updated July 24, 2008 ++new
listing
July 22-24, PHEV2008
Plug-In 2008 Conference & Exposition in San Jose, Calif. A
new event hosted by the Electric Power Research Institute, Pacific Gas
& Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric/Sempra, the Silicon Valley
Leadership Group, Southern California Edison, the Sacramento Municipal
Utility District/SMUD, and the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research
Center at the University of California, Davis. Additional sponsors
include the State of California and the City of San Jose. 'A Short Drive to Tomorrow' theme. PHEV2008, Pam
Turner (First Option Events), 408-395-0059;
pturner@firstoptionevents.com; plugin2008.com ++July 22-24, 4th
Annual Hydrogen implementation Conference in Wyoming, Hilton Garden Inn
at the University of Wyoming Conference Center, in Laramie. Hosted by
the Mountain States Hydrogen Business Council in concert with the U.S.
India Business Alliance. USIBA (Washington, D.C.), Ziya Mulla,
202-904-2856; ziyam@usiba.org; www.usiba.org August 3-6, GovEnergy
2008 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Ariz. Several
transportation and alternative fuel conference sessions, including a
Tuesday panel where fleet sales executives of Detroit’s Big Three
will be available for questions. Sponsored by the General Services
Administration and other agencies, organized by Georgia’s MC2.
‘Hot Solutions for Prickly Problems’ theme. MC2, Gaynielle
Scott, toll-free 800-343-2171; fax 770-739-4406;
energy2008@govenergy.com; www.govenergy.com August 12-14, American
Coalition for Ethanol 21st Conference and Trade Show. Qwest Center in
Omaha, Neb. 'Fueling Revolution' theme. American Coalition for Ethanol,
Shannon Gustafson, 605-334-3381, ext 16; sgustafson@ethanol.org; www.ethanol.org August 17-20, Public
Works Congress & Exposition at the Morial Convention Center in
New Orleans, La. Organized by the American Public Works Association.
APWA, Dana Priddy, 816-472-6100, ext 5241; fax 816-595-5341;
dpriddy@apwa.net; www.apwa.net August 20-23, Police
Fleet Expo 2008 at the Midwest Airlines Convention Center and Hilton
Milwaukee City Center in Milwaukee, Wisc. Organized by Hendon
Publishing. Hendon, Tom Tobiason, 847-444-3300 or toll-free
800-843-9764, ext 32; 847-444-3333; ttobiason@hendonpub.com; www.hendonpub.com August 27-28, CNG-NGV
Forum Philippines in Manila. Co-organized by the Department of
Transportation and Communications, Republic of the Philippines, and the
the Singapore-based All
Events Group. Supported by the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicles Association (ANGVA). ‘Pushing CNG-NGV Throughout Mega Manila by
2010’ theme. All Events/Energy Network, Zhax Chew, +65-6506-0972;
mobile +65-9046-6696; fax +65-6749-7293; zhax.chew@alleventsgroup.com; www.alleventsgroup.com/cng ++September 4-5, Beyond
Oil: Transforming Transportation, annual TransTech Conference at the
Microsoft Event Center in Seattle. Sponsors include the Cascadia Center
for Regional Development and the Seattle-based Discovery Institute.
Discovery Institute, Mollie Tschida, 206-292-0401, ext 111;
molliet@discovery.org; www.discovery.org September 7-10, 2008
International Hydrogen Conference sponsored by the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton National Park,
Moran, Wyoming. ‘Effects of Hydrogen on Materials’ theme. for ASME at the
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), Theresa Beckett,
217-244-1302; tking12@uiuc.edu; www.hydrogen08.org September 14-16, The
Future is Green, A Conference and Expo on New and Emerging Clean Air
Technologies and Innovations. Long Beach Convention Center in Long
Beach, Calif. Sponsors include the California Air Pollution Control
Officers Association and at least four California Air Quality
Management Districts, as well as natural gas and other alternative fuel
suppliers, and truck/automotive OEMs. Organized by Southern
California’s Gladstein, Neandross & Associates. at GNA, (for
Future is Green registration information; discounted until July 31), VP Anne Hellwig, 310-573-8558 or U.S.toll-free
800-993-0302; info@capcoagreen.com or anne@gladsetin.org; for
sponsorship opportunity information (at the South Coast Air Quality
Management District), Ms. Drue Hargis, 909-393-3237; dhargis@aqmd.org; www.capcoagreen.com ++September 15-19, 2008
Clean Cities Coordinator Leadership Retreat. Huntley Lodge in Big Sky,
Montana. organized by DoE's National Energy Technology Laboratory in
West Virginia. Clean Cities Northwest Region (Colorado), Ernie Oakes,
303-275-4817; ernie.oakes@go.doe.gov; www.netl.doe.gov September 16-17, BusCon
Convention 2008 at the Navy Pier and Hyatt Regency, Chicago. Billed as
America’s biggest bus convention. International/IC is the lead
sponsor. ‘Transportation Solutions for a Changing World’
theme. Registration discounted until August 15. Bobit Publishing, Michelle Mendez, 310-533-2453; fax 310-533-2511; michelle.mendez@bobit.com; www.busconexpo.com September 16-19, 2008
European Transport Forum, 'Debating the Future of European Transport.'
Autoworld and La Bibliothèque Solvay in Brussels,
Belgium. Forum-Europe (UK), Dan Craft, +44-2920-894756;
dan.craft@forum-europe.eu or info@europeantransportforum.eu; www.europeantransportforum.eu September 18-19, EFG
2008, the 6th European Forum Gas in Bratislava, Slovakia. 'Best
Technologies for a Safe & Reliable Gas Supply' theme. Organized by
Marcogaz, the Technical Association of the European Natural Gas
Industry and SPNZ, the Slovak Gas & Oil Association. Marcogaz
(Brussels), Daniel Hec, +32-2-237-1111; fax +32-2-230-4480;
daniel.hec@marcogaz.org; www.marcogaz.org; www.spnz.sk September 24-26, 21st World LP Gas Forum taking place in Seoul, Korea. LP Gas – Clean Energy for a Low Carbon World theme. WLPGA
(Paris), Neasa Ni Liathain, +33-1-58-05-28-00; fax-+33-1-58-05-28-01;
nniliathain@worldlpgas.com; www.wlpgasforum2008.com September 25-26, 2008
League of California Cities Annual Exposition. Long Beach Convention
Center in Long Beach, Calif. Includes numerous clean vehicle
manufacturers and organizations, and an NGV Zone for natural gas vehicles organized by the Clean Vehicle Education Foundation. League of California Cities, Rebecca
Inman, 916-658-8230; rinman@cacities.org; www.cacities.org September 25-27, II
World Fair of NGV & H2V, The Second World's Fair of Natural Gas
Vehicles and Hydrogen Vehicles. Lingotto Fiere Exhibition Center in
Turin, Italy. Hosted by Consorzio NGV System Italia. Organized by the
NGV Communications Group, publishers of the international Gas Vehicles
Report. GVR (Italy), Claudio Kohan, +39-0376-294055; info@thegvr.com; www.ngvworldfair.com September 26-27, 2008
Alt-Car Expo & Conference, third annual event. Santa Monica Civic
Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif. Sponsors include Southern California
Edison and LA Metro. Organized by Southern California's Platia
Productions. Platia, Christine Dzilvelis, 310-390-2930; fax
310-390-2830; platia@earthlink.net; www.altcarexpo.com October 3,
National AFV Day Odyssey organized by the National Alternative Fuel
Training Consortium at West Virginia University. A nationally
coordinated event whereby clean vehicles are simultaneously promoted by
national and local community leaders. NAFTC, Judy Moore,
304-293-7882; fax 304-293-6944; judy.moore@mail.wvu.edu; www.nationalafvdayodyssey.org; www.naftc.wvu.edu October 4-5, 2008
National NGV Conference-Summit at the Omni Hotel in San Diego. Timed to
immediately precede APTA International 2008, the triennial trade fair
of American Public Transportation Association (below). Plans include a
38-booth, 6,600-square-foot NGV Zone at the APTA show. NGVAmerica,
Stephe Yborra, at 301-829-2520; syborra@ngvamerica.org; www.ngvamerica.org ++October 6-7, Next
Generation Biofuels Markets conference at the Hotel Okura in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. Organized by the UK's Green Power Conferences. GPC
(London), Matthew Probyn or Maria Augestad, +44-20-7801-6333; fax
+44-20-7900-1853; matthew.probyn@greenpowerconferences.com;
maria.augestad@greenpowerconferences.com; www.greenpowerconferences.com October
6-8, Expo 2008, tri-annual trade show of the American
Public Transportation Association and APTA annual meeting. San Diego
Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. APTA, Renee Battle,
202-496-4840; fax 202-496-4324 rbattle@apta.com; www.apta.com October 7-9, Eco-Tech
Scandinavia at the Swedish Exhibition Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Includes ‘Biogas Highway’ international marketplace.
Swedish Exhibition Centre info, Ann Afeldt, +46-31-708-8232;
ann.afeldt@svenskamassan.se; nemonet.swefair.se October 8-9, Fuel
Cells Science & Technology 2008:
Scientific Advances in Fuel Cell
Systems conference. Part of the Grove Fuel Cell series of events. Hosted by the Confederation of Danish Industries in
Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by Elsevier. Elsevier (UK), Janet Seabrook,+44-1865-843691; fax +44-1865-843-958; fuelcelladvances@elsevier.com; www.fuelcelladvances.com October 9-10, 3rd
Annual Cellulosic Ethanol and Biofuels conference at the
Swissôtel Chicago in Chicago, Ill. Organized by Platts with
General Motors as the lead sponsor. Registrations discounted by up to
$300 until September 5. ‘Moving to Industrial-Scale
Production’ theme. Platts, Ron Berg, 781-860-6118 o U.S. toll-free 866-355-2930; fax 781-860-6101; ron_berg@platts.com; www.platts.com October 14-16, HTUF
2008 National Conference, the Hybrid Truck User Forum. Hosted by Bosch
Rexroth in South Bend, Ind. Expanded three-day program. Organized by
WestStart-Calstart. Bosch Rexroth, VP Ed Greif, 248-293-7339;
ed.greif@boschrexroth-us.com; boschrexroth-us.com or Calstart, VP Bill
Van Amburg, 626-744-5650; fax 626-744-5610; bvanamburg@calstart.org; www.htuf.org ++October 16-17, Sustainable
Supply Chain Summit at the Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco.
Includes Green Transportation & Logistics conference. Organized by
the UK’s eyefortransport, Katharine O’Reilly,
+44-20-7375-7207 or U.S. toll-free 800-814-3459, ext 329;
koreilly@eyefortransport.com; www.eyefortransport.com October 16-19, GES
2008 Green Energy Summit, first-of-its-kind meeting in Bangalore,
India. Includes transportation fuels. Sponsorship opportunities
available. Speaker proposals due March 15. Organized by Saltmarch
Media. GES 2008/Saltmarch, Ms. Poonam Sharma, +91-99020-77327;
poonams@saltmarchmedia.com; www.greenenergysummit.com October 17-18, Altcar
Expo & Conference sponsored by Austin Energy at the Palmer Events
Center in Austin, Texas. A new gathering hosted by Austin Energy and
organized by Southern California's Platia Productions, which is also
managing September's 2008 Alt-Car Expo & Conference in Santa
Monica, Calif. Platia, Christine Dzilvelis, 310-390-2930; fax
310-390-2830; platia@earthlink.net / Austin Energy, Marguerite Jones,
512-322-6207; fax 512-322-6037; marguerite.jones@austinenergy.com; www.austinenergyaltcar.com October 21-23, WasteCon
2008 at the Tampa Bay Convention Center and Marriott-Tampa Waterside in
Tampa, Florida. Organized by the Solid Waste Association of North
America. SWANA, Chris Hurwitz, 240-494-2253; at churwitz@swana.org; wastecon.swana.org October
26-30, 2008, National
Association of Pupil Transportation annual conference and trade show.
Myrtle Beach, S.C. NAPT, 518-452-3611 or toll-free 800-989-6278
(989-NAPT); fax 518-218-0867; info@napt.org; www.napt.org ++October 27-29, 2nd
Annual Biogas Congress organized by Agra Informa. Crowne Plaza Europa
Hotel in Brussels. ‘Capitalizing on Market Opportunities for
Biomethane and Landfill Gas in Power and Transportation Fuels’
theme. Registrations discounted until July 31. Agra Informa (London), Carol Algar, +44-20-7017-7496; carol.algar@informa.com; www.agra-net.com/biogas November 4-5, Altermobile
Europe 2008 at the Hotel Vierjahreszeiten Kempinski in Munich, Germany.
Organized by the UK’s Terrapinn Holdings. Terrapinn-Altermobile
(London), Gemma Castley, +44-20-7608-7048; gemma.castley@terrapinn.com;
www.alter-mobile.com December 2-4, 2008, Powering Sustainable Transportation Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell
Electric Vehicle Conference & Exposition, at the Washington
Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Electric Drive Transportation
Association. EDTA, Michelle Harris, 202-408-0774; fax 202-408-7610;
mharris@electricdrive.org; www.electricdrive.org
2009 ++January 13-14, 12th
LMOP Annual Conference and Project Expo, organized by the Landfill
Methane Outreach Program of the U.S. EPA. In Baltimore, Maryland.
EPA/LMOP, Rachel Goldstein, 202-343-9391; 202-343-2202;
goldstein.rachel@epa.gov; www.epa.gov/lmop January 24-27, NADA
Convention & Exposition, annual convention of the National
Automobile Dealers Association. New Orleans. NADA, Ms. Terry Collins,
703-821-7000 or toll-free 800-252-6232; fax 703-749-4733;
conven@nada.org; www.nada.org January 28-29, Second
International Natural Gas Vehicles Conference hosted by Cesky
Plynarensky Svaz, the Czech Gas Association. Prague. Prospects for the
Development and Use of CNG in Transport is the meeting theme. Czech Gas
Association, Pavel Novak, +42-2-22522900; fax +42-2-22 510 318; mobile
+42-731-502-093; novak@cgoa.cz; www.cgoa.cz or www.cng.cz February 1-4, 2009
National Biodiesel Conference and Expo. San Francisco. Organized by the
National Biodiesel Board. NBB, Amber Thurlo Pearson, 573-635-3893 or toll-free
800-841-5849; fax 573-635-7913; apearson@biodiesel.org; www.biodieselconference.org February 24-26, RETECH
2009, Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition. Las
Vegas, Nev. Billed as the new annual repeat of the Trade Show at WIREC,
the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. Organized by
the Washington-based American Council on Renewable Energy. ACORE, Tom
Weirich, 202-777-7582; weirichacore.org; www.acore.org March 4-6, 2009,
Work Truck Show 2009 at the new West Building at McCormick Place in
Chicago. National Truck Equipment Association convention starts March
3. NTEA, NTEA, Sheree Campbell, 248-489-7090 or toll-free 800-441-6832;
fax 248-489-8590; sheree@ntea.com; www.ntea.com ++March 16-18, World
Biofuels Markets '09 at the Brussels Expo Centre in Brussels, Belgium.
Organized by the UK's Green Power Conferences. GPC (London), Matthew
Probyn or Maria Augestad, +44-20-7801-6333; fax +44-20-7900-1853;
matthew.probyn@greenpowerconferences.com;
maria.augestad@greenpowerconferences.com; www.worldbiofuelsmarkets.com March 24-26, 2009 (updated listing), NGV
India 2009, the first international natural gas for vehicles event
aimed at South Asia. Expo XXI Centre in New Delhi. Organized by
Allworld Exhibitions (parent of Bangkok Exhibition Services, which
organized ANGVA 2007) and NGV Network. BES (Bangkok), Ms. Yui Onsam,
+66-2615-1255; ngv@besallworld.com // NGV Network,
Brett Jarman,
+61-2-6608-0011; fax ++61-433-422-069; india@ngvnetwork.com; www.ngvindia2009.com March 30-April 3, 2009, 2009
National Hydrogen Association Annual Conference, hosted by the South
Carolina Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance at the at the Columbia
Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, S.C. SC Hydrogen, Mark
Sieckman, 803-737-0630; fax 803-737-0818; msieckman@schydrogen.org; www.schydrogen.org or National Hydrogen Association, Patrick Serfass, 202-223-5547; serfassp@hydrogenassociation.org; www.hydrogenassociation.org April 19-22, 2009, AF&V
2009, the Alternative
Fuels and Vehicles National Conference + Expo 2009 organized by the Alternative Fuel
Vehicle Institute. Disney Swan & Dolphin in Orlando, Fla. AFVI, Annalloyd
Thomason or
Kimberly Taylor, 702-254-4180; fax
702-254-4630; info@afvi.org; www.afvi.org April 28-30, 2009, Commercial
Vehicle Show at the NEC (National Exhibition Centre) in Birmingham,
England. Organized by Britain's Society of Motor Manufacturers and
Traders -- the Commercial Vehicle Show Partnership. SMMT/CV Show,
Chrissy Uden, +44-20-7344-9218; fax +44-20-7235-8468; cvshow@cvshow.com; www.cvshow.com May 12-15, 2009, CCTC2009,
the Second Climate Change Technology Conference. Hosted by McMaster
University in Hamilton, Ontario. Sponsors include IEEE Canada (the
Canadian arm of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers),
the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, and the Canadian Society
for Mechanical Engineering. 'Climate Change... Deal with It!' is the
conference theme. Transportation session in preparation. Abstracts for technical papers due September 15, 2008. For CCTC2009, Nigel Fitzpatrick, 604-224-2421; nfitz@azuredynamics.com; www.cctc2009.ca May 13-16, 2009, EVS-24,
the world electric vehicles meeting. Stavanger,
Norway. Organized
by AVERE, the European Association for Battery, Hybrid and
Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles. Abstracts for technical papers due November 1, 2008. AVERE (Brussels), Frederic Vergels,
+32-2-629-2363; fax +32-2-629-3620; avere@vub.ac.be; www.evs24.org June 4-5, 2009, EFG
2009, the 7th European Forum Gas in Madrid, Spain. Organized by
Marcogaz, the Technical Association of the European Natural Gas
Industry. Marcogaz (Brussels), Daniel Hec, +32-2-237-1111; fax
+32-2-230-4480; daniel.hec@marcogaz.org; www.marcogaz.org June 7-11, 2009, UITP 58th World Congress and UITP Mobility & City Transport Exhibition. Vienna, Austria. 'Making the Right Mobility Choices' theme. International
Association of Public Transport (UITP, Brussels), Maristella Angotzi,
+32-2-663-6654; fax +32-2-660-1072; maristella.angotzi@uitp.org; www.uitp.org June 8-12, 2009, AABC-09,
the 9th International Advanced Automotive Battery and Ultracapacitor
Conference and Symposia hosted by California's Total Battery Consulting
/ Advanced Automotive Batteries. Long Beach Convention Center in Long
Beach, Calif. AAB, Carol Chambers, 530-692-0140; fax 530-692-0142;
carol@advancedautobat.com; www.advancedautobat.com June 9-11, 2009, Waste
Expo in Las Vegas, Nev. Organized by Waste Age magazine (Penton
Publishing). Waste Expo, Catherine Campfield, 203-358-4128;
catherine.campfield@penton.com; www.wasteexpo.com June 17-19, 2009, GNV2009
international trade fair for natural gas vehicles in Madrid, Spain.
Organized by the NGV Communications Group, publishers of the
multi-lingual Gas Vehicles Report. for The GVR (Italy), Claudio Kohan,
mobile +39-335-1893-249; ckohan@thegvr.com or info@gnvmadrid2009.com; www.ngvgroup.com ++August 10-13, 2009,
PHEV2009 Plug-In 2009 Conference & Exposition. Long Beach, Calif.
PHEV2009, Pam Turner (First Option Events), 408-395-0059;
pturner@firstoptionevents.com; plugin2008.com Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. Organized by the
Milwaukee-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers. AEM/ICUEE, Pat
Monroe, 414-298-4144 or toll-free 800-867-6060; fax 414-272-2672;
exhibits@icuee.com or pmonroe@aem.org; www.icuee.com October 27-29, 2009, ANGVA
2009 in Donghae, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Third NGV conference
organized by the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicles Association. Natural
Gas for Vehicles-Rising to the Challenge theme. ANGVA, executive
director Mr. Lee Giok Seng (Malaysia), +60-3-8926-1789; fax
+60-3-8926-1834; leegs@angva.org or Yulia Kim (Korea), +82-33-260-3405;
yulia@angva.org www.angva2009.com October 29-November 7, 2009, TERTS 2009, The European Road Transport
Show at the RAI Center in Amsterdam (tentative dates). TERTS 2007 drew nearly 150,000
attendees, up 23% from 2005. Amsterdam RAI, Fernand Molenschot,
+31-20-549-1212; fax +31-20-549-1889; f.molenschot@rai.nl or
roadtransportshow@rai.nl; www.roadtransportshow.com 2010 February 13-16, 2010, NADA
Convention & Exposition, annual convention of the National
Automobile Dealers Association. Orlando, Fla. NADA, Ms. Terry Collins,
703-821-7000 or toll-free 800-252-6232; fax 703-749-4733;
conven@nada.org; www.nada.org May 11-13, 2010, NGV2010,
the 12th
International Conference &
Exhibition on Natural Gas Vehicles, i.e. the world natural gas vehicles
meeting. Rome. Organizational support by the NGV Communications Group, publishers of the international Gas
Vehicles Report. GVR (Italy), Claudio Kohan, +39-0376-294055;
info@thegvr.com -- International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles/IANGV (Auckland, New
Zealand), Dr. Garth Harris or Bonny Jeans, +64-9-523-3567; fax +64-9-520-3122;
iangv@iangv.org; www.iangv.org 2012 NGV2012,
the 13th
International Conference &
Exhibition on Natural Gas Vehicles, i.e. the world natural gas vehicles
meeting. Korea. International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles/IANGV (Auckland, New
Zealand), Dr. Garth Harris or Bonny Jeans, +64-9-523-3567; fax +64-9-520-3122;
iangv@iangv.org; www.iangv.org
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