The 2010 Washington Auto Show Press Timeline
Public Policy Days January 25-26
Public/Consumer Days, January 27-31
Green Car Summit, Cannon House Office Building, Caucus Room
Monday, Jan. 25
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Stefan Jacoby, CEO, Volkswagen Group of America
Brian Wynne, President, Electric Drive
Transportation Association
Jason Wolf, Vice President, Better Place
Nancy Gioia, Director, Global Electrification at
Ford Motor Co.
Scott Becker, Senior Vice President, Nissan North
America
Dr. Alan Lloyd, President, International Council
on Clean Transportation
Kevin Czinger, President and CEO, CODA Automotive
Public Policy Day, onsite, Washington Convention Center
Tuesday, Jan. 26
Halls D & E
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Mazda Breakfast
Jim O'Sullivan, President and CEO
Robert Davis, Sr. Vice President of Research and
Development
9:05 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Ricardo, Inc. Demonstration of innovative
technology for highly fuel-efficient, low-
emissions, flex-fuel vehicles
Kent Niederhofer, President, Ricardo, Inc.
9:25 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Chevrolet: Discussion of new technologies that
will enable Chevy's "Gas Friendly to Gas Free"
strategy
Tom Stephens, GM Vice Chairman, and Jim Campbell,
Chevy General Manager
9:50 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. KEYNOTE "The Ford Story" with Alan Mulally,
President and CEO, Ford Motor Co.
Co-sponsored by the Washington Automotive Press
Association (WAPA)
Announcement of WAPA Golden Gear Award
Halls A, B, C
10:45 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Department of Justice: Announcement of the
National Motor Vehicle Title Information System
by Jim Burch, Acting Director
11:10 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Mercedes-Benz/ Lunch
Dr. Jorg Breuer, Head of Active Safety
Dirk Ockel, Head of Accident Safety
12:20 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. Lisa Jackson, Administrator, EPA
Launch of Advanced Technology SuperHighway
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. BMW: "Electric Vehicles: America's reaction to
BMW Group's real world electric vehicle consumer
experience and the future of electric mobility"
Rich Steinberg, Manager, Electric Vehicle
Operations & Strategy, BMW of North America
1:15 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. Wheego Electric Cars
Les Seagraves, Vice President of Marketing
1:25 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. Green Car Vision of the Year Award
Ron Cogan, Editor and Publisher, Green Car
Journal
1:35 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Nissan Leaf
Mark Perry, Director of Product Planning
1:55 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. THINK electric cars
Richard Canny, CEO, THINK Global
2:05 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
(MEMA) and the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers
Association (AASA)
Steve Handschuh, President and COO, AASA; Vice
President, MEMA
2:20 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Scuderi Engines
Salvatore C. Scuderi, President
2:35 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Novozymes: "Turning Today's Trash into Tomorrow's
Fuel"
Adam Monroe, President, Novozymes North America
Room 143
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Joint Plenary Session with SAE International and
Electric Drive Transportation Association:
Congressman Fred Upton, 6th Congressional
District, Michigan
Andrew Brown, Jr., PhD, PE, NAE, President Elect,
SAE International & Executive Director & Delphi
Corporation
Brian Wynne, President, EDTA
Panelists:
The Honorable Dave McCurdy, President and CEO,
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Peter "Jack" Basso, Director, Program Finance and
Management, American Association of State Highway
and Transportation Officials
Joseph N. Kanianthra, Ph.D., President, Active
Safety Engineering LLC
Roland Hwang, Senior Policy Analyst, Natural
Resources Defense Council
Thomas Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute
4:45 p.m. Keith Crain/Automotive News Lifetime Achievement
Award
Presented to Ralph Nader
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. "Sneak Peek" Preview and Reception for Members of
Congress, Administration officials, diplomats and
media.
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