Event – AltCar Expo and Conference

AltCar Expo and Conference will be held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium East Wing, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, Friday September 16 and Saturday September 17, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. AltCar’s Government Fleet & Industry Conference that runs concurrent with Expo

The goal of AltCar is to provide a very accessible and comprehensive setting where both industry and general public can discover existing alternatives to the way they use energy and transportation and motivate everyone to take further action. California leads the nation in alternative vehicles, incentives and fueling stations, with many states now following the state’s example and implementing programs similar to those in California.


Environmental protection activist and attorney, Sharon Duggan, will present the keynote address on Friday, September 16. Duggan has been an attorney for more than 33 years, during which time she has represented local community, state and federal organizations which advocate for protection of our natural resources.

Duggan’s topic for AltCar is “Youth Stand Up for Their Future” against the fossil fuel industry. She will talk about how young people from throughout the United States and beyond are acting to secure a viable future for themselves and future generations. Faced with the dark and foreboding reality caused by climate change impacts, and less-than-robust efforts by politicians and elected officials, youth are engaging with government and in courts to secure scientifically-based action to deal with climate change. As they take on the forces of the fossil fuel industry, they are meant with enormous resistance and influence trying to thwart meaningful efforts to ensure a livable future for young people and future generations. Duggan will discuss what we all can do to give young people their inalienable rights to be treated equally and fairly.

Recognized as an expert in the forestry field, Duggan has spent decades working to protect our forests from bad logging practices. She has litigated to secure protection for old growth redwood forests, fisheries, wildlife and water in California. Duggan helped to create in 2010, and continues as a Board member of, “Our Children’s Trust,” a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of young people to secure a viable future in the face of climate change. Over the years, Sharon has been repeatedly recognized for her commitment and dedication to the public interest, including with the “William Douglas Award” by the Sierra Club in 2011, the “Kerry Rydberg Award for Excellence In Public Interest Environmental Litigation” by the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in 2011, and as a “Top Environmental Attorney” by the Recorder, a San Francisco Bay Area legal newspaper in November 2003.

• Other speakers include:
• Marco Anderson
  SCAG
• Mike Antonovich
  Supervisor, LA County
• Shad Balch
  Chevrolet
• Michael Brylawski
  Evercar
• Sue Carpenter
  The Drive
• Rhetta deMesa
  CA Energy Commission
• Mike DiNucci
  ChargePoint
  Senior VP Sales
• Sharon Duggan
  Attorney at Law
• Steve Ellis
  Honda
• Rajit Gadh
  UCLA & WINMEC
• Taylor Jones
  Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
• Jon LeSage
  Green Auto Market
• Dan Neil
  The Wall Street Journal
• Hilary Norton
  FAST
• Terry O’Day
  NRG eVgo & City of Santa Monica
• Chris Paine
  Filmmaker
• Senator Fran Pavley
  California State Senate
• Laura Renger
  SoCal Edison
• Paul Scott
  Plug-In America
• Evan Speer
  State of California DGS
• Garrett Wong
  City of Santa Monica
• Geri Yoza
  Toyota

Admission to AltCar Expo is free. To register for Friday’s Government Fleet & Industry Conference click here.

For additional information call (310) 390-2930.