Achieving Energy Independence Through Electric Drive:
Industry and Government, Working Together

Officials in Washington are urgently looking to reduce our nation’s dependence on oil. The EDTA Conference & Exposition 2006 will be held on Capitol Hill to guarantee that electric drive solutions are adopted and its benefits maximized. EDTA’s timely platform will bring key experts together to examine federal policy options to accelerate the adoption of electric drive. Come to Washington to hear and be heard by the policy makers that make critical program and funding decisions for electric drive technologies. The EDTA Conference is the perfect place to:

• identify federal policy trends
• seek out funding opportunities
• pursue key markets for electric drive

>>Keynote Speakers:

Jim Press, President, Toyota Motor North America

John Bryson, Chairman, President & CEO of Edison International

The Honorable Alexander Karsner, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Senator Byron Dorgan

>>View the full program agenda and speaker list here.

>>Delegate Luncheon: Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and the Infrastructure of the Future

Dr. Steven R. Specker, President, Electric Power Research Institute

Introduction by Alan Richardson, President & CEO of the American Public Power Association

>>Conference Workshop--"Federal Funding Opportunities in Electric Drive"

FREE to registered attendees!

This year's conference also offers the exceptional learning opportunities and networking that you expect from EDTA. The exposition offers the latest in electric drive technology, and the signature Ride 'n' Drive puts you behind the wheel of the latest battery, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.

Make Washington work for you this November! Mark your calendar and make plans to attend the EDTA Conference & Exposition 2006 from November 28-30 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.