September 21st
8:00am
9:00am
9:15am
10:00am
11:10am
11:25am
11:25am
12:30pm
2:00pm
3:50am
4:00am
5:00pm
Registration opens
Opening Remarks
Yihang Yang
Commercial Counselor
Consulate General of the People's
Republic of China in SF
*Yihang Yang, Commercial Counselor, Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in San Francisco
Gang Zheng
CEO
Beijing Electric Vehicle (BAIC)
Mr. Gang Zheng is the CEO of Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd.(BJEV), and the council member of China EV 100. Prior to this, Mr. Zheng served as the director of public relations and administration at Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd.(BAIC). He joined Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. in 2005, during which he helped Company build its public relation and communication department with his extensive experience in government, state-owned enterprises, and private companies, and successfully led Foton to renovate its image.
*Gang Zheng, CEO, Beijing Electric Vehicle Company(BAIC)
Zhen Li
Chairman
Guoxuan High-Tech Group
Mr. Zhen Li is the founder and chairman of Guoxuan High-Tech Co., Ltd, China’s leading power battery technology company that supplies batteries for vehicles including the world’s first mass all electric bus route. Founded in 2006, Guoxuan was recognized as one of the top new high-tech enterprises and was included in the national "Torch Plan" in 2008 and went public in 2015. Under his leadership, Mr. Li makes Guoxuan brand to world class for technology and innovation. It is ranked 409th in the World New Energy Enterprises 500 Ranking. Mr. Li is currently the council member of China EV100 and Vice President of Hui merchant's global council. He was previously an executive member of Anhui Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. Li holds an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB).
*Zhen Li, Chairman, Guoxuan High-Tech Group
Keynote Speaker
Steve Chu
Former Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
Steven Chu is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology in the Medical School at Stanford University. He has published 260 papers in atomic and polymer physics, biophysics, biology, biomedicine, batteries, and holds 10 patents. Dr. Chu was the 12th US Secretary of Energy from January 2009 until the end of April 2013. As the first scientist to hold a Cabinet position and the longest serving Energy Secretary, he began several initiatives including ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy), the Energy Innovation Hubs, the US – China Clean Energy Research Centers (CERC), and was tasked by President Obama to assist BP in stopping the Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Prior to his cabinet post, he was director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. Dr. Chu has numerous awards including the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for the laser cooling and atom trapping, shared with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William Phillips. He holds 26 honorary degrees and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a foreign member of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, among others.
*Steve Chu, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Section 1: US-China Energy Cooperation and Innovation
Intro
Jeffrey Ball
Scholar-in-Residence
Center for Energy Policy
and Finance
Stanford Law School
Mr. Jeffrey Ball is scholar-in-residence at Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance. He heads a project exploring how China and the US might deploy cleaner energy more efficiently if each one played to its economic strengths. Mr. Ball writes regularly for a variety of publications. His stories and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Fortune, The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, among other places. During the nearly 15 years he spent at The Journal, he spent more than a decade, based in the paper’s Detroit and Dallas bureaus, writing about energy and the environment. Ball won the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ top energy-writing prize in 2015 for a Fortune piece he wrote on Mexico’s energy reform.
*Jeffrey Ball, Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford Law School
Speakers
Hillard G. Huntington
Executive Director
Energy Modeling
Stanford University
Mr. Hillard Huntington is Executive Director of Stanford University’s Energy Modeling Forum, where he conducts studies to improve the usefulness of models for understanding energy and environmental problems. His current research interests are modeling energy security, energy price shocks and energy market impacts of environmental policies. Mr. Huntington is a Senior Fellow and a past-President of the United States Association for Energy Economics and a member of the National Petroleum Council. He was also Vice-President for Publications for the International Association for Energy Economics and a member of the American Statistical Association's Committee on Energy Data. Prior to coming to Stanford in 1980, he held positions in the corporate and government sectors with Data Resources Inc., the US Federal Energy Administration, and the Public Utilities Authority in Monrovia, Liberia as a US Peace Corps Volunteer.
*Hillard Huntington, Executive Director, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University
Mikkal Herberg
Former Director
Global Energy and Economics
ARCO
Mr. Mikkal Herberg is a senior lecturer at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. He is also the BP Foundation senior research fellow for International Energy at the Pacific Council on International Policy and serves as research director on Asian energy security at The National Bureau of Asian Research. His research focuses on Asian and global energy issues to the energy industry, governments, research institutions and the media in the US, Asia and Europe. Previously, he spent 20 years in the oil industry in senior planning roles for ARCO, where from 1997-2000 he was director for Global Energy and Economics, responsible for worldwide energy, economic and political analysis.
*Mikkal Herberg, Former Director, Global Energy and Economics, ARCO
Douglas Hengel
Former Deputy Assistant
State of Energy and Sanctions
US Department of State
Mr. Douglas Hengel is a senior fellow contributing to The German Marshall Fund of the United States – GMF’s work on global energy, climate and resource challenges. Mr. Hengel is also an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. As a former US Foreign Service officer, he served with the US Department of State for more than 35 years. In Washington, Mr. Hengel worked as deputy assistant secretary of state for energy, sanctions and commodities from 2007 to 2010, where his responsibilities included formulating and advancing US international energy security policy, including relations with the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. Mr. Hengel chaired the Standing Committee on Long-Term Cooperation at the IEA and also worked extensively on Iran sanctions. Hengel has a BA from Colgate University and a master in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton.
*Douglas Hengel, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund
Coffee Break
Panel Discussion
Jeffrey Ball
Scholar-in-Residence
Center for Energy Policy
and Finance
Stanford Law School
Mr. Jeffrey Ball is scholar-in-residence at Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance. He heads a project exploring how China and the US might deploy cleaner energy more efficiently if each one played to its economic strengths. Mr. Ball writes regularly for a variety of publications. His stories and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Fortune, The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, among other places. During the nearly 15 years he spent at The Journal, he spent more than a decade, based in the paper’s Detroit and Dallas bureaus, writing about energy and the environment. Ball won the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ top energy-writing prize in 2015 for a Fortune piece he wrote on Mexico’s energy reform.
*Jeffrey Ball, Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford Law School
Panelists
Steve Chu
Former Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
Steven Chu is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology in the Medical School at Stanford University. He has published 260 papers in atomic and polymer physics, biophysics, biology, biomedicine, batteries, and holds 10 patents. Dr. Chu was the 12th US Secretary of Energy from January 2009 until the end of April 2013. As the first scientist to hold a Cabinet position and the longest serving Energy Secretary, he began several initiatives including ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy), the Energy Innovation Hubs, the US – China Clean Energy Research Centers (CERC), and was tasked by President Obama to assist BP in stopping the Deepwater Horizon oil leak. Prior to his cabinet post, he was director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Professor of Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. Dr. Chu has numerous awards including the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for the laser cooling and atom trapping, shared with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William Phillips. He holds 26 honorary degrees and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a foreign member of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, among others.
*Steve Chu, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Hillard G. Huntington
Executive Director
Energy Modeling
Stanford University
Mr. Hillard Huntington is Executive Director of Stanford University’s Energy Modeling Forum, where he conducts studies to improve the usefulness of models for understanding energy and environmental problems. His current research interests are modeling energy security, energy price shocks and energy market impacts of environmental policies. Mr. Huntington is a Senior Fellow and a past-President of the United States Association for Energy Economics and a member of the National Petroleum Council. He was also Vice-President for Publications for the International Association for Energy Economics and a member of the American Statistical Association's Committee on Energy Data. Prior to coming to Stanford in 1980, he held positions in the corporate and government sectors with Data Resources Inc., the US Federal Energy Administration, and the Public Utilities Authority in Monrovia, Liberia as a US Peace Corps Volunteer.
*Hillard Huntington, Executive Director, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University
Douglas Hengel
Former Deputy Assistant
State of Energy and Sanctions
US Department of State
Mr. Douglas Hengel is a senior fellow contributing to The German Marshall Fund of the United States – GMF’s work on global energy, climate and resource challenges. Mr. Hengel is also an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. As a former US Foreign Service officer, he served with the US Department of State for more than 35 years. In Washington, Mr. Hengel worked as deputy assistant secretary of state for energy, sanctions and commodities from 2007 to 2010, where his responsibilities included formulating and advancing US international energy security policy, including relations with the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. Mr. Hengel chaired the Standing Committee on Long-Term Cooperation at the IEA and also worked extensively on Iran sanctions. Hengel has a BA from Colgate University and a master in public policy from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton.
*Douglas Hengel, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund
Mikkal Herberg
Former Director
Global Energy and Economics
ARCO
Mr. Mikkal Herberg is a senior lecturer at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. He is also the BP Foundation senior research fellow for International Energy at the Pacific Council on International Policy and serves as research director on Asian energy security at The National Bureau of Asian Research. His research focuses on Asian and global energy issues to the energy industry, governments, research institutions and the media in the US, Asia and Europe. Previously, he spent 20 years in the oil industry in senior planning roles for ARCO, where from 1997-2000 he was director for Global Energy and Economics, responsible for worldwide energy, economic and political analysis.
*Mikkal Herberg, Former Director, Global Energy and Economics, ARCO
Announcement of research projects bidding opportunities
Lunch and Networking Session
Section 2: U.S. and China Policies on Environment and
Sustainable Development
Intro
Prakash Ambegaonkar
Co-founder and CEO
Bridging Nations Foundation
Dr. Prakash Ambegaonkar is the founder and CEO of Bridging Nations Foundation, a nonprofit policy and advocacy organization in Washington, DC. Bridging Nations works on issues of leadership, technology, and building education to employment bridges and the India-China -US relations. Dr. Ambegaonkar’s nonprofit work follows his successful entrepreneurial career, which included the formation of three high-tech companies. His companies have won over 30 industry awards and he was also named Inc. Magazine's Regional Entrepreneur of the Year in 1995. A visionary in technological, economic and socio-political trends, Dr. Ambegaonkar’s unique global perspective makes him an innovative and knowledgeable leader in a variety of interdisciplinary fields. Mr. Ambegaonkar holds a PhD from Marquette University.
*Prakash Ambegaonkar, Co-founder and CEO, Bridging Nations
Foundation
Speakers
Julio Friedmann
Senior Advisor
Energy Innovation
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Dr. Julio Friedmann is currently the Senior Advisor of Energy Innovation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at DOE. His portfolio included R&D and programs in Clean Coal and Carbon Management, Oil and Gas systems and clean fossil energy. In his prior appointment as Chief Energy Technologist for LLNL, Dr. Friedmann’s research included smart grid and energy systems analysis, conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, renewable power prediction and integration, among others. Earlier, he worked for five years as a senior research scientist at ExxonMobil and as faculty at the University of Maryland.
*Julio Friedmann, Senior Advisor, Energy Innovation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Kate Gordon
Vice Chair of Climate and
Sustainable Urbanization
Paulson Institute
Ms. Kate Gordon is Vice Chair of Climate and Sustainable Urbanization at the Paulson Institute, where she provides overall strategy and coordination for the Institute’s climate change, air quality, and sustainable urbanization programs both in the US and China. Kate has worked on a variety of economic development and social justice issues for more than 15 years, and is regarded as a leader in the national “green jobs” movement. She is also a nonresident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal as one of the paper’s “Energy Experts”. Before joining the Paulson Institute, she was Senior Vice President for Climate and Energy at Next Generation, developing policies and communications strategies to combat climate change and move the US to a clean energy economy. Earlier in her career Gordon served as Vice President for Center for American Progress, and was the Co-Director of the national Apollo Alliance.
*Kate Gordon, Vice Chair of Climate and Sustainable Urbanization, Paulson Institute
Haibing Ma
China Program Manager
Worldwatch Institute
Mr. Haibing Ma is the China program manager of Worldwatch Institute, where his primary research are clean energy and climate change, including an initiative to explore green economy potentials and impacts in China. Mr. Ma is also working closely with Worldwatch's partners in China to explore the role of unconventional gas and to initiate renewable energy mapping programs at the provincial and local levels. Before joining Worldwatch, Mr. Ma was an International Policy Associate at the Center for Clean Air Policy. He was involved in developing mitigation scenarios and implementation plans for China's electricity, iron and steel sectors; power-sector modeling; and drafting a low-carbon development plan for the transportation sector. Mr. Ma holds a PhD in environmental policy analysis from University of Maryland, College Park.
*Haibing Ma, China Program Manager, Worldwatch Institute
Peter Marsters
Research Analyst
Rhodium Group
Mr. Peter Marsters is a Research Analyst at Rhodium Group focusing on Chinese environmental and energy issues. He draws on an interdisciplinary background in economics, engineering, and public policy to analyze the latest energy and environmental trends in China. Prior to RHG, Peter worked at the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center, was a Fulbright Fellow in China where he focused on the Chinese shale gas industry, and was a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He has a Master’s from UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group.
*Peter Marsters, Research Analyst, Rhodium Group
Joshua Margolis
Managing Director
China Program
Environmental Defense Fund
Mr. Josh Margolis is the managing director of environmental markets at the China program at Environmental Defense Fund, where he works to support environmental trading programs in China, with a particular focus on carbon markets. Josh brings practical experience in the development, evaluation, and implementation of criteria pollutant, wastewater, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas markets in the US and international markets. He was appointed by the California Energy Commission to serve on the California Climate Change Advisory Committee. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University.
*Joshua Margolis, Managing Director, China Program, Environmental Defense Fund
Coffee Break
Panel Discussion
Moderator
Kate Gordon
Vice Chair of Climate and
Sustainable Urbanization
Paulson Institute
Ms. Kate Gordon is Vice Chair of Climate and Sustainable Urbanization at the Paulson Institute, where she provides overall strategy and coordination for the Institute’s climate change, air quality, and sustainable urbanization programs both in the US and China. Kate has worked on a variety of economic development and social justice issues for more than 15 years, and is regarded as a leader in the national “green jobs” movement. She is also a nonresident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal as one of the paper’s “Energy Experts”. Before joining the Paulson Institute, she was Senior Vice President for Climate and Energy at Next Generation, developing policies and communications strategies to combat climate change and move the US to a clean energy economy. Earlier in her career Gordon served as Vice President for Center for American Progress, and was the Co-Director of the national Apollo Alliance.
*Kate Gordon, Vice Chair, Paulson Institute; Fellow, Columbia University CGEP
Panelists
Julio Friedmann
Senior Advisor
Energy Innovation
Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Dr. Julio Friedmann is currently the Senior Advisor of Energy Innovation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). He was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at DOE. His portfolio included R&D and programs in Clean Coal and Carbon Management, Oil and Gas systems and clean fossil energy. In his prior appointment as Chief Energy Technologist for LLNL, Dr. Friedmann’s research included smart grid and energy systems analysis, conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, renewable power prediction and integration, among others. Earlier, he worked for five years as a senior research scientist at ExxonMobil and as faculty at the University of Maryland.
*Julio Friedmann, Senior Advisor, Energy Innovation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Haibing Ma
China Program Manager
Worldwatch Institute
Mr. Haibing Ma is the China program manager of Worldwatch Institute, where his primary research are clean energy and climate change, including an initiative to explore green economy potentials and impacts in China. Mr. Ma is also working closely with Worldwatch's partners in China to explore the role of unconventional gas and to initiate renewable energy mapping programs at the provincial and local levels. Before joining Worldwatch, Mr. Ma was an International Policy Associate at the Center for Clean Air Policy. He was involved in developing mitigation scenarios and implementation plans for China's electricity, iron and steel sectors; power-sector modeling; and drafting a low-carbon development plan for the transportation sector. Mr. Ma holds a PhD in environmental policy analysis from University of Maryland, College Park.
*Haibing Ma, China Program Manager, Worldwatch Institute
Peter Marsters
Research Analyst
Rhodium Group
Mr. Peter Marsters is a Research Analyst at Rhodium Group focusing on Chinese environmental and energy issues. He draws on an interdisciplinary background in economics, engineering, and public policy to analyze the latest energy and environmental trends in China. Prior to RHG, Peter worked at the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center, was a Fulbright Fellow in China where he focused on the Chinese shale gas industry, and was a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He has a Master’s from UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group.
*Peter Marsters, Research Analyst, Rhodium Group
Joshua Margolis
Managing Director
China Program
Environmental Defense Fund
Mr. Josh Margolis is the managing director of environmental markets at the China program at Environmental Defense Fund, where he works to support environmental trading programs in China, with a particular focus on carbon markets. Josh brings practical experience in the development, evaluation, and implementation of criteria pollutant, wastewater, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas markets in the US and international markets. He was appointed by the California Energy Commission to serve on the California Climate Change Advisory Committee. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University.
*Joshua Margolis, Managing Director, China Program, Environmental Defense Fund
Reception: US-China Relations
Zhe Sun
Director
Center for US-China Relations at
Tsinghua University
Dr. Zhe Sun is currently an adjunct senior research scholar and co-director of the China Initiative at School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University. He was the Director of the Center for US-China Relations at Tsinghua University and has previously taught at Fudan University. He is a graduate of Fudan University and has a PhD in Political Science from Columbia. Sun Zhe is the author and editor of more than 20 books on comparative politics and US-China relations. Sun Zhe serves as a senior consultant to the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, a senior policy adviser to the Office of Taiwan Affairs of the State Council, a board member of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs, and the US-China Peoples’ Friendship Association, and an independent director of CitiGroup (China) and MGM (China).
*Zhe Sun, Director, Center for US-China Relations at Tsinghua University
Lei Guang
Director
21st Century China Center
Dr. Lei Guang is the founding director of 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) and Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. Lei Guang’s research focuses on state-society relations and development politics. He has studied migration, informal sector workers and political discourses in China and is currently working on projects that seek to understand the causes of social conflict in China and responses by the grassroots state. His scholarly publications have appeared in numerous edited volumes and in refereed journals, and he is an editorial board member of two leading academic journals on China: China Quarterly and The China Journal. Dr. Guang holds a PhD degree from the University of Minnesota.
*Lei Guang, Director, 21st Century China Center, GPS, UC San Diego
Session 1
U.S - China Energy Cooperation and Policies
China's energy economy is facing one of its biggest challenges, but it also brings China a precious opportunity to fully implement a structural upgrade to its unhealthy energy industry. Meanwhile, on the other side of Pacific, U.S. has introduced the All-of-the-above energy strategy in 2014 to set a path to sustainable economic growth. The Clean Power Plan Obama administration announced last year reiterates U.S. resolution towards a clean energy future. Cooperation between the two not only is essential to the transformation of their own energy economy, but is even more critical to the advancement of a sustainable global economy.
Session 2
U.S AND CHINA POLICIES ON ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
U.S.-China Ten Year Framework for Energy and Environment Cooperation not only advances the welfare of more than 20% of world population, but also inspires and encourages the whole world to join forces to make our mother earth a better place. For the next decade, U.S and China still need to confront many unprecedented challenges, and the two countries will continue to jointly conquer them.
September 22nd
8:00am
9:05am
9:50am
11::20am
11::30am
12:15pm
12:30am
2:00pm
3:50pm
4:05pm
4:50pm
Registration opens
Keynote Speaker
David Sandalow
Former Undersecretary
US Department of Energy
Mr. David Sandalow is the inaugural fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Prior to joining Columbia, he served in senior positions at the US Department of Energy, including Under Secretary of Energy (acting) and Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs. Prior to DOE, he was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, as well as the Energy & Climate Change Working Group Chair at the Clinton Global Initiative. Mr. Sandalow is a member of the Selection Committee of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, University of Michigan Energy Institute’s Advisory Board, the Electric Drive Transport Association’s “Hall of Fame” and the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment & Science, a Senior Director on the National Security Council staff, an Associate Director on the staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Mr. Sandalow is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (JD) and Yale College (BA Philosophy). He is also the author of Freedom from Oil (McGraw-Hill, 2008) and editor of Plug-In Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington? (Brookings Press, 2009).
*David Sandalow, Former Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Session 3: U.S. and China Electric Vehicle Market and Outlook
Intro
Ashley Horvat
Former Chief EV Officer
State of Oregon
Ms. Ashley Horvat, as the Vice President of PlugShare, helps clients develop strategies, policies and plans for assessing, promoting, installing and managing electric vehicle infrastructure. Prior to that, Ms. Ashley served as the nation’s first-ever public-sector Chief EV Officer. She was one of the main authors of the multi-state ZEV Action Plan, chaired the public-private Energize Oregon Coalition, coordinated EV actions between state agencies, created and implemented public-private partnership EV initiatives. She was also the West Coast Electric Highway Manager at Oregon Department of Transportation, and the Next Generation EV Deployment Lead at Energizing Oregon, a US DOE-funded Electric Vehicle Planning Grant Project.
*Ashley Horvat, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PlugShare
Panelists
Gang Zheng
CEO
Beijing Electric Vehicle (BAIC)
Mr. Gang Zheng is the CEO of Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd.(BJEV), and the council member of China EV 100. Prior to this, Mr. Zheng served as the director of public relations and administration at Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd.(BAIC). He joined Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. in 2005, during which he helped Company build its public relation and communication department with his extensive experience in government, state-owned enterprises, and private companies, and successfully led Foton to renovate its image.
*Gang Zheng, CEO, Beijing Electric Vehicle Company(BAIC)
Levi Tilemann
Former Special Advisor of
Policy and International Affairs
US Department of Energy
Mr. Levi Tillemann is the Managing Partner at Valence Strategic, where he is responsible for electrification and autonomous vehicles. He has more than a decade of experience in automotive innovation and policy. Recently Mr. Tillemann finished a presidential appointment advising the US DOE on policy and international affairs. He has also chaired the Department’s Autonomous and Connected Vehicles Energy Working Group. He is the author of The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future (Simon & Schuster 2015), an analysis of the rise of electric vehicles and the intersection between policy and innovation in the global auto industry. His commentary has appeared in venues including the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, CSPAN, MSNBC, the Diane Rehm Show and NPR's Marketplace. He was a fellow at New America, who is proficient in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese. Tillemann is a graduate of Yale University, was a Fulbright scholar in China, and has a Ph.D. in Japan and China studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
*Levi Tillemann, Associate Director, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Ashley Horvat
Former Chief EV Officer
State of Oregon
Ms. Ashley Horvat, as the Vice President of PlugShare, helps clients develop strategies, policies and plans for assessing, promoting, installing and managing electric vehicle infrastructure. Prior to that, Ms. Ashley served as the nation’s first-ever public-sector Chief EV Officer. She was one of the main authors of the multi-state ZEV Action Plan, chaired the public-private Energize Oregon Coalition, coordinated EV actions between state agencies, created and implemented public-private partnership EV initiatives. She was also the West Coast Electric Highway Manager at Oregon Department of Transportation, and the Next Generation EV Deployment Lead at Energizing Oregon, a US DOE-funded Electric Vehicle Planning Grant Project.
*Ashley Horvat, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PlugShare
Shaoyong Ni
Executive Vice GM
Chery New Energy Automobile
Technology Co., Ltd
Mr. Shaoyong Ni is the vice general manager of Chery New Energy. Before this, Mr. Ni served as the associate dean of Chery Kay Wings Academy. He joined Chery in 2009, during which he was mainly responsible for the projects S15 and S31 / 32. At the same time, he undertook projects A15, S21, S11 and other models. He possesses extensive industrial experience with more than a decade of work, but also a better understanding of the vehicle structure and design ideas. In 2008, Mr. Shaoyong Ni won the "China Automotive Industry Science and Technology Progress Award".
*Shaoyong Ni, Executive Vice GM, Chery New Energy Automobile Technology Co., Ltd
Hui He
Senior Policy Analyst
International Council on
Clean Transportation
Hui He is the senior policy analyst and China regional co-lead at International Council on Clean Transportation. She has been in ICCT’s light-duty vehicle program since May 2007. Her work focuses on comparative studies of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption from passenger vehicles worldwide. She also provides support to ICCT activities related to light-duty vehicle fuel consumption regulation and emission control policies in China. She is a co-author of a series of ICCT reports on global light-duty vehicle fuel efficiency regulations and fiscal policies. Ms. He has a master’s degree of Public Administration from the University of Texas, and dual bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and Economics from Peking University (China).
*Hui He, Senior Policy Analyst, International Council on Clean Transportation
Coffee Break
Panel Discussion
Moderator
Ashley Horvat
Former Chief EV Officer
State of Oregon
Ms. Ashley Horvat, as the Vice President of PlugShare, helps clients develop strategies, policies and plans for assessing, promoting, installing and managing electric vehicle infrastructure. Prior to that, Ms. Ashley served as the nation’s first-ever public-sector Chief EV Officer. She was one of the main authors of the multi-state ZEV Action Plan, chaired the public-private Energize Oregon Coalition, coordinated EV actions between state agencies, created and implemented public-private partnership EV initiatives. She was also the West Coast Electric Highway Manager at Oregon Department of Transportation, and the Next Generation EV Deployment Lead at Energizing Oregon, a US DOE-funded Electric Vehicle Planning Grant Project.
*Ashley Horvat, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, PlugShare
Panelists
David Sandalow
Former Undersecretary
US Department of Energy
Mr. David Sandalow is the inaugural fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. Prior to joining Columbia, he served in senior positions at the US Department of Energy, including Under Secretary of Energy (acting) and Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs. Prior to DOE, he was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, as well as the Energy & Climate Change Working Group Chair at the Clinton Global Initiative. Mr. Sandalow is a member of the Selection Committee of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, University of Michigan Energy Institute’s Advisory Board, the Electric Drive Transport Association’s “Hall of Fame” and the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment & Science, a Senior Director on the National Security Council staff, an Associate Director on the staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Mr. Sandalow is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (JD) and Yale College (BA Philosophy). He is also the author of Freedom from Oil (McGraw-Hill, 2008) and editor of Plug-In Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington? (Brookings Press, 2009).
*David Sandalow, Former Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Gang Zheng
CEO
Beijing Electric Vehicle (BAIC)
Mr. Gang Zheng is the CEO of Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd.(BJEV), and the council member of China EV 100. Prior to this, Mr. Zheng served as the director of public relations and administration at Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd.(BAIC). He joined Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. in 2005, during which he helped Company build its public relation and communication department with his extensive experience in government, state-owned enterprises, and private companies, and successfully led Foton to renovate its image.
*Gang Zheng, CEO, Beijing Electric Vehicle Company(BAIC)
Levi Tilemann
Former Special Advisor of
Policy and International Affairs
US Department of Energy
Dr. Levi Tillemann brings a unique combination of energy-sector knowledge and policy expertise to his analysis. He was the founder and CEO of a clean energy startup named IRIS Engines, spent five years as Pulitzer Prize Winner Daniel Yergin’s research and writing assistant at IHS, and recently finished a presidential appointment advising the U.S. Department of Energy on policy and international affairs. He served as a Special Advisor for Policy and International Affairs at the Department of Energy and chaired the Department’s Autonomous and Connected Vehicles Energy Working Group. He is currently the Jeff and Cal Leonard Fellow at New America.
*Levi Tillemann, Associate Director, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Shaoyong Ni
Executive Vice GM
Chery New Energy Automobile
Technology Co., Ltd
Mr. Shaoyong Ni is the vice general manager of Chery New Energy. Before this, Mr. Ni served as the associate dean of Chery Kay Wings Academy. He joined Chery in 2009, during which he was mainly responsible for the projects S15 and S31 / 32. At the same time, he undertook projects A15, S21, S11 and other models. He possesses extensive industrial experience with more than a decade of work, but also a better understanding of the vehicle structure and design ideas. In 2008, Mr. Shaoyong Ni won the "China Automotive Industry Science and Technology Progress Award".
*Shaoyong Ni, Executive Vice GM, Chery New Energy Automobile Technology Co., Ltd
Hui He
Senior Policy Analyst
International Council on
Clean Transportation
Ms. Hui He is a senior policy analyst and China regional co-lead at International Council on Clean Transportation. She has been in ICCT’s light-duty vehicle program since May 2007. Her work focuses on comparative studies of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption from passenger vehicles worldwide. She also provides support to ICCT activities related to light-duty vehicle fuel consumption regulation and emission control policies in China. She is a co-author of a series of ICCT reports on global light-duty vehicle fuel efficiency regulations and fiscal policies. Ms. He has a master’s degree of Public Administration from the University of Texas, and dual bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and Economics from Peking University.
*Hui He, Senior Policy Analyst, International Council on Clean Transportation
Announcement of research projects bidding opportunities
Lunch and Networking Session
Session 4: Technology Innovation and Market Outlook for Battery System
Intro
Troy Hayes
Principal Engineer
Exponent
Dr. Hayes has extensive experience solving complex technical problems in a variety of industries including consumer products, medical devices, vehicles, industrial equipment, and technology product development. Dr. Hayes routinely performs failure analysis investigations on a variety of consumer electronics as well as commercial and industrial products. He also works on projects involving battery design and manufacturing. In addition to performing root cause analyses of products involving battery failures, he has conducted more than 70 on-site engineering audits of battery cell and battery pack manufacturers
*Troy Hayes, Principal Engineer, Exponent
Speakers
Dr. Khalil Amine is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and the Manager of the Advanced Battery Technology team at Argonne National Laboratory. He currently serves as a committee member of the US National Research Council and US Academy of Sciences on battery related technologies. Among his many awards, Dr. Amine is a 2003 recipient of Scientific America’s Top Worldwide 50 Researcher Award, a 2008 University of Chicago distinguished performance award, a 2009 recipient of the US Federal Laboratory Award, 2013 DOE Vehicle technologies office award and is the five-time recipient of the R&D 100 Award. Recently, he was granted the ECS battery technology award and the International Battery Association award.
Khalil Amine
Argonne Distinguished Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
*Khalil Amine, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
Zhen Li
Chairman
Guoxuan High-Tech Group
Mr. Zhen Li is the founder and chairman of Guoxuan High-Tech Co., Ltd, China’s leading power battery technology company that supplies batteries for vehicles including the world’s first mass all electric bus route. Founded in 2006, Guoxuan was recognized as one of the top new high-tech enterprises and was included in the national "Torch Plan" in 2008 and went public in 2015. Under his leadership, Mr. Li makes Guoxuan brand to world class for technology and innovation. It is ranked 409th in the World New Energy Enterprises 500 Ranking. Mr. Li is currently the council member of China EV100 and Vice President of Hui merchant's global council. He was previously an executive member of Anhui Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. Li holds an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB).
*Zhen Li, Chairman, Guoxuan High-Tech Group
Kevin Konecky
Consulting Associate
Total Battery Consulting
Mr. Konecky possesses 18 years of engineering experience, including 15 years in the xEV industry, working on xEV packs of GM, Cobasys - GM, Enerdel –Volvo, Fisker Auto, among others. Mr. Konecky is known for his excellence as a team leader and engineering manager in energy storage systems and advanced technology vehicles (HEV, PHEV, EV and EREV). He is skilled at new product design and development, product testing, integration of multiple sub-systems for vehicles, new product launches, and has expanded his skill sets beyond batteries into power electronics.
*Kevin Konecky, Consulting Associate, Total Battery Consulting
Troy Hayes
Principal Engineer
Exponent
Dr. Hayes has extensive experience solving complex technical problems in a variety of industries including consumer products, medical devices, vehicles, industrial equipment, and technology product development. Dr. Hayes routinely performs failure analysis investigations on a variety of consumer electronics as well as commercial and industrial products. He also works on projects involving battery design and manufacturing. In addition to performing root cause analyses of products involving battery failures, he has conducted more than 70 on-site engineering audits of battery cell and battery pack manufacturers.
*Troy Hayes, Principal Engineer, Exponent
Nicola De Blasio
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Columbia CGEP
Dr. De Blasio is currently a Senior Research Scholar in the faculty of Public and International Affairs and Director of Strategic Partnerships and Program Director of Technology and Innovation at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Prior to that, he worked for Eni as Vice President of R&D International Development. He engineered the strategic alliances between Eni and MIT, Stanford, Tsinghua and other world leading universities. He was a visiting scholar with the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and a member of the MITEI Advisory Board. He sits on the Internationalization Board of Banca Prossima - Banca Intesa Sanpaolo and is a mentor for the MIT Clean Energy Prize. Dr. De Blasio holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan University.
*Nicola De Blasio, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Columbia CGEP
Coffee Break
Panel Discussion
Intro
Troy Hayes
Principal Engineer
Exponent
Dr. Hayes has extensive experience solving complex technical problems in a variety of industries including consumer products, medical devices, vehicles, industrial equipment, and technology product development. Dr. Hayes routinely performs failure analysis investigations on a variety of consumer electronics as well as commercial and industrial products. He also works on projects involving battery design and manufacturing. In addition to performing root cause analyses of products involving battery failures, he has conducted more than 70 on-site engineering audits of battery cell and battery pack manufacturers.
*Troy Hayes, Principal Engineer, Exponent
Panelists
Dr. Khalil Amine is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and the Manager of the Advanced Battery Technology team at Argonne National Laboratory. He currently serves as a committee member of the US National Research Council and US Academy of Sciences on battery related technologies. Among his many awards, Dr. Amine is a 2003 recipient of Scientific America’s Top Worldwide 50 Researcher Award, a 2008 University of Chicago distinguished performance award, a 2009 recipient of the US Federal Laboratory Award, 2013 DOE Vehicle technologies office award and is the five-time recipient of the R&D 100 Award. Recently, he was granted the ECS battery technology award and the International Battery Association award.
Khalil Amine
Argonne Distinguished Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
*Khalil Amine, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
Zhen Li
Chairman
Guoxuan High-Tech Group
Mr. Zhen Li is the founder and chairman of Guoxuan High-Tech Co., Ltd, China’s leading power battery technology company that supplies batteries for vehicles including the world’s first mass all electric bus route. Founded in 2006, Guoxuan was recognized as one of the top new high-tech enterprises and was included in the national "Torch Plan" in 2008 and went public in 2015. Under his leadership, Mr. Li makes Guoxuan brand to world class for technology and innovation. It is ranked 409th in the World New Energy Enterprises 500 Ranking. Mr. Li is currently the council member of China EV100 and Vice President of Hui merchant's global council. He was previously an executive member of Anhui Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. Li holds an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB).
*Zhen Li, Chairman, Guoxuan High-Tech Group
Nicola De Blasio
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Columbia CGEP
Dr. De Blasio is currently a Senior Research Scholar in the faculty of Public and International Affairs and Director of Strategic Partnerships and Program Director of Technology and Innovation at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University. Prior to that, he worked for Eni as Vice President of R&D International Development. He engineered the strategic alliances between Eni and MIT, Stanford, Tsinghua and other world leading universities. He was a visiting scholar with the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and a member of the MITEI Advisory Board. He sits on the Internationalization Board of Banca Prossima - Banca Intesa Sanpaolo and is a mentor for the MIT Clean Energy Prize. Dr. De Blasio holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan University.
*Nicola De Blasio, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Columbia CGEP
Kevin Konecky
Consulting Associate
Total Battery Consulting
Mr. Konecky possesses 18 years of engineering experience, including 15 years in the xEV industry, working on xEV packs of GM, Cobasys - GM, Enerdel –Volvo, Fisker Auto, among others. Mr. Konecky is known for his excellence as a team leader and engineering manager in energy storage systems and advanced technology vehicles (HEV, PHEV, EV and EREV). He is skilled at new product design and development, product testing, integration of multiple sub-systems for vehicles, new product launches, and has expanded his skill sets beyond batteries into power electronics.
*Kevin Konecky, Consulting Associate, Total Battery Consulting
Zhe Sun
Director
Center for US-China Relations at
Tsinghua University
Dr. Zhe Sun is currently an adjunct senior research scholar and co-director of the China Initiative at School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University. He was the Director of the Center for US-China Relations at Tsinghua University and has previously taught at Fudan University. He is a graduate of Fudan University and has a PhD in Political Science from Columbia. Sun Zhe is the author and editor of more than 20 books on comparative politics and US-China relations. Sun Zhe serves as a senior consultant to the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, a senior policy adviser to the Office of Taiwan Affairs of the State Council, a board member of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs, and the US-China Peoples’ Friendship Association, and an independent director of CitiGroup (China) and MGM (China).
*Zhe Sun, Director, Center for US-China Relations at Tsinghua University
Closing Remarks and Projects Announcement
Session 3
u.s. AND CHINA ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET AND OUTLOOK
With more frequent experience and information sharing between the two largest EV markets in the world, U.S. and Chinese EV companies, as well as policy makers, could rise to the challenges with better talents and resources, thus achieving their goals to promote human wellbeing.
Session 4
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND MARKET OUTLOOK FOR BATTERY SYSTEM
While the electric car market is burgeoning across countries, it is still waiting for technology breakthroughs from us to bring this trend to the next level. With U.S. and China’s joint efforts on battery technology and battery system design, the world’s two largest EV markets will surely guide the world towards a cleaner and more efficient future.
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