The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Institute (AFVi) have announced that General Wesley Clark, T. Boone Pickens, and Jeff Schuster will be their keynote speakers for their 2009 conference. Their fifteenth annual conference will be held in Orlando, Florida on April 19-22, 2009.

Keynote speakers will be joined by 200 experts presenting topics in thirty-five concurrent sessions. Information will focus on evolving transportation policy and funding changes during created an opportunity for alternative fuels. Session topics will include legislation, air quality, plug-inhybrids, fuel cells, heavy-duty hybrids, biofuels updates, electric driveadvances, and in-depth workshops on federal funding, biofuels, vehicle conversions, and natural gas trucking.

An estimated 2,000 people are scheduled to attend the conference. For more information on the conference, go to http://www.afv2009.com.