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Title:	Fully Charged? The Future of Electric Vehicles
Date:	Thursday 11th December 2008
Time:	10:15am – 3:30pm (followed by drinks reception)
Venue:	One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London

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• Account Manager
• Applications Development Engineer
• Automotive Trade Sector Advisor
• Customer Director
• Director of Overseas Development
• Doctoral Researchers
• Economists
• Greater London Transport Manager
• Head of Automotive Market Development
• Industry Liaison Officers
• OEM Programme Manager
• Principal Engineer
• Regional Director
• Senior Manager
• Senior Researcher
• Strategy & Business Development Director
• Technical Information Officer
• Technical Programme Managers
• Technical Sales Manager

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Sebastien Ruiz
R&D Project Director Marketing Director - EDF Energy

EDF Energy is one of the largest UK home and business energy suppliers.EDF Energy uses a number of different electricity generation methods – although a large proportion used are traditional sources like coal-fired power plants, they are improving and increasing their sustainable production, including using renewables. EDF believes that sustainability considerations are vital for any business and are focusing on continual improvement.

Don Cochrane
Sales & Marketing Director - Tesla Motors

Don is Sales and Marketing Director for Tesla Motors in the UK and Ireland. He is also responsible for Tesla’s Business Development in the UK, Russia and the Middle East. Tesla is at the very forefront of the Electric Vehicle Industry and prides itself on developing and producing new technology along with working with governments and legislators to create real world initiatives that enable consumers to embrace zero emission personal transport.

Don Newton
Group Technical Director - Axeon

Don’s role at Axeon is to lead the technology development of the new generation of EV and HEV batteries. He joined Axeon in January 2008 from Delphi Diesel Systems where he was Chief Electronics Engineer responsible for all aspects of Diesel Fuel Injection Electronics Engineering. He was previously Director of Electronics at Ricardo Consulting Engineers and prior to this he held senior Electronics management positions with Motorola Automotive and Jaguar Cars Ltd. He holds an MSc in Electronics from Cranfield University and an MBA from the University of Warwick.

Barry Shrier
Founder - Liberty Electric Cars

Focussing since 2007 on addressing Global Warming / Climate Change, his current venture is Liberty Electric Cars. Liberty designs and markets zero-emission cars - based on iconic British marques like the Range Rover re-engineered with highly-innovative electric motors and state-of-the-art nanotechnology batteries. Liberty transforms world famous, gorgeous British luxury cars – expertly upgraded into high performance cars with zero carbon footprint.

Julian Wilford
Managing Director & Co-Founder - NICE Car Company

Founded by two entrepreneurs, Evert Geurtsen and Julian Wilford, The NICE Car Company is a new venture dedicated to bringing the best in environmentally clean vehicles to our streets. Prior to creating NICE, Evert Geurtsen spent more than 20 years in the international automotive industry both at General Motors and as the Commercial Head of Lotus Engineering. Julian Wilford has held a number of senior commercial roles, most recently at the insurer Aviva plc, where he was Group Strategic Development Director. Julian started his career as an engineer with Rolls-Royce plc.

Why attend?

Electric vehicles have gained as a frontrunner in the automotive market place as a source of future sustainable mobility. EVs have been deemed by many as a viable solution to reducing our dependence on foreign energy and decreasing our carbon footprint, but what barriers stand in the way of total vehicle electrification? In a recent survey study of 8,000 motorists in Europe and the US, only 20% were aware of hybrid technologies whilst analysts say that Lithium-Ion technology will take up half of the EV market by 2015. Although there are questions that still remain unanswered, recent breakthroughs in emerging EV technology and consumer behavioural changes have created a vast change in viability of these machines. There will indeed be many challenges for the electric vehicle market, but understanding what factors impact the electric vehicle industry will create vast opportunities.

This Automotive World Briefing will provide a timely opportunity for informational networking between marketers, consultants, research and development houses, energy suppliers, component manufacturers, OEMs and policymakers. There will also be opportunities to discuss the latest developments in electric vehicle technologies including kinetic energy storage, latest battery innovations and future government policy initiatives. Delegates will discuss how the automotive industry can tackle technology and infrastructure barriers. Furthermore, attendees will have the opportunity to network, share ideas and discuss business development initiatives with delegates and speakers alike in an informal atmosphere.

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Automotive World is a leading provider of news, information, analysis and research for the UK and global automotive industry. We run a series of conferences and briefings aimed at providing stakeholders, legislators, local policymakers and industry analysts with a forum for policy discussion, debate and networking.