NATIONAL PARKS and ELECTRIC VEHICLES

5/31/01
CURRENT AGENDA

NATIONAL PARKS & ELECTRIC VEHICLES: WORKSHOP AND RIDE N DRIVE ON THE BENEFITS OF ELECTRIC MODES OF TRANSPORTATION

DATE: June 26, 2001
LOCATION: Rock Creek Park Nature Center, 5200 Glover Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
TIME: 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. Welcome Adrienne Applewhaite-Coleman* Superintendent, Rock Creek Park National Park
Service

8:35 a.m. – 8 45 a.m. Meeting Purpose Kateri Callahan*
Executive Director
EVAA

8: 45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. ABCs of EVs Don Francis*
Staff Engineer
Georgia Power

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Choosing the Right Vehicle for the Job: Deploying EVs in Appropriate Applications

Representative, Th!nk* Jim Ramstad, GEM*
Representative, Solectria Representative, Enova Representative, Earth Options Institute
Representative, Honda* Representative, Toyota

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Charging, Service and Maintenance Infrastructure: Tom Sigman*
Critical Components to EV Success EV Program Manager
Potomac Electric Power Company

Greg Frahm*
Business Development Manager
Dominion Virginia Power
10:45 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. BREAK

10:55 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: George Nichols*
Working to Bring AFVs to Greater Washington, D.C. Principal Environmental Planner
Department of Environmental Programs
MWCOG

11:10 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Testimonial: EV Success Story Dan Hodgson
Maintenance Mechanic
Rock Creek Park

11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Green Energy Parks Program: A Perfect Terry Brennan*
Venue for Showcasing Advanced Transportation Special Assistant to the Director
Technologies Green Energy Parks Program
National Park Service

Bob Jarcho*
AFV Program Manager
U.S. Department of the Interior

11:40 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. Federal Support for AFV Acquisition and Use by Cheryl Carr*
Marketing Specialist
General Services Administration

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. A Vision for Today and Tomorrow: Use of EVs Joseph Lawler*
by the National Park Service Deputy Regional Director
National Park Service, National Capital Region

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Ride ‘n’ Drive Opportunity

OPTIONAL ADDITION

1:30 p.m. --3:00 p.m. Alternative Fuels Forum: Possible Partnerships between NPS and the EVAA
(By invitation) Rock Creek Nature Center


* Confirmed