SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5 |
| 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
Procurement & Materials Management Committee |
| 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. |
Bus Technical Maintenance Committee Meeting |
| 2:45 – 4:15 p.m. |
Clean Propulsion Committee Meeting |
| 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
Welcoming Reception |
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 |
| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Opening General Session |
| 8:30 – 10:30 |
Procurement Session 1: APTA Annual Opening General Session and EXPO – featured speaker, FTA Administrator Jim Simpson |
| 8:30 – 8:55 |
Technical Session 1: Southern Fuel Cell Coalition Overview and Survey of Hydrogen Bus Demonstrators Comparison of Hybrid Buses with Existing Technologies – Dan Raudebaugh, Exec. Director, Center for Transportation and the Environment
Maintenance Session 1 – Electric Systems, part 1 - SUTRAK, Carrier Transport Air Conditioning, Thermo King |
| 9:00 – 9:25 |
Technical Session 2: Development of a Flex-fuel HICE Plug-in Hybrid Shuttle Bus with Demonstrations for Performance Assessment – Lisa Callaghan Jerram, Consultant, BTI
Maintenance Session 2: Electric Systems, part 2 - SUTRAK, Carrier Transport Air Conditioning, Thermo King |
| 9:30 – 9:55 |
Technical Session 3: Development of a Flex-fuel HICE Plug-in Hybrid Shuttle Bus with Demonstrations for Performance Assessment – Richard Thompson, Research Assoc., Univ. of Texas
Maintenance Session 3: Event Data Recorders: Preventive Maintenance Tool |
| 10:00 – 10:25 |
Technical Session 4: Hydrogen Bus Fueling Guideline Project Efforts and Challenges – Nico Bouwkamp, CaFCP
Maintenance Session 4: What’s New with Axles: What works and doesn’t work, part 1 - Oswaldo DeFritas, Axletech & Pete York, Allison Transmission |
| 10:30 – 10:55 |
Technical Session 5: Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge Hydrogen Infrastructure Project – Brian Weeks, Gas Technology Inst.
Maintenance Session 5: What’s New with Axles: What works and doesn’t work, part 2 - Donn Knight, Arvin Meritor |
| 10:45 – 12:00 |
Procurement Session 2: Evaluating Negotiated Procurements - Margaret Merhoff, LACMTA & others, TBD |
| 11:00 – 11:25 |
Technical Session 6: Update on the Latest Developments within UTC Fuel Cells on Fuel Cell Bus Systems – Mike Tosca, UTC
Maintenance Session 6: Alternative Diesel Fuel Blends - Marty Mellera, SFMTA |
| 11:30 – 11:55 |
Technical Session 7: Development of the New Fuel Cell Buses with VanHool – Stuart Thompson, AC Transit
Maintenance Session 7: Economics of All Electric Drive Buses – Joshua Goldman, Proterra |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. |
LUNCH
Update of Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines Technical Specification and Term’s and Condition’s
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 |
| 8:00 – 9:30 |
Procurement Session 3: Warranty Provisions in the New Standard Bus Procurement Guidelines -Charlie Kalb, AC Transit & Mike Melaniphy, MCI & Pat Scully, Daimler Chrysler USA |
| 8:00 – 8:25 |
Technical Session 8: NREL Technology Validation, Results from AC Transit, SunLine and CTTRANSIT, Part 1 – Leslie Eudy, NREL & Kevin Chandler, Battelle
Maintenance Session 8: 2010 Engines, Part 1 |
| 8:30 – 8:55 |
Technical Session 9: NREL Technology Validation, Results from AC Transit, SunLine and CTTRANSIT, Part 1 – Leslie Eudy, NREL & Kevin Chandler, Battelle
Maintenance Session 9: 2010 Engines, Part 2 |
| 9:00 – 9:25 |
Technical Session 10: Flywheel Technology Program – Richard Thompson, Univ of Texas
Maintenance Session 10: 2010 Engines, Part 3 |
| 9:30 – 9:55 |
Technical Session 11: WVU Integrated Bus Information System (IBIS) Project
Maintenance Session 11: Service Issues Relating to Natural Gas Engines (Cummins Westport) |
| 10:00 – 10:25 |
Technical Session 12: Bus Testing Update
Maintenance Session 12: Five Fleet Fundamentals: Building an Accountability Framework
(Employee Based Working Groups for PM and QA Programs) – Eric Gillespie, Waterloo, ONT, Canada |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Procurement Session 4: 4220.1f Update |
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
Procurement Session 5: Innovative Maintenance Practices - Dick Wieczorek, BART & CTA |
| 10:30 – 10:55 |
Technical Session 13: Advanced Small Transit Vehicle (ASTV) Project
Maintenance Session 13: Energy Storage Advancements for Hybrid and All Electric Buses |
| 11:00 – 11:25 |
Technical Session 14: Vehicle Assist and Automation Research
Maintenance Session 14: Benefits of Composites Buses |
| 11:30 – 11:55 |
Technical Session 15: National Bus Rapid Transit Institute Research
Maintenance Session 15: ASE Certification – Ken Mall, Educational Data Systems & Dennis Cristofaro, CTA |
| 11:30 – 12:30 |
Procurement Session 6: Business to Business Market Place - Dick Wieczorek, BART
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 |
| 8:00 – 8:55 |
Procurement Session 7: Procurement for Maintenance and Project Managers, Part 1 - Charlie Kalb, AC Transit |
| 8:00 – 8:25 |
Technical Session 16: Innovative Fuel Cell Hybrid Hydrogen Bus Development and Demonstration, Dale Hill, Proterra
Maintenance Session 16: Nitrogen Tire Filling – Ashok Mathur, Air Products |
| 8:30 – 8:55 |
Technical Session 17: Georgetown Univ. Generation III Methanol Fuel Cell Transit Bus Integration and Test Project – Charlie Pritzlaff, Georgetown University
Maintenance Session 17: Data Driven Maintenance Operation – Tony Bryant, TriMet |
| 9:00 – 9:25 |
Technical Session 18: UAB Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Demonstration Project
Maintenance Session 18: How to Attract New Maintenance Technicians - John Frala, SCRTTC |
| 9:30 – 10:30 |
Procurement Session 8: Procurement for Maintenance and Project Managers, Part 2 - Charlie Kalb, AC Transit |
| 9:30 – 9:55 |
Technical Session 19: Update on Implementation of 20 Fuel Cell Buses BC Transit Bus Fleet – Bruce Rothwell, BC Transit
Maintenance Session 19: Training Maintenance Technicians, Part 1 (Online tools) – Robert Mann, CDX |
| 10:00 – 10:25 |
Technical Session 20 - CALSTART and NAVC Summary
Maintenance Session 20 - Training Maintenance Technicians, Part 2 |
| 10:30 – 12:00 |
Closing Brunch - Panel discussion on Attracting New People to the Industry |
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