
At the 6th CharIN NORTH AMERICA Conference we heared exciting news from industry leaders on the biggest trends, challenges, and opportunities in the e-mobility industry.
The Conference featured four extraordinary panels and 2 Fireside Chats covering the critical topics facing the industry – from federal and state policy to grid resiliency, consumer adoption issues, and plug & charge.
Everyone had the opportunity to connect with other CharIN members and hear from industry speakers on how to best tackle the region’s most difficult challenges that arise from building and effectively implementing smart charging.








Agenda
Subject to change without notice
Opening of the Conference
Welcome

Erika Myers
CharIN North America
CV/Biography
CharIN global vision and urgency

Claas Bracklo
CharIN e.V.
CV/Biography
CharIN North America vision and priorities in the coming year

Oleg Logvinov
IoTecha
CV/Biography
Testing Symposium Host Welcome

Nathan Hill
Daimler Truck North America
CV/Biography
Panel 1: The Future of Charging Reliability
Description
This session will describe the need for a better customer experience starting with charger reliability.
We'll examine the reliability requirements outlined in the new California and National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funding and answer questions like:
- How can we improve service through the features and functionality of ISO-15118?
- How can we provide more driver transparency around things like charger availability and rate of charge?
- How could we add new features, like increased fees for power delivery rates?
...and much more.

Moderator
Ivo Steklac
EVgo Inc
CV/Biography

Hilary Taylor
SparkCharge

Dustin Schell
California Energy Commission
CV/Biography

Frank Menchaca
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
CV/Biography

Alycia Gilde
CALSTART
CV/Biography
Coffee Break
Panel 2: Changes in ISO-15118-20 and Plug and Charge Update
Description
This session will describe the technical changes in latest ISO 15118-20 and where CharIN is headed with Plug & Charge/PKI and creating a certificate via CharIN. We'll also talk about the upcoming CharIN conformance testing with 15118 and the related VOLTS event in California.

Moderator
Jacob Mathews
Ford Motor Company
CV/Biography

Marc Mueltin
Switch
CV/Biography

Sarah Hipel
Rivian
CV/Biography

Cliff Fietzek
InCharge Energy
CV/Biography

John Halliwell
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
CV/Biography
Lunch Break
Panel 3: Policy and State Update
Description
2022 has been a huge year for federal and state EV policy and we will discuss how these policy and regulatory changes will directly impact the CharIN community. We'll also discuss the opportunities to use new standards, like MCS, to help support things like the Advanced Clean Truck Rule and Advanced Clean Fleet Rule, the technical implications of the NEVI program, and much more.

Mohamad Abdul-Hak
Moderator
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development N. America
CV/Biography

John Smart
U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
CV/Biography

Rob Graff
North Armerican Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)
CV/Biography

Alexa Diaz
Forth
CV/Biography

Noel Crisostomo
US Department of Energy (DOE)
CV/Biography

Francesca Wahl
Tesla
CV/Biography
Panel 4: The In's and Out's of the Megawatt Charging System (MCS)
Description
This session will describe the fundamentals of MCS, the technical, policy and business impacts of MCS, and the "messy middle" transition from CCS to MCS for medium- and heavy-duty EVs and future proofing EVSE today to accommodate MCS for the future (e.g., planning for dual nozzles). This session will also describe MCS opportunities to move beyond on-road to air, marine, and rail.

Moderator
Daniel Black
Volvo Trucks
CV/Biography

Bryce Nash
Daimler Truck North America
CV/Biography

Tim Rose
REMA
CV/Biography

Amber Putignano
ABB
CV/Biography

Chip Palombini
Beta Technologies
CV/Biography
Coffee Break
Fireside Chat 1 : Future electric utility constraints with MCS
Description
This session will take a hard look at the real world constraints of our current electrical grid in meeting the multi-megawatt demands of MCS. We'll have speakers from the grid operations and charging infrastructure world to relay the difficulties experienced to date, as well as provide solutions for the future to meet the moment and deploy infrastructure at the scale and speed necessary.

Moderator
Britta Gross
EPRI
CV/Biography

Paul Stith
Black & Veatch
CV/Biography

Elyssia Lawrence
Portland General Electric
CV/Biography
Fireside Chat 2: The Future of CharIN North America
Description
This session will provide a look ahead to CharIN North America's plans and activities in the coming year and collect audience feedback on what they would like to see in the future.

Co-Moderator
Oleg Logvinov
IoTecha
CV/Biography

Co-Moderator
Bart Sidles
bp
CV/Biography
Concluding Remarks
Wrap-up and thank you

Erika Myers
CharIN North America
CV/Biography