The Green Truck Summit expanded to a two-day event in 2010 and provided a sold out crowd of 563 industry professionals with deep insights into the latest developments in green technologies. The Summit, sponsored by International Truck, was produced in partnership with CALSTART. View highlights from the 2010 Green Truck Summit in this video.
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The event kicked off Tuesday, March 9 with the presentation of the first-ever Green Truck Leadership Award to U.S. Representative Gary Peters (MI) for his outstanding contributions in promoting advanced alternative fuels technologies for work trucks.
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Dr. Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary for Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), spoke about U.S. opportunities for increasing commercial truck productivity and discussed the commitment of DOE leadership on fuel use reduction. Her presentation showed a balanced view of harnessing and leveraging current and future technologies.
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 Day two (March 10) of the Green Truck Summit began with Jack Roush chairman of Roush Enterprises and CEO/co-owner of NASCAR team Roush Fenway Racing (Livonia, MI), who presented alongside Roy W. Willis, president and CEO of the Propane Education and Research Council (Washington, DC). Their discussion provided insights into the value of propane as a domestic resource which can lead the U.S to energy independence.
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 Handouts from Green Truck Summit Sessions Available
Presentation handouts from the Green Truck Summit educational sessions are now available on CD for $50 GTA, CALSTART and NTEA members; $100 nonmembers. Place your order by calling 1-800-441-6832 and requesting product #2260 or visit Shop NTEA.
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The Green Truck Association
 Also, NTEA outgoing president Andrew Outcalt, President of Meyer Products and Swenson Spreader (Cleveland, OH) in his opening remarks at the Green Truck Summit announced the formation of a new NTEA affiliate division, the Green Truck Association (GTA).
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Mark Your Calendars Now
Next year’s Green Truck Summit will be held March 7-8, 2011, in conjunction with The Work Truck Show (March 8-10), at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
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