National Fuel Cell Vehicle Conference to Be Held in Washington
17 December 1998
National Fuel Cell Vehicle Conference to Be Held in WashingtonWASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- On February 4th and 5th 1999, leading automotive industry executives, fuel cell technology developers, fuel providers, environmentalists and top government officials will gather at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C. for a two-day conference on "The Road to Fuel Cell Vehicles: A National Forum." Keynote presentations will be provided by: the world's leading automotive expert on fuel cell vehicles, Dr. Ferdinand Panik of Daimler-Chrysler; fuel cell development forerunner Firoz Rasul of Ballard Power Systems; and fuel providers Pierre Choquette of the Methanex Corporation and Alastair Livesey of Shell Hydrogen. Other invited keynote presenters include: Vice President Al Gore; U.S. DOE Secretary Bill Richardson; U.S. EPA Administrator Carol Browner; Jason Mark of the Union of Concerned Scientists; and key members of Congress. Sponsored by the American Methanol Institute (AMI) and CMAI, the forum is designed to help the nation build a roadmap for the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles which have emerged as a promising alternative to the internal combustion engine. AMI recently issued a comprehensive report on fuel vehicle cell developments -- "Looking Beyond the Internal Combustion Engine: The Promise of Methanol Fuel Cell Vehicles" -- that is available on its Web site at http://www.methanol.org. For more information and conference registration, contact CMAI at 281-752-3246 or visit their Web site at http://www.cmaiglobal.com.