleeker, Cofounder & VP Strategic Partnerships, 7 Generation Capital
The Roadmap to Zero Emission MHDVs in Canada : Adam Thorn, Director, Pembina Institute
The Road to Net Zero : Meena Bibra, Senior Policy Advisor, Clean Energy Canada
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM : Session 3 : Reaching Canada's School Bus Electrification Targets
Prince Edward Island – Leading the EV School Bus Transformation From Fossil Fuels: Matt Collins, Manager of Engineering Services, PEI Department of Transportation & Infrastructure
Canadian Electric School Bus Association Initative : Valérie Tremblay, Project Manager, Sustainable Mobility, Équiterre
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM : Lunch and Presentation of Al Cormier Award
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM : Session 4 : NACFE and EMC
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM : Session 5 : A National Look at Energy and Charging
Moderator: Sanjeev Pushkarna, Director, Business Development, Nova Scotia Power
Utility EV Integration – Insights from EMC’s Utility Committee : Daniel Carr, Head, Smart Cities, Alectra Utilities
(on behalf of EMC’s Utility Committee)
How EVs Will Impact the Grid – Lessons Across Canada : Emma Hill, Principal Analyst, Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors
GIS Driven Charging Infrastructure Planning : Arif Rafiq, Transportation Industry Manager, Esri Canada
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM : Session 6 : Making the Case for Rural and Remote Charging
EV Charging for Grid-Challenged Locations : Frederick Prigge, President, YULtek Inc.
ATCO: An Update from Alberta’s Largest EV Infrastructure Provider: William York, Senior Engineer, ATCO
Danielle Weiss, Director of Transportation Initiatives, Community Energy Association
Charge Up : Supporting Indigenous Communities and Businesses : Jessica Tait, Program Coordinator and Sustainable Transport Lead, Indigenous Clean Energy
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM : Coffee Break and Networking
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM : Session 7 : Peak Power Management
Moderator: Tomasz Suszycki, Managing Director, Hydro-Québec
Energy Storage Solution (BESS) Supporting EV Fast Charging Infrastructure : Brian Walters, Chief Executive Officer, Vortex Technology Group & Curt de Gourville, VP Business Development, Vortex Technology Group
Light EVs and the New Paradign in Residential Energy Management : Ronald Denom, COO, dcbel Inc.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM : Session 8 : Battery Life Cycle & Industry Input on Government Regulations
Battery Innovation Road Map and Battery Blue Print : Matthew Fortier, President & CEO, Accelerate-Accélérer
Hugo Normand, R&D Director, Ingenext
Isabel Cyr, Government Relations & Public Affairs, Lithion Recycling Inc.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM : Session 9 : Leveraging Clean Fuels and Carbon Credits
Driving EVs Home with Carbon Credits : John Stonier, President, Electric Advantage Systems
Using Carbon Credits to Expand Electrification : Trevor Egan, Load Consultant, LeadingAhead Energy and Maxime Charron, President, LeadingAhead Energy
Supporting Fleet Electrification Through Clean Fuel Programs : Todd Trauman, CEO, e-Mission Control
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM : Session 10 : Provincial Policy and Programs
Revision of Quebec’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Standard : On the Road to an Electric 2035 : Marilou Gosselin, Coordinator, Quebec Ministry of Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change (MELCC)
Insights from Ontario’s New Public EV Infrastructure Funding Program : Victoria Prouse, Senior Policy Advisor, Emerging Technologies Office, Ontario Ministry of Transportation
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM : Session 11 : Charging Innovations (Research & Development)
Exploring the ISO 15118-20 Protocol and Load Management in Electric Vehicles : Luis Leal, Business Development Manager, E-Mobility, Phoenix Contact & Gabriel Hernandez, E-Mobility Project Engineer, Phoenix Contact
Employing End-of-Route Charging to Enable Full Electrification of Transit Bus Fleets : Hajo Ribberink, Senior Research Engineer, Natural Resources Canada
Accelerating the Transition to Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) Through Research, Development and Demonstrations : Charles Crispim, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Energy Research, Natural Resources Canada
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM : Session 12 : Electric Micromobility
Advancing Clean Transportation in Nova Scotia with Micro-mobility, Transit, and Used EV Incentives : Krista Phillips, Head of Strategic Electrification, Nova Scotia Natural Resources and Renewables
Bridging the Last Mile : SFU’s Innovative Leap in Sustainable Transportation and Electric Mobility : Sid Mehta, Senior Director Ancillary Services, Simon Fraser University & David Agosti, Director – Parking & Sustainable Mobility, Simon Fraser University
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM : Networking Reception
Join us on November 16 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Banquet Bar, a luxury bar located in Edmonton’s ICE district, opposite the JW Marriott Hotel.
With a 10-pin bowling alley, arcade games, ping-pong tables and more, our Banquet Bar reception is the perfect way to wrap up our first full day of conference programming!
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM : Registration
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM : Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM : Plenary Session
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM : Break and Networking
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM : Session 13 : Overcoming Barriers to EV Adoption
Moderator : Laura Miller, Director, Public Policy & Communications, Uber
Women and EVs – Mind the Gap! : Cara Clairman, President & CEO, Plug’n Drive & Joanna Osawe, CEO, Women in Renewable Energy
Promise and Potential for EVs in Atlantic Canada : Alyse Wilton, Manager of Environmental Health Program, NB Lung
EVerything EVs : Research Driven Solutions to Overcoming Barriers to EV Adoption : Jennie Wadden, Supervisor, Marketing, Newfoundland Power
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM : Session 14 : Trends in North American Charging Policies and Standards
Moderator : Sunny Attarde, Electric Vehicle Expert, CSA Group
NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Instrastructure Program), CFI (Charging and Fueling Infrastructure), and You : Lessons Learned for Canada : Mike Frisina, Public Policy Manager, ChargePoint
Emerging Trends in North American Light Duty EV Charging Regulation : Elizabeth France, Director, FLO & Travis Allan, Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer, FLO
Charging and Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastrcuture Initative: Melissa Chow, Director, Investments, Canada Infrastructure Bank
State of Public EV Charging Experiences in North America and Impacts on Policy Decisions: Simon Ouellette, CEO, ChargeHub
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM : Session 15 : Canadian Hydrogen Ecosystem (Research & Development)
Moderator: François Girard, Research Council Office, Programs Advisor, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, National Research Council
Alberta’s AZETEC Hydrogen Project and the Transportation Ecosystem in Alberta : Marcel Pouliot, Co-Founder & President, IQ Trucking Consultants Inc.
Ivette Vera-Perez, President & CEO, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM : Shuttles to Edmonton Expo
Shuttles to trade show at Edmonton Expo, running all day until end of trade show.
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM : Trade Show
Trade Show Details
With over 30 000 square feet of exhibit booths hosted by leading businesses and associations in the industry, and vehicle displays ranging from off-road and micro-mobility vehicles to larger buses and trucks at the EXPO Centre, our full-scale trade show will be a highlight of the conference and create opportunities for new business connections and to catch up on latest developments from across the Canadian EV industry.
What’s Included? Our trade show space is designed to keep the varied interests of our EMC members and supporters in mind – in addition to exhibit booths and vehicle displays, we will be providing multiple other programming options to keep you busy all day:
Lunch will be provided on the grounds of the trade show, with a seating area available for networking, catching up with colleagues and friends, and holding short meetings booked through our event app (coming soon!). |
All attendees are invited to attend a networking reception being held on the trade show floor, from 5 PM to 7 PM.
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM : Lunch
Trade Show Floor
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM : Speed Mentoring
An equity-focused speed mentoring session organized in partnership with Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE) President & CEO Joanna Osawe and Plug’n Drive President & CEO Cara Clairman, giving students and other young people either entering or curious about opportunities in the EV industry a chance to meet with established leaders and innovators from various sectors in transportation electrification
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM : Workshop : Future Skilling Dialogue with Colleges, Post-Secondary Institutions and Partners
Facilitated by Kelly Jackson, Vice-President of External Affairs & Professional Learning, Humber College, with participation from representatives from Canadian post-secondary institutions.
This discussion is open to all registered conference delegates interested in sharing challenges and opportunities for talent recruitment and retention and discovering how polytechnics and colleges are working with industry to upskill workers to meet the needs of the electric mobility sector.
*Offered in English only
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM : Committee Meetings
Onsite at the Edmonton EXPO Centre during the trade show hours.
Program details to follow.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM : Networking Reception
Trade Show Floor
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM : Registration
JW Marriott Foyer
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM : Plenary Breakfast
JW Mariott
Wayne Gretzky Ballroom
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM : Session 16 : MURB Charging Infrastructure and Load Management
Managed Charging the AlectraDrive Way : Daniel Carr, Head, Smart Cities, Alectra Utilities & Averyl D’Souza, Spcialist, Business Analysis, Alectra Utilities
EVEMS : Is it the Key to Making Condos and Apartments EV Ready? : Leo Viger-Bernard, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Recharge Véhicule Électrique
Are You Ready for This?!? : Affordable Solutions to Scale ‘EV Ready’ Buildings : Brendan McEwen, Managing Consultant, Dunsky Energy + Climate & Jason Wang, Senior Analyst, Pembina Institute
Charging Ahead : increasing EV Equity Through Charging & Energy Management Systems : Mike Mulqueen, Director – Commercial Partnerships, SWTCH
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM : Session 17 : Policy Leadership in Canada
Policy Leadership in Canada : Suzanne Goldberg, Sr. Director Public Policy, North America, ChargePoint & Travis Allan, Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer, FLO (on behalf of EMC’s National Government Relations Committee)
Federal ZEV Outlook : Zoiey Cobb, Director, On-Road Decarbonization and Electrification, Environmental Policy, Transport Canada
Infrastructure Programming : Anna Vanderkamp, Director, Innovation Policy, Natural Resources Canada
Update on Federal ZEV Infrastructure Investments : Louise Tanguay, Senior Officer, Transportation and Alternative Fuels Division, Natural Resources Canada
Increasing Public Confidence in ZEVs and Equity : Thierry Spiess, Deputy Director, On-Road Transportation Division, Natural Resources Canada
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM : Session 18 : Batteries (Research & Development)
All-Solid-State Hybrid Electrolyte for Safe and Cost-Effective Metal-Ion Batteries : Lingzi Sang, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science – Chemistry, University of Alberta
Seeing Inside Lithium-Ion Batteries Using In-Situ and Operando Techniques : Mike Fleischauer, Senior Research Officer, National Research Council of Canada
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM : Coffee Break and Networking
JW Marriott Foyer
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM : Session 19 : Municipal Leadership in Transportation Electrification
Municipalities in the Electric Transition : Calvin Lechelt, Program Manager, Sustainability Services, Alberta Municipalities
Key Components of an Equitable Regional EV Charging Strategy : The Case of Metro Vancouver : Lindsay Wiginton, Managing Consultant, Dunsky Energy + Climate & Eve Hou, Senior Manager, Policy Development and Decision Analysis, TransLink
Langley’s Municipal Fleet Electrification Study : Greg Dennis, Project Engineer, Township of Langley (BC)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM : Session 20 : Assessing Charging Needs
Moderator: Matthew Bartolone, Director of Sales, Public Charging, ABB E-Mobility
Nationwide Infrastructure Needs for Zero-Emission Vehicles Across Canada : Ben Sharpe, Senior Research and Canada Lead, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Assessing the Needs for Charging Infrastructure Across Canada : Jeff Turner, Director, Clean Mobility, Dunsky Energy + Climate
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM : Session 21 : Zero Emission Public Transit
Edmonton’s Success Story in Electric Buses
Electric Buses in Canada: Past, Present and Future : Klaus Peter Canavan, President & CEO, Kiepe Electric Canada
Acceleration of the Transition to Zero-Emission Fleets in Public Transit : Alexandrine Gauvin, Public Affairs and External Communications, Nova Bus
Repowering from Diesel to Battery Electric/Hydrogen : A Great Way to Help Fleet Operators Achieve GHG Reduction Goals Sooner : Gara Hay, President, MTB Transit Solutions
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM : Closing Penary Session
JW Marriott
Wayne Gretzky Ballroom