Foro de Transporte Limpio en Latinoamérica
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