CAC
23 AGENDA
GENERAL SESSIONS Peak
4 and 5
REGISTRATION Conference Center Foyer
EXHIBIT
HALL Coppertop
III
Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday 7:00am-5:30pm
Thursday 7:00am-12:00pm
DEMONSTRATIONS
Tuesday - Thursday MAHA
Diesel Particle Measurement Meter
Monday,
September 24, 2007
10:00am – 5:00pm Exhibitor
Set-up – Coppertop III
Government and
Industry Meetings:
1:00pm – 3:00pm I/M
Solutions - Peak 4
3:00pm – 5:00 pm Transitioning I/M
Workgroup - Peak 5
6:00pm –
9:00pm WELCOME RECEPTION - New Belgium Beer
Tasting
Sponsored by Parsons –Coppertop II
Tuesday,
September 26, 2007
7:00am – 8:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Exhibit Hall – Coppertop III
8:00am – 10:00am Clean Air Conference Opening Session
Welcome: Lenora Bohren –
Director, National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety/Colorado
State University
Dean April Mason, College of Applied Human Sciences/
Colorado
State University
Keynote Speaker:
“From the Mountains to the Prairies: Air Quality in Colorado”, Martha
Rudolph - Director
of Environmental Programs - CDPH&E
EPA Keynote
Speaker: “EPA’s
International Clean Fuels and Vehicle Programs”, Dennis Leaf – Senior Policy Advisor for
International Programs - Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)
10:00am –
10:30am Break: Exhibit Hall –
Coppertop III
10:30am – 12:00pm Panel:
Global Air Quality Issues
Moderator, Jack Pierce - Applus+
Technologies, Inc.
·
“White Paper on Periodic Technical Inspections
in Central and South America: A Preliminary View”, Jesús Díez Alonso – PLURALSYS
·
“CAFE - Carbon = World Cars are
Coming!” Vince Mow – Automotive Emissions Consulting
·
“Canada’s
New Air Quality Index”, Dave
Henderson – Health Canada
·
“Asia/Pacific
Issues”, Benjamin
Rico -Worldwide Environmental Products, Inc.
12:00pm –
1:30pm LUNCH - Breckenridge
Ballroom
1:30pm –
3:00 pm Panel: Local Air Quality Issues
Moderator, Lucinda Smith, City of Fort Collins, CO
·
“Cities Think Globally - Act Locally”, Lucinda
Smith - City of Fort Collins, CO
·
“Local
Government Implementation: Boulder's Transportation Emission Reduction
Efforts”, Andrew Bascue – City of Boulder, CO
·
“Air
Quality Issues for the City of Austin, TX”, Pharr
Andrews – City of Austin, TX
·
“Aspen’s
Response to Global Warming: Progress and Directions of the Canary Initiative”, Kim
Peterson – City of Aspen, CO
3:00pm –
3:30pm Break: Exhibit
Hall – Coppertop III
3:30pm
– 5:00pm Panel: Health, Education and Outreach
Moderator, Betsy Tracy - Illinois DOT, Office of Planning & Programming
·
“The American Lung
Association in 2007—National Organizational Changes, and What We Know About Air
Pollution and Lung Health”,
Curt Huber – American Lung Association of
Colorado
·
“Breathe
Deeply and Relax…It’s Easy to Successfully Incorporate Health Messages Into IM
Outreach Programs“ Angela O’Regan-Michaud– Parsons
·
“The
Path to I/M Awareness and Potential Pitfalls “, Becky
Robinson – GA/VerizonBusiness
·
“It
All Adds Up to Cleaner Air—Public
Education Lessons Learned Over a Decade”,
Kathy
Daniel – Federal Highway Administration
7:00pm –
11:00pm CASINO
NIGHT! - Sponsored by Gordon-Darby, Inc - Breckenridge Ballroom
Come help Gordon-Darby celebrate 25 Years of I/M Industry Service!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
7:00am – 8:00am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Exhibit Hall – Coppertop III
8:00am –
9:30am Panel: I/M Innovations
Moderator, Jay Gordon, Gordon-Darby, Inc.
·
Charles
Pappas –
Missouri
·
Robert Tekniepe
– Nevada
·
Vinny Porcaro – New Jersey
·
Jay
Gordon –
Gordon-Darby, Inc.
9:30am –
10:00am Break: Exhibit Hall – Coppertop III
10:00am
– 11:30pm Panel: I/M Case Studies: DC Vehicle Inspection
Program Improvements
Moderator, Richard Joy - Gordon-Darby, Inc.
·
“Gordon-Darby’s Perspective”, Richard
Joy – Gordon Darby Inc.
·
“DMV’s
Perspective”, Libby
Clapp – D.C. Dept. of Motor Vehicles
·
“Department
of the Environment’s Perspective”, Charles
Williams – D.C. Department of the Environment
·
“ESP’s
Perspective”, Joe Haddad – ESP
·
“Management’s
Perspective”, Michael
St. Denis – Revecorp, Inc.
11:30pm –
1:00pm LUNCH – Breckenridge Ballroom
1:00pm – 2:15pm Panel:
On-Board Diagnostics Issues
Moderator, Ed Gardetto - Sierra Research
·
“Results of the OBD FACA Workgroup”, Gene
Tierney – USEPA
·
“Update
of OBD I/M Implementation Guidance Appendix D”,
Jim
Lindner – USEPA
·
“Emissions
Benefits of OBD”, Jim
Sidebottom – CDPH&E
·
“Scan
Tool Issues”, Bernie Carr
- Vetronix
2:15pm –
3:30pm Panel: Non-Road Emissions
Moderator, Mark Carlock, Saint Malo
Solutions
·
"Suggested Improvements in the Estimation of
Emissions from Off-Road Mobile Sources", Mark Carlock
– Saint Malo Solutions
·
“Emissions
and Usage of Non-Road Equipment in the Midwest – EPA’s Nonroad
Pilot Study”, James Warila – US EPA
·
“Engine
Database Development” & “Retrofit Evaluations”, Michael
Block - Emisstar LLC
& Rick Baker – Eastern Research
Group
3:30pm
– 3:45pm Break: Exhibit Hall –
Coppertop III
3:45pm –
5:15pm Panel: What Does the Future Hold for I/M?
Moderator Michael St. Denis - Revecorp, Inc.
·
Steven Douglas – The Alliance of Auto
Manufacturers
·
Lothar
Geilen
– SysTech International
·
James Goldstene – CARB
·
Jay Gordon - Gordon-Darby, Inc.
·
Gene Tierney – US EPA
Thursday,
September 27, 2007
7:00am – 8:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST – Exhibit
Hall – Coppertop
III
8:00am
– 8:30am
Guest
Speaker: “Simulating Regional Ozone Formation & Transport at
National Parks in the Western U.S.”, Mike Barna – Cooperative Institute for Research in the
Atmosphere
8:30am
– 9:45am Panel:
The Climate Connection: Federal and State Initiatives
Moderator, Heidi Schultz – ERG
·
"Climate
and Transportation: The Drivers for
Action", Heidi Schultz – ERG
·
“California's
Assembly Bill 32”, James Goldstene – CARB
·
“Federal
Perspective on Climate Change”, Rebecca
White – US EPA
·
“Austin's
Plug-In Hybrid Initiative”, Fred Blood
– City of Austin
9:45am –
10:00am Break: Exhibit Hall – Coppertop III
10:00am – 11:15am Panel:
BioFuels
Moderator, Bryan Willson - Colorado State University
·
“BioFuels – Folly or our Future”, Morgan DeFoort -
Engines Conversion Lab, Colorado State University
·
“Net
Greenhouse Gas Balance for BioFuels Croping Systems”, Bill Parton – Natural Resource
Ecology Laboratory (NREL)/ Colorado State University
·
“BioFuels from Algae”,
Doug Henston – Chief
Executive Officer of Solix Biofuels,
Inc.
·
“Overview
of Recent Emission Testing Results for Biodiesel and E85”, Robert
McCormick – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (N-REL), Golden, CO
11:15am –
12:30pm Panel: Particulate/Diesel Issues
Moderator, Dennis Palmer - Worldwide Environmental
Products, Inc.
·
"Transport
PM: Health Impacts, Economics and
Action", Antonio Multari - MAHA &
Peter Anyon – Air Quality
Technologies Pty Ltd
·
“Remote
Sensing Measurement of Light-Duty Diesel PM”, Richard
Olin -
VA DEQ Mobile Source Programs
·
"EPA's
Clean Diesel Efforts", Rebecca
Russo – US EPA Region 8
12:30pm – 2:30pm WORKSHOP:
“Identification & Repair Issues with Automotive
Evaporative Emissions; A Case Study Format Using RSD & OBDII” - Peak 5
Jim Kemper - CDPHE & Randy Bernklau - BC Automotive
Tee Time: 2:00pm Tom Peters Memorial Golf
Tournament - Breckenridge Golf Course
Mark your calendars
for the 24th Clean Air Conference!
~ Boulder, Colorado, September 22 – 26, 2008 ~