Spring-boarding off a year filled with heavy investments in clean transportation technology, the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo’s inaugural live Investor Summit will bring together all the puzzle pieces to give attendees a full picture of the current state of the industry, as well as key trends and projections for the coming year. The summit, taking place at the Long Beach Convention Center in Southern California, will be held on Monday, August 30, kicking off the week at ACT Expo.
Investment in advanced clean commercial vehicle technologies and fuels are at an all-time high, with special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, investments in the industry grabbing headlines throughout this past year. Continued investment growth is expected throughout 2021 and into 2022 from both public and private capital ventures.
Continued investment growth is expected throughout 2021 and into 2022 from both public and private capital ventures.
The ACT Expo Investor Summit is the leading event for investors, entrepreneurs, and buyers in the advanced fleet space. Attendees will learn first-hand from fund managers, venture capital investors, public sector representatives, and entrepreneurs about what’s happened over the past year, where the industry currently stands, and what key trends to keep an eye on in the next 12 months.
The workshop consists of three sessions, starting with Bezos and Biden: How Philanthropy, Green Bonds, and Government are Turbocharging Clean Fleet Investment. Leaders in government, philanthropy, and corporations will discuss the hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into the advanced clean technology fleet market. President Biden is quickly moving on many of campaign promises he pushed throughout the campaign, including increasing the number of public EV chargers, rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, and electrifying the federal fleet. Attendees with get insight into how new sources of capital are accelerating and scaling the use of advanced clean technologies for commercial fleet operations.
The next session, Public Option: Venture Capital and SPACs Driving the Future of the Advanced Transportation Market, will discuss why publicly traded companies like Google, Amazon, and UPS are leading record fundraising rounds in transportation companies like Rivian, Waymo, and Arrival. Market leaders like Daimler, Shell, Volvo, Toyota, and Siemens are also locking up leading startups for an advantage in transportation innovation. This session will explain what’s working and how it’s working, with insider knowledge from investors and entrepreneurs who will share their secrets about these trends, as well as predictions for the future.
The summit will close out with its final session, Big Energy: Global Energy Companies and Utilities Jumping In. Global energy companies and utilities have quickly become a major source of capital for advanced clean fleet transportation projects. In 2018 and 2019, California and New York utilities committed a combined $1.5 billion in investment over five years for EV infrastructure and fleet charging programs. Fueling giants Shell and BP became first global energy companies to announce a date for a net-zero transition. As these energy providers increasingly turn their attention to the clean fleet market, learn how they are leveraging their financial capabilities to grow the market in 2021 and beyond.
California and New York utilities committed a combined $1.5 billion in investment over five years for EV infrastructure and fleet charging programs.
The Investor Summit is included in the ACT Expo full conference pass, which can be purchased at a 30% discount before July 9, 2021. Interested in only attending the Investor Summit? You can purchase an Investor Summit only pass for $350, which includes a welcome reception on Sunday, August 29th, the summit and luncheon on the 30th, and the ACT Expo Fleet Awards Reception later that evening. For more information, visit www.actexpo.com.
