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Electrification of the transportation sector is widely viewed as a key component to reducing global carbon emissions. The use of electric vehicles is growing throughout Latin America, but their scale and impact remain limited. In most countries, electric vehicle sales have been low due to insufficient fiscal and regulatory incentives to offset higher costs for electric vehicles, fossil fuel subsidies that encourage oil demand, and inadequate infrastructure, such as charging stations.

The Latin America Clean Transport Forum in Mexico City will bring together representatives of government, the private sector, academia, and NGOs in Latin America to discuss successful electric mobility policies around the world and challenges and opportunities to promoting the use of electric vehicles in Latin America.

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9:00 AM–9:30 AM         Coffee & Registration

9:30 AM–9:45 AM         Welcome Remarks

Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue

9:45 AM–10:15 AM       Clean Transportation Policy in Mexico

César Alejandro Hernández Alva, General Director of Analysis and Electricity Market Monitoring, Ministry of Energy

10:15 AM–11:45 AM      Global Climate Change & the Electrification of the Transportation Sector

Speakers:

• Mark Duvall, Director, Energy Utilization, Electric Power Research Institute
• Tom Turrentine, Director, Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center, UC Davis
• Glenn Schmidt, Vice President, Government and External Affairs, Americas, BMW Group

Moderator:

• Lisa Viscidi, Energy, Climate Change & Extractive Industries Program Director, Inter-American Dialogue

11:45-12:15 PM          Infrastructure & Electric Vehicles in Mexico

Vladimir Sosa Rivas, Coordinator, Electricity Sector Energy Savings Program, Federal Electricity Commission

12:00 PM–1:30 PM      Challenges & Opportunities for Electric Vehicles in Latin America

Speakers:

• Irma Wilde, Director of Strategy, Sustainability & Business Development, Siemens Mesoamérica
• Adriana Lobo, Director, CTS EMBARQ Mexico, World Resources Institute
• Carlos Viesca Lobatón, Consultant, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility

Moderator:

• Rodrigo Gallegos, Director of Technology & Climate Change, Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM       Electric Transportation & the Environment

Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo, Undersecretary of Environmental Policy and Planning, Ministry of Environment

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM       Lunch & Closing Remarks 

A special hotel rate for forum participants is available at the Camino Real Polanco from August 31st through September 4th using the code “Foro de Transporte Limpio.”

To make a reservation: 

Call: 1-800-901-2300 or +52 5263 7200
E-mail: reservas.mex@caminoreal.com.mx