Automated Vehicles Symposium 2017 - July 10 - 13, 2017

Hello, dear members & friends of Vehicle-Highway Automation Committee. Below are some highlights for 2017 Automated Vehicles Symposium held in San Francisco, CA, July 10 - 13, 2017.

2017 Automated Vehicles Symposium will be held in San Francisco, CA, July 9 - 13, 2018. Thank you very much for your continued interest in our committee activities.

Please refer to the symposium website for meeting programs, presentation slides, and other resources:

http://www.automatedvehiclessymposium.org/home

HERE IS WHAT IT IS IN 2017

Monday, July 10

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Registration Open

Sponsored by:

AutnomousStuff

(Yosemite Foyer, Tower 2 Elevator)

Tuesday, July 11

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Registration Open and Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by:

AutnomousStuff
Magna
Continental

(Registration: Yosemite Foyer, Tower 2 Elevator; Breakfast: Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM

Welcome on Behalf of AUVSI

Brian Wynne, President and CEO, AUVSI

8:10 AM – 8:20 AM

Welcome on Behalf of the Executive Committee

Jane Lappin, TRB Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee and Toyota Research Institute

8:20 AM – 8:35 AM

Caltrans Leadership in Automated Vehicle Research

Malcolm Dougherty, Director, California Department of Transportation

8:35 AM – 9:00 AM

Opening Keynote Address

Dr. Gill Pratt, ‎CEO, Toyota Research Institute

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Integrating Autonomous Drive into the New Automotive Reality

Dr. Maarten Sierhuis, Director, Nissan Research Center, Silicon Valley

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Global Scalability of AVs

Dr. Karl Iagnemma, CEO, nuTonomy

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Regulating Autonomous Vehicles Amid Uncertainty

Dr. Nidhi Kalra, Senior Information Scientist, Rand Corporation

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

Break (Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Panel Session: Automated Vehicles and Regulation

Moderator: Dr. Steven Shladover, Chair, TRB Vehicle-Highway Automation Committee and University of California PATH Program

Panelists: John Bozzella, President & CEO, Association of Global Automakers; James Fackler, Assistant Administrator, Customer Services Administration, Michigan Department of State; John Simpson, Privacy Project Director, Consumer Watchdog; Alicia Fowler, Deputy Secretary and General Counsel, California State Transportation Agency

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Automated Vehicle Regulation in Europe

Edwin Nas, Deputy Project Leader, Connected and Automated Driving, Ministry of Infrastructure and The Environment, The Netherlands

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Deep Learning and Highly Automated Vehicles

Robert Seidl, Managing Director, Motus Ventures

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Systematic and Data-Driven Approaches to Autonomous Vehicle Testing and Certification

Michael Wagner, Co-Founder and CEO, Edge Case Research

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

PEGASUS: First Steps for Safe Introduction of Automated Driving

Dr. Hermann Winner, Technische Universität Darmstadt

12:15 PM – 12:30 PM

Let's Move the Security Needle: Think Offensively

Dr. Jonathan Petit, Senior Director of Research, OnBoard Security, Inc.

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch (Continental Ballroom, Sections 4-6, Tower 3 Elevator)

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Reception and Poster Sessions

Sponsored by:

VTTI
Honda
AAA

(Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

Wednesday, July 12

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Registration Open and Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by:

AutnomousStuff
Velodyne
Optis

(Registration: Yosemite Foyer, Tower 2 Elevator; Breakfast: Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Symposium Welcome

Neil Pedersen, Executive Director, Transportation Research Board (TRB)

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Automated Highway Systems Demo '97

Richard Bishop, Principal, Bishop Consulting; Kevin Dopart, U.S. Department of Transportation; Dr. Steve Shladover, University of California PATH Program

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Drones, Loops, and Robotaxis: A City Roadmap to Our Hyper-Uber Future

Seleta Reynolds, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Future of Urban and Autonomous Mobility: Bringing Autonomy On and Beyond the Streets of Boston

Andrey Berdichevskiy, Practice Lead Urban Mobility, World Economic Forum

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Panel Session: Trucking Automation Technology Developments

Moderator: Richard Bishop, Principal, Bishop Consulting

Panelists: Michael Cammisa, Vice President, Safety Policy & Connectivity, American Trucking Associations; Max Fuller, Executive Chairman, U.S. Xpress, Inc.; Dr. Josh Switkes, Founder and CEO, Peloton Technology; Alden Woodrow, ‎Product Lead, Self Driving Trucks, Uber Advanced Technologies Group; Dr. Kelly Regal, Associate Administrator of Research and Information Technology, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA); Dr. Aravind Kailas, Principal Technology Planner, Volvo Group North America

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Break (Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Panel Session: Shared Mobility

Moderator: Kelley Coyner, Senior Fellow, Center for Regional Analysis-Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University

Panelists: Jeff Hobson, Deputy Director for Planning, San Francisco County Transportation Authority; Joseph Okpaku, VP, Government Relations, Lyft; Adam Gromis, Global Lead on Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Uber

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

Identifying and Addressing Non-Technical Key Research Questions: Infrastructure

Shailen Bhatt, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Transportation

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Serving the Needs of All through Better Design

Dr. Edward Steinfeld, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Director, IDeA Center, School of Architecture and Planning University at Buffalo, SUNY

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Revisiting the Topic ‐ The Future is Autonomous Driving ‐ But Are “We” on a Near Term Collision Course?

Dr. Bryan Reimer, Research Scientist MIT AgeLab and Associate Director New England University Transportation Center

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Breakout Session Presentation

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch (Continental Ballroom, Sections 4-6, Tower 3 Elevator)

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Reception and Poster Sessions

Sponsored by:

Hyundai Mobis

(Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

Thursday, July 13

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Registration Open and Continental Breakfast

Sponsored by:

AutnomousStuff

(Registration: Yosemite Foyer, Tower 2 Elevator; Breakfast: Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

Symposium Welcome

Kevin Dopart, Program Manager, Vehicle Safety & Automation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Joint Program Office, U.S. Department of Transportation

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM

Drive Sweden: An update on Swedish Automation Activities

Jan Hellåker, Program Director, Drive Sweden

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Korea’s Autonomous Vehicle Policies

Kim Chae-gyu, Director General, Bureau of Motor Vehicles Policy, Republic of Korea

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Automated Vehicles in the UK

Iain Forbes, Head of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Department for Transport

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

SIP-adus: An update on Japanese Initiatives for Automated Driving

Yoichi Sugimoto, Senior Chief Engineer, Integrated Control System Development Division, Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Automobile R&D Centre

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Public Agency Automated Vehicle Initiatives: European Commission

Dr. Gereon Meyer, Head of Strategic Projects, Future Technologies and Europe Department, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM

DOE's Focus on Energy Efficient Mobility Systems

David Anderson, Technology Development Manager, Vehicle Technologies Office, U.S. Department of Energy

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Update on U.S. Department of Transportation Automation Programs

Kevin Dopart, Program Manager, Vehicle Safety & Automation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Joint Program Office, U.S. Department of Transportation

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Break (Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)

10:30 AM – 12:40 PM

Breakout Session Presentations

12:40 PM – 12:45 PM

Closing Comments

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch (Not Provided)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

U.S. Department of Transportation Listening Session

Friday, July 14

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Ancillary Meetings