Conference Agenda

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                                                                                                      Tentative Conference Program
                                                                    Insightful and engaging sessions and showcase of successful projects
                                                          Virtual networking opportunities to interact with the speakers, panellists and peers

         
 Wednesday, September 30, 2020

• Key Trends and Outlook
  - Key recent developments and upcoming trends in clean buses
  - Key issues and concerns (supply of fuel, life-cycle costing, technological reliability, implementation issues, etc.)
  - Impact of COVID-19 on deployment of clean buses
  - Outlook for the clean bus market in Europe
  
  
• European Commission’s Initiatives
  - European Commission’s perspective and initiatives
  - Clean Vehicles Directive2 (came into force on August 2, 2019)
  - Connecting Europe Facility
  - Funding available from the EC
  - Standardisation of electric buses and charging infrastructure
  - Incentives for introduction of clean buses
  
  
• Policy Framework
  - Policy initiatives by various countries and cities
  - Initiatives of C40 cities
  - Fossil Fuel Free Streets Declaration
  
  
• Fleet of the Future
  - Comparative analysis of alternative clean buses (electric, hydrogen, LNG, bio fuel, retrofitted buses, etc)
  - Operations and maintenance costs of clean buses as compared to diesel buses
  - Total cost of ownership (TCO) of zero-emission buses
  
  
•  Transit agency/authority Perspective
  - Key case studies, experience so far and lessons learnt
  - Drafting a clean bus deployment strategy at the city-level
  - Impact of COVID-19 on plans for deployment of clean buses
  - Key challenges, expectations from suppliers
  
  
• Deployment of Electric Buses & Charging Infrastructure
  - Lessons learnt by transit agencies/authorities/operators through deployments and pilots
  - Business and financing models
  - Bus manufacturers’ perspective
  - O&M of electric buses
  - Charging strategies, cost, hardware
  - Standardisation of charging infrastructure, open systems
  - Large-scale development of charging infrastructure
  
  
                                                                                      Thursday, October 01, 2020
                                                   
• Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Buses
  - Lessons learnt by transit agencies/authorities/operators through deployments and pilots
  - Economics of hydrogen and fuel cell buses
  - Business and financing models
  - Scaling up hydrogen infrastructure
  - Bus manufacturers’ perspective
  - O&M of hydrogen and fuel cell buses
  
  
• Euro VI buses
  - Are Euro VI buses clean buses?
  - Are Euro VI buses the best offering available in the market?
  - Transit authority’s perspective
  - Bus manufacturers’ perspective
  
  
• Alternate Fuel Buses
  - Market development for biogas, bio-diesel, LPG, LNG, gas-to-liquid, HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil), BTL (biomass to liquid), bioethanol, etc.
  - Transport operators’ perspective: Market development, key recent deployments, case studies, issues and challenges, financing, and future plans
  - Bus manufacturers’ perspective
  
  
•  Options for Retrofit and Upgrade
  - Options for retrofit and upgrade
  - Nationwide programmes for retrofit
  - Issues and challenges
  - Manufacturer’s perspective
  
  
•  Financing and Procurement Strategies
  - Government funding, subsidies, tax incentives
  - Innovative financing mechanisms, private financing
  - Life cycle cost analysis, total cost
  - Business models, business models to lower upfront costs
  - Public procurements versus joint procurements
  
  
• Autonomous and Electric Buses
  - Pilot projects
  - Key plans and outlook
  - Service concepts and business models
  - Key issues and challenges
  - Impact of COVID-19 on deployment of autonomous vehicles for public transport