Webinar: Consultants Forum Webinar Series: 2021 EV Sessions by Area Development

EV Sessions

Area Development presents four webinar sessions exploring how communities can prepare themselves to participate in, and support, the acceleration of the auto industry’s conversion to electric vehicles. Content will address opportunities for economic development organizations and the impact EVs will have on the supply chain, workforce requirements, OEMs, etc.

Sessions run roughly 45-minutes and feature presentations followed by Q&A and discussion. The sessions are presented and moderated by industry experts with a combined 80+ years of experience including executive and board positions at prominent automotive OEM's and suppliers as well as recent, boots-on-the-ground experience managing significant, EV manufacturing site selection projects.

Presenters

Dennis Cuneo

Owner, DC Strategic Advisors; Former Senior Vice President, Toyota; BorgWarner Board of Directors

Dennis Cuneo operates his own consulting firm, DC Strategic Advisors LLC. He was formerly a senior vice president of Toyota Motor North America, where he played a key role in the startup and expansion of Toyota’s North American manufacturing operations. Dennis brings deep experience to site selection. He headed up site selection for Toyota and some of its affiliates for over 15 years and has continued advising companies on site selection since leaving Toyota. His projects, which range from billion-dollar auto assembly plants to high-tech nanotechnology facilities, have created over 20,000 jobs with a cumulative investment of billions of dollars.
Kim Hill (Moderator)

Co-Founder and President, HWA Analytics

Kim Hill is co-founder and president of HWA Analytics, a Michigan-based research and consulting firm he helped establish in 2013. The firm’s focus is on providing research, consulting, advising, and partnering services to public- and private-sector organizations in the areas of automotive and transportation; advanced manufacturing; connected, autonomous, and mobility technologies; and sustainable economic development practices. Hill is currently very active in the connected and autonomous vehicle technology space and is assessing potential business models as the industry quickly adapts these technologies.

All Sessions

Tue Jun 29 at 11:00 AM EDT

Electric Vehicles: Past, Present and Future

Rich Schaum, Owner 3rd Horizon Associates // Moderated by: Dennis Cuneo, Owner, DC Strategic Advisors; Former Senior Vice President, ... View more
Tue Jun 29 at 2:00 PM EDT

Electrification: The Impact On The Automotive Supply Chain

The electrification of the automotive industry is happening and there will be winners and losers. EV parts plants - like the Tesla / ... View more
Wed Jun 30 at 11:00 AM EDT

The Automotive Shift to Electric Vehicles: Making New Friends but Keeping the Old

Morgan Crapps, Principal, Parker Poe Consulting, offers a case study on Arrival, a newcomer to the commercial EV space that has recen... View more
Wed Jun 30 at 2:00 PM EDT

Creating The Next Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Hub

Tom Stringer, Managing Director; Site Selection & Incentives Practice Leader, BDO // Moderated by: Kim Hill, Co-Founder and President... View more

Consultants Forum Webinar Series: 2021 EV Sessions

EV Sessions

Presenters

Series: $219 (four sessions)