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50th Anniversary Technology Symposium and Showcase
May 17th, 2018
Agenda
Summary:
The UC Riverside College of Engineering--Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) is hosting the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 50th Anniversary Technology Symposium and Showcase to highlight achievements that have resulted in California’s leadership in air quality and climate change and discuss how we can continue the course to achieve a truly sustainable California. Panels will focus on lessons learned from the past and how to position ourselves in a rapidly changing landscape; the critical role of independent research; and leveraging emerging technologies to achieve our vision. The technical showcase will display technologies of our past, present, and future, including an interactive virtual reality experience of the new Riverside CARB facility.
10:30 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
• Matt Barth, UCR CE-CERT Director
• Richard Corey, CARB Executive Officer
• Wayne Nastri, SCAQMD Executive Officer
10:45 AM Panel 1: Cleaning up the Air–Technology & Policy Game Changers
• Margo Oge, former EPA Office of Transportation and Air Quality Director
• John Wall, former Cummins Chief Technology Officer
Host: Barry Wallerstein, UCR Senior Policy Fellow, former SCAQMD Executive Officer
11:30 AM Panel 2: The Role of Research- Major Game Changers
• History of UCR’s Statewide Air Pollution Research Center (SAPRC) - Barbara-Finlayson-Pitts, Professor and Director AirUCI Institute, UC-Irvine
• Linking Air Pollution and Health Effects – Michael Kleinman, UC-Irvine Professor, Department of Medicine
• Importance of collaboration between industry, regulatory and academic worlds – Robert Sawyer, former Chairman, CARB
• How research results translate into policy & real world impact - Alan Lloyd, former Chairman, CARB
• Climate Change Beginnings - Charles Kennel, Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Moderator: Ron Loveridge, UCR Professor of Public Policy
12:30 PM Buffet Lunch
1:00 Lunch Keynote Events
• California’s Air Quality and Climate Change Future – Mary D. Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
Introduction: Barbara Riordan, CARB Board Member
Interviewer: Drew Story, UCR Environmental Engineering and Policy Ph.D. student The Role of the Media in the Development, Acceptance and Uptake of Innovative Technology - Michael Hiltzik, Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times
Introduction: Mary D. Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
• Smart Cities: Clean Electric Transportation – Lauren Faber, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Los Angeles
• Role of the Community Scientist –AB617 role out - Luis Olmedo, Executive Director, Comite Civico Del Valle
• New Approaches to Goods Movement - Jonathan Rosenthal, CEO, Saybrook Management
• Future Mobility and New Methods of Vehicle Testing - Matt Barth, UC Riverside
Moderator: Janea Scott, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
2:45 PM Wrap-up, Commentary
• Reflections on Symposium- Sandy Berg, Vice Chair, California Air Resources Board
• Closing Remarks- Mary D. Nichols, Chair, California Air Resources Board
3:00 PM Technology Showcase Kickoff
• Matt Barth, UCR CE-CERT Director
• Kai Voigt, Executive Vice President Innovations and Technology, AVL
3:10 PM Technology Showcase & Sponsored Social Hour
The technical showcase will display technologies of our past, present, and future, including:
• Zero-Emission Battery Electric Transit Buses, Motorcoaches, Class 8 Trucks, Tractors, & Monorail
• Fuel Cell Technology
• Advanced Batteries
• Vehicle Automation Technologies, Advanced Chassis Designs
• Vehicle Emission Research Laboratories
• Student Renewable Energy & Vehicle Demonstration Projects
• Renewable Energy Management Programs
• Solar Hot Water Heater Systems
• Air Quality Monitoring Systems
• Data Portal and Big Data-Smart and Connected Programs
• Virtual interactive model of the new Riverside CARB facility and testing cells
