Program

(All times listed are in Mountain Time. Details listed are subject to change.
NOV 15

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!

NOV 16

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:  

  • EMC member Plug’n Drive will be offering test drives onsite, with opportunities to try a range of EVs.  
  • A workshop on future skilling, job training and talent recruitment for a growing EV industry, facilitated by Kelly Jackson, Vice President of External Affairs & Professional Learning at Humber College. The workshop will feature participation from representatives from multiple Canadian post-secondary institutions and is open to all registered conference attendees 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.  
  • 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  
  • EMC committee meetings will take place throughout the afternoon  

 

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. 

 

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

NOV 17

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

Electric Mobility Canada
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