Speakers
Benjamin Mandel
CALSTART Ben Mandel is Northeast Regional Director at CALSTART, where he works to integrate cleaner, more efficient vehicle technologies into public and private fleets. Ben leads CALSTART’s work on market acceleration and policy development in the Northeastern United States, including administration of workplace electric vehicle charging and truck voucher incentive programs. Prior…
Bakur Kvezereli
Ztractor Bakur Kvezereli is a Georgian-American entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of Ztractor, a Palo Alto based Autonomous Electric Tractor startup company. Ztractor’s mission is to rethink current farming practice and introduce AI powered, future agriculture machinery. The startup has partnered with OEMs in the United States and Europe, and the first…
Annie Pin
ALD Automotive Annie Pin is the CEO of ALD Automotive in Norway and proud to live in the country with the highest penetration of EVs in the world. As her 7 year old son tells her regularly, “there should be no reason for driving anything but electric”. Annie is also the global sponsor of…
Anna Elisa Tryti
City of Bergen, Norway Anna Elisa Tryti (born May 7, 1958) is a Norwegian historian and politician (Labour party). Tryti is city councilor for urban development in Bergen from 22 October 2015. In 2018, the city of Bergen was awarded Norwegian capitol of electrical vehicles for its facilitation of EV infrastructure and…
André Aasrud (NO)
Climate Agency at the City of Oslo André Aasrud is a senior adviser with the Climate Agency at the City of Oslo where he among other tasks is working to bring about the transition to zero-emission construction machinery in Oslo. Prior to his current position at the City of Oslo, he led…
Andreas Walnum (NO)
Pon Equipment Andreas Walnum is the technical manager of Pon Equipment Norway and has broad experience working with heavy machinery. He is proud of being a part of one of the innovative companies in the construction equipment business. In order to be the preferred supplier to deliver a zero emission solution for…
Petr Dolejsi (BE) – ACEA
Mr. Dolejsi is Mobility & Sustainable Transport Director at The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and is based in Bruxelles. Mr. Dolejsi started his career within the public services on different posts, leaving the Ministry for Regional Development of the Czech Republic at the Head of Unit post to the Permanent representation in Brussels in 2004. He became member of the Czech…
Krista Huhtala-Jenks (FIN)
MaaS Krista Huhtala-Jenks has been working on developing the revolutionary Mobility as a Service concept for several years. She recently moved from the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications to MaaS Global, the world’s first true MaaS operator with its Whim service. In her dual role as the Head of Go-to-Market, and…
Colin McKerracher (UK)
Bloomberg New Energy Finance Colin McKerracher manages coverage of the transport sector at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the clean energy and carbon markets division of Bloomberg LP. Colin’s team covers the technology, policy and economic factors influencing the evolution of the transport sector. This includes electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, biofuels, fuel cell…
Chelsea Sexton (US)
Consultant & Advisor – Since becoming a Saturn car salesperson at age 17 to pay for university, then joining the General Motors EV1 electric vehicle program in the 90s, Chelsea Sexton has amassed unparalleled expertise in advanced transportation and related technology deployment, including product development, go-to-market strategy, stakeholder engagement, retail processes, public…