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Thursday, October 23

  • Sponsored by Volvo

    Location: Seascape Foyer

  • Sponsored by Lucid Motors

    Location: Pacific Jewel Foyer

  • Discover the secret superpower that sets great leaders like Paul O’Neill (Alcoa) and George Washington apart — positive reinforcement. In this year’s fleet safety keynote, Bill Sims Jr., author of Green Beans & Ice Cream, shares how behavioral science can transform safety cultures, improve performance, and drive long-term employee commitment. Drawing from decades of experience with companies like DuPont, Disney, and Ford, Sims reveals why traditional safety incentives often fail and how to replace them with high-impact leadership habits. Attendees will learn how to identify the difference between compliant and truly committed employees — and how to motivate the latter. Walk away with practical tools to elevate your leadership, inspire your team, and build a culture that thrives.

    Speaker:
    Bill Sims Jr., The Bill Sims Company | Author of Green Beans & Ice Cream

    Location: Pacific Jewel BC

  • Table 1
    Grey Fleet: Turning Personal Vehicles into Strategic Assets
    Learn how grey fleets—enabling select employees to use their own vehicles for work—can complement your company car program to cut costs, boost sustainability, and create a more flexible, efficient fleet.
    Moderator: Lee Adam, Cardata

    Location: Pacific Jewel BC

  • Continue the Ride & Drive and Technology Experience, where attendees can experience cutting edge vehicles up close and on the road.

    Be sure to participate in the Golden Coin and Passport Challenge while enjoing the Ride + Drive experience!

    Location: Parking Lot

  • Complete your Ride + Drive experience, continue meeting with our FFC Exhibitors, and enjoy a final tasty lunch!

    Location: Patio, Eventide Exhibit Hall, & Parking Lot

  • Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers are rapidly expanding their reach across global markets, offering competitive technology, scalable platforms, and aggressive pricing. This includes the corporate and commercial fleet space. While their presence has grown across Europe, Latin America, and Asia, what are their prospects for the U.S.?

    This session brings together two insiders with firsthand knowledge of China’s evolving fleet and mobility ecosystem.

    Ryan Pritchard has logged multiple trips to China to meet with leading EV stakeholders and establish international partnerships. Joining him is Leo Cai, former CEO of eHi Car Services, one of the largest car rental and mobility providers in China.

    Together, Pritchard and Cai will explore:

    • What’s fueling the global rise of Chinese automakers in the fleet space

    • How Chinese EV strategies differ from Western models in innovation, deployment, and customer experience

    • What North American fleets should be watching for — and planning for — as Chinese OEMs begin to eye U.S. expansion

    This session offers a rare perspective from two voices with deep cross-border expertise — and a look at the future that’s already taking shape abroad.

    Speakers:
    Dr. Leo Cai, eHi Car Services, China
    Ryan Pritchard, SHAED.ai and Pritchard Companies

    Location: Pacific Jewel BC

  • As fleets navigate a period of unprecedented disruption, this seminar will deliver essential intelligence to help operators make informed, forward-looking decisions. With regulatory and legislative developments moving quickly at both federal and state levels, our panel will unpack the latest on tariffs, EPA tailpipe greenhouse gas standards, evolving Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, the surface transportation reauthorization bill, and emerging AI policies that could impact fleet operations. The session will also explore California’s path to new zero-emission vehicle policies, ranging from incentive programs to indirect source rules and fleet-focused feebates. Fleet professionals will leave with actionable insights to shape near- and long-term strategy in a volatile policy environment.

    Moderator:
    TBD

    Panelists:
    John Boesel, CEO, Calstart
    Greg Cohen, 2349 Solutions/AALA
    Michael Taylor, Public Policy Lead, HillStaffer

    Location: Pacific Jewel BC

  • Location: Pacific Jewel Foyer

  • Location: Pacific Jewel BC

  • With infrastructure evolving, policies shifting, and technology accelerating, this closing keynote discussion will explore where power (economic, regulatory, and literal) is flowing in the fleet and mobility space. Join Automotive Fleet’s Chris Brown in a candid fireside chat with Ted Cannis, former CEO of Ford Pro, as they unpack the seismic shifts influencing the future of fleets, mobility, and the broader automotive landscape.

    From his vantage point as a longtime automotive executive who has the ear of both Wall Street analysts and Silicon Valley disruptors, Cannis will offer a unique perspective on the most urgent challenges and opportunities around energy demand, regulatory and tariff disruption, autonomous technology, the rise of Chinese automakers, and who will lead — the incumbent OEMs or the emerging independents.

    The session will conclude with a live Q&A, giving attendees the chance to engage directly with Cannis and join the conversation on what comes next.

    Speakers:
    Chris Brown, Automotive Fleet & Bobit Business Media
    Ted Cannis, Former CEO, Ford Pro

    Location: Pacific Jewel BC

  • Location: Pacific Jewel Foyer