CALSTART Member Only - Virtual Federal Policy Forum

Following our 2021 efforts that helped secure one billion a year for the federal Low & No Emission bus program and $7.5 billion in infrastructure funding, it’s time to focus on implementation of this tremendous opportunity and rally our efforts on the 2022 federal policy agenda.  

Join CALSTART, decision-makers from the Biden Administration and key federal legislators for an intimate, member-only online forum on how to make the most of this success and understand the coming opportunities to shape implementation that will spur economic growth, clean jobs, healthy communities and equitable access.

We will also discuss our plans for 2022 – building on existing congressional support for a federal zero emission truck incentive, establishing electric batteries as a strategic commodity and shaping discussions and support for a light-duty incentive. 

Please contact info@sreconference.com if you have any questions or need any changes to your registration.

9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST        Welcome and Intro

John Boesel, President and CEO of CALSTART

9:05 AM PST/ 12:05 PM EST         Climate change in the U.S. and the potential impact of IIJA and Build Back Better

Fireside chat with Rep. Kathy Castor (D, FL-14) - member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chair of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

9:15 AM PST/ 12:15 PM EST         Driving Forces – IIJA for Clean Transportation and the Strategic Importance of a Domestic EV Battery Industry

Fireside Chat with David Howell, Acting Director of Vehicle Technologies Office, Department of Energy

9:32 AM PST/ 12:32 PM EST         Charging up: EVSE Supply Chain and Domestic Manufacturing

Fireside Chat with Alex Jacquez, Senior Policy Advisor to the White House National Economic Council  

10:00 AM PST/ 12:00 EST              IIJA and BBB: Electrification of the federal fleet, opportunities for transit/buses, and sustainable aviation fuel              

  Rep. Julia Brownley (D- Thousand Oaks, CA)

10:10 AM PST/ 1:10 EST               Establishing a U.S. Climate Policy on Transportation

  Fireside Chat with Ali Zaidi, Deputy National Climate Adviser for the Office of Domestic Climate Policy

10:25 AM PST/ 1:25 PM EST         Federal Transit Administration Plans for IIJA

  Fireside Chat with Karina Ricks, Associate Administrator for Innovation, Research, and Demonstration, Federal Transit Administration

10:37 AM PST/ 1:37 PM EST         Remarks

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA)

10:42 AM PST/ 1:42 PM EST         CALSTART Political Action Groups: the 2022 Policy Agenda

Fireside Chat with Jes Olson, Vice President of Policy, CALSTART; Lynn Jacquez, CJ Lake, LLC; Orville Thomas, Lion Electric

10:58 AM PST/ 1:58 PM EST         Closing Remarks

John Boesel, President and CEO of CALSTART

Once registered you will receive an email from info@calstartconnect.org. If you did not see the registration confirmation email, then the messages may have ended up in your junk mail folder or captured by your company spam filter. This email will include your log-in and password information that is needed to gain access into the VIRTUAL EVENT LOBBY.

We recommend saving the VIRTUAL EVENT LOBBY URL as a bookmark and save your log in details (user and password) to your browser so its easy access on event day.

The best way to experience the virtual conference is to access the lobby from a computer or laptop that is hardwired to the internet. If that is not available a stable wireless connection will work as well.