
Agenda and panelists
November 16th, 2021 (Speakers within the panels in alphabetical order - f.l.t.r.)

Panel 1
The State of the E-mobility Industry
Welcome to the 5th Annual CharIN NA Conference! In this introductory panel, you’ll hear from key e-mobility leaders on the latest trends in EV charging station investment, infrastructure, and interoperable technologies like CCS and MCS.
Moderator:

Oleg Logvinov
IoTecha Corp.

Robert Barrosa
Electrify America, LLC

Sanjay Dayal
Ford Pro Charging

Cliff Fietzek
InCharge Energy, Inc.

Nathan Hill
Daimler Trucks North America

Panel 2
Transportation Electrification and the Grid
The rise of electric vehicles will necessitate an exponential increase in electricity demand, which carries major challenges for our aging power grid Hear from utility representatives and renewable experts about key technologies like battery storage and bidirectional charging, as well as the regulatory steps needed to sustain the transition to EVs.
Ian Beil
Portland General Electric (PGE)

Stephen Davis
Umlaut

Patrick Kelly
PowerFlex

Paul Stith
Black & Veatch

Panel 3
The magic of Plug and Charge
This event will feature discussion around “Plug and Charge” technology – user-friendly,
convenient, and secure way to charge EVs.

Christian Hahn
Hubject GmbH

Michael Macaluso
IoTecha Corp.

Satyajit Patwardhan
ConnectMyEV
Barry Sole
Lucid Motors

Panel 4
Range Anxiety in the Rear-View Mirror
In this panel, you’ll hear from auto industry, on-the-go and fleet charging infrastructure experts, and other key stakeholders on the technologies and approaches that have been developed to put range anxiety in the rearview mirror and accelerate EV adoption.
Sarah Hipel
Rivian Automotive

Jonathan Katz
Lucid Motors

Chris King
Siemens eMobility

Arcady Sosinov
FreeWire Technologies

Panel 5
EV Charging Policy: Federal, State, and Local Efforts to improve Charging Infrastructure
The current Administration and Congress have proposed massive investments in electric vehicles, with billions of dollars of federal, state, and local dollars set to trickle down to support EV infrastructure to accelerate the decarbonization of transportation. This panel will feature expert discussion between government and academic professionals on the range of established and proposed EV programs to help promote EVs.

David Hochschild
California Energy Commission
Ben Prochazka
Electrification Coalition
Sara Rafalson
EVgo

Rep. Paul Tonko
Congressman (D-NY-20)
Closing
Closing remarks

Oleg Logvinov
Chairman CharIN Inc.
04:45 pm
Networking Happy Hour
07:00 pm
End

Week flow of 5th CharIN NA Conference and Networking event & CharIN Testival NORTH AMERICA 2021
Sponsors of the CharIN Testival and Conference NORTH AMERICA
Silver Sponsor

ConnectMyEV, Inc.
Bronze Sponsor

DEKRA
Charging Tower Sponsor

Black & Veatch
Silver Sponsor

Hubject GmbH
Biergarten Sponsor

IoTecha Corp.
Food Park Sponsor

E-valucon Inc.
Bronze Sponsor

Mercedes-Benz AG
Wine Bar Sponsor

ABB
Testival Evening Reception Sponsor

ChargerHelp!