Sixth Annual Partners Meeting
“Clean Diesel 2.0 Sustaining Success in a New Decade”
June 13-15 2011

Day 1	How To Build And Manage A Successful Clean Diesel Project Workshop
12:00 pm	Registration Opens
1:00 pm	How To Build And Manage A Successful Clean Diesel Project Workshop Moderator: Dale Aspy, EPA Region 4 • How To Identify A Fleet - John Parker, Orange County, FL • How to Select the Appropriate Technology - Alan Powell, EPA Region 4 • Oversight Of The Project - Keith Head, Mississippi DEQ, Alan Giles, Mecklenburg, NC
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	How To Avoid Common Problems Moderator: Alan Powell, EPA Region 4 • How to adjust if the fleet mix changes, the price changes, you have a loss of a match, a shift in timeline, and other common problems • Panel: Tammy Allen (Pinellas County, FL), John Parker (Orange County, FL), Anthony Smiley, Alabama DEM, Angela Tin (American Lung Association), Cathy Willis (Georgia Ports Authority)
4:45 pm	Conclusion and Wrap-up – Scott Davis, EPA Region 4
6:00 pm	Group Dinner – Maggiano’s Little Italy (optional)
Day 2
8:00 am	Registration Opens
8:30 am	Welcome/Opening Remarks Beverly Banister, EPA Region 4 Director-Air, Pesticides & Toxics Mgmt Division • Clean Diesel 2.0 The Look Ahead- Jim Blubaugh, Deputy Director, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality • State of the SEDC– Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, EPA Region 4 Regional Administrator • View from Capitol Hill: DERA Reauthorization –Meghan Higgins, AJW Inc. • Technology outlook- Dawn Fenton, Diesel Technology Forum • Recognition of SEDC Sponsors
10:00 am	Break
10:30 am	The Look ahead for the SEDC Moderator: Brian Barnes, South Carolina DHEC • Focus Area of Public Fleets – William Cook, Georgia EPD • Focus Area of Non-road – Lacey Jane Wolfe, Triangle J Council of Governments, and Brett Alkins, Caterpillar • Focus Area of Freight - Susan Alt, Volvo
11:30 am	SEDC Leadership Awards Emcees: Erin Vachon, Louisville Metro, KY, of the SEDC Leadership Council, and Carol Kemker, EPA Region 4. Presenters: Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, EPA Region 4, Beverly Banister, EPA Region 4, and Jim Blubaugh, EPA OTAQ • Private Industry Award, Ingram Barge Company • Community Award, Miami-Dade County, FL Government
11:45 pm	Lunch on Your Own
1:00 pm	Sustaining the Drive- Building the Business Case • Moderator: Mark Gressett, KLLM Transport Services Case Studies on key elements of successful businesses using clean diesel strategies • Export shipper – Ryan Thurman, Southeast Streamline • Long haul freight – Rebecca Brewster, American Transportation Research Institute • Florida Turnpike Truckstop Electrification - Roger Southall, J.R. Enterprise • MSU data on fuel savings - Angela Card, Mississippi State University • Miami-Dade Sustainability - Debbie Griner, Miami-Dade County, FL
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Sustaining the Drive- Funding the Ride Moderator: Scott Cohen, Meadowbrook Environmental Funding Alternative Funding Sources: • US Dept of Energy and Clean Cities - Dennis Smith, US Dept of Energy • US Dept of Agriculture - Bill Hagy, US Department of Agriculture • Foundations – Anne Blair, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Developing powerful partnerships: examples of collaboration: • Clean Cities-I-65 Collaboration - Phil Wiedmeyer, AL Clean Fuels Coalition • FRACCA - Cheryl Harris, FL Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association • CTE - Steve Clermont, Center for Transportation & the Environment
5:00 pm	Adjourn
5:30 pm	Sponsored Reception Announcement of SEDC Photo Contest Winners
Day 3
7:30 am	Registration
8:00 a.m.	Sustaining the Drive- Fueling the Future Moderator: John Christmas, Biofuels Racing Alliance • Electric Infrastructure - Don Francis, Clean Cities Atlanta • Military and Alternative Fuels • Aviation Biofuels - John Hoertz, US Air Force • Military’s use of Biofuels/initiatives – Col Bill Keyes/Norman Stiegler, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas • Biodiesel Challenge/Opportunity for Product Pipelines – Don Nelson, Renewable Energy Group; Bill Berry, Colonial Pipeline
9:45 am	Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Labels Announcement - EPA Region 4 Break
10:30 am	Sustaining the Drive- Fueling the Future [Continued] Moderator: Matthew Curran, Florida Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services • Biodiesel – Rachel Burton, Piedmont Biofuels • Propane - Greg Zilberfarb, Propane Education and Research Council • Electric – Anne Tazewell, North Carolina Solar Center • Fuel Research and Green Racing – Bob Larsen, Argonne National Lab/DOE
12:00 pm	Luncheon Emcee: Carol Kemker, EPA Region 4, APTMD Deputy Director • Speaker: Laura Turner Seydel, Turner Foundation
1:30 pm	Sustaining the Drive- Feedback Session Moderators: Scott Davis, EPA Region 4, Meghan Higgins, AJW Inc. and Sally Newstead, EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality • Pulse of the Collaborative Feedback Session
2:45 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Sustaining the Drive – To Infinity and Beyond Moderator: Anne Keller, EPA Region 4 • UPS - Duane Lippincott, United Parcel Service • Maersk - Lee Kindberg, Maersk Shippers • Port of Cate’s Landing - Kerry Brannon, Port of Cate’s Landing, TN • Port of Charleston - Brian Barnes, South Carolina DHEC • CRT - James Jack, Coalition for Responsible Transportation
4:45 pm	Conclusion and Wrap-up – Scott Davis, EPA Region 4 Carol Kemker – US EPA Region 4
6:00 pm	Evening - on your own / Group - Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets Baseball Game at Turner Field (optional)

Sixth Annual Partners Meeting “Clean Diesel 2.0 Sustaining Success in a New Decade” June 13-15 2011

How To Build And Manage A Successful Clean Diesel Project Workshop

Sixth Annual Partners Meeting
“Clean Diesel 2.0 Sustaining Success in a New Decade”
June 13-15 2011