Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit America 2026
A summit focused on electric vehicle innovation, with a listed speaker program spanning mobility, transit, research and industry.
- Date
- November 3, 2026
- Location
- Toledo, OH
TL;DR
- The summit starts November 3, 2026, in Toledo, Ohio.
- Regional Growth Partnership is the organizer.
- The published speaker list includes leaders from transit agencies, mobility organizations, research institutions and companies.
Who you'll find in the room
Global innovators
The organizer identifies global innovators as part of the event audience.
U.S. mobility leaders
The organizer identifies U.S. mobility leaders as part of the event audience.
Decision-makers
The event's sponsor and partner information refers to decision-makers.
Innovators and experts
The event's sponsor and partner information also identifies innovators and experts.
Featured speakers
38 listedRoxana Bekemohammadi
Founder & Executive Director · United States Hydrogen Alliance
Jodi Hart
Deputy Director/CFO · Pittsburgh Parking Authority
Erika Myers
Executive Director · CharIN North America
Deepa Vedavyas
Director of Resiliency and Sustainability · Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council (NOPEC)
Joel Levin
Executive Director · Plug In America
Prof. Raghav Khanna
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science · University of Toledo
D. Paul Zito
Vice President of International Development · RGP Northwest Ohio
Dean Monske
President & CEO · Regional Growth Partnership (RGP Northwest Ohio)
Dawn Distler
Chief Executive Officer · METRO Regional Transit Authority
Fathi Tlatli
Global Auto-Mobility Sector President · DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation
Dr. Manjit Sooch
Director of Innovation and Technology; Chair of APTA Innovation Peer Exchange & Data Governance Subcommittee · AC Transit
Laura Koprowski
Chief Executive Officer · Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority
Marina Ivanov
CEO and Co Founder · APEX Transit Solutions
Gary Thompson
Executive Vice President · RGP Northwest Ohio
John Walsh
Founder and CEO · Endera
Nikolas Podraza
NEG Endowed Chair Professor and Interim Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics · University of Toledo
Wulf Schlachter
Founder & Chief Executive Officer · DXBe Management
Doug McCollough
Executive Director · Beta District
Uday Narang
Founder & Chairman · Omega Seiki Mobility (OSM)
William Roberts
Automotive Research Lead · Benchmark Mineral Intelligence
Rola Nassar-Bisharat
CEO & Co-Founder · KIMA LBE
Bruce Chantry
Vice President of Electric Vehicle Solutions · Lincoln Electric
Ashlee Breitner
Managing Director · Economic Growth Institute
Dr. Sushanta Das
Vice President of R&D · American Center for Mobility
Justine Johnson
Chief Mobility Officer · Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Office of Future Mobility and Electrification
Virind Gujral
Founder & CEO · EV Bots Inc
John Verdon
Chief Commercial Officer · Nevoya
Dr. Qingbin Cui
Professor of Civil Engineering and an Affiliate Professor of Public Policy · University of Maryland
Huiling Zhou
Electric Vehicles Research Associate · BloombergNEF
Mustafa Mirza
Head of E-Mobility Research · PTR Inc.
Suwaid Al Badi
Associate Director, Corporate Services · Masdar City
Bernard Swiecki
Vice President, Mobility & Research · Detroit Regional Partnership (DRP)
Rafael Oliveira
Senior Solutions Architect - Uber AI Solutions · Uber
Vince Keenan
Head of Innovation Engagement · Mayor Mary Sheffield’s Office of Mobility Innovation, City of Detroit
Najam Mirza Baig
Head, AI & Mobility Services - Nissan Advanced Technical Center, Silicon Valley · Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance
Raine Renaldi
Group President, EV-READY Global Mobility; Chairman, Indonesia Smart City Provider Association (APSCI) · EV-READY Global Mobility
Konner Petz
Head of Special Projects · Mayor’s Office of Mobility Innovation for the City of Detroit
Jonathan Bridges
Managing Director, Automotive · JobsOhio
Partners on record
12 listedQuestions people ask
5 answeredThe summit starts on November 3, 2026.
The 2026 event is held in Toledo, Ohio.
The organizer describes its audience as global innovators and U.S. mobility leaders; its sponsor information also refers to decision-makers, innovators and experts.
It is most useful for transit agency staff, city and state economic development officials and charging or mobility advocates, since the speakers include the heads of METRO Regional Transit Authority and Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority, plus leaders of CharIN North America and Plug In America. Equipment vendors hoping to meet many buyers will likely find less, because the sponsor list is dominated by trade publications such as Energy Business Review and Manufacturing Digital rather than hardware suppliers, and battery engineers wanting deep technical sessions get only a few research voices such as BloombergNEF and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Attendees at EV and mobility summits usually wear business casual, with blazers common among government and corporate speakers, and warm layers are sensible for Ohio in November.
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