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:
(Yosemite Foyer, Tower 2 Elevator)
Tuesday, July 11
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration Open and Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by:
(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
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Integrating Autonomous Drive into the New Automotive Reality
Dr. Maarten Sierhuis, Director, Nissan Research Center, Silicon Valley
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)
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
- Breakout 1: Research To Examine Behavioral Responses to AVs
- Breakout 2.1: Judging a Car by its Cover: Human Factors Implications for Automated Vehicle External Communication
- Breakout 3: Enabling Technologies for Automated Vehicles
- Breakout 4: An AV Crashes: What Happens Next?
- Breakout 5: Public Transport and Shared Mobility
- Breakout 6: Trucking Automation: Key Deployment Scenarios
- Breakout 8: Urbanism Next Workshop: AV’s Effects on Urban Development
- Breakout 9: Effects of Vehicle Automation on Energy-Usage and Emissions
- Breakout 10: Data Sharing Models and Policy
- Breakout 11: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for Automated Vehicles (AV): Exploring Tools, Algorithms, and Emerging Issues
- Breakout 12: Testing Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs): Accelerating Innovation, Integration, Deployment and Sharing Results
- Breakout 13: Challenges and Opportunities for the Intersection of Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) and AVs
- Breakout 14: Enhancing the Validity of Traffic Flow Models with Emerging Data
- Breakout 15: CAV Scenarios for High-Speed, Controlled Access Facilities
- Breakout 23: Connected and Automated Vehicle Early Deployment Alternatives
**PLEASE NOTE: ALL BREAKOUT SESSIONS ARE CLOSED TO THE MEDIA**
Presentation Series: Enterprise Solutions
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Reception and Poster Sessions
Sponsored by:
(Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)
Wednesday, July 12
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration Open and Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by:
(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)
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
- Breakout 1: Research To Examine Behavioral Responses to AVs
- Breakout 2.2: Automated Vehicle Challenges: How can Human Factors Research Help Inform Designers, Road Users, and Policy Makers?
- Breakout 3: Enabling Technologies for Automated Vehicles
- Breakout 5: Public Transport and Shared Mobility
- Breakout 6: Trucking Automation: Key Deployment Scenarios
- Breakout 16: Aftermarket Systems (ADAS- related)
- Breakout 17: Safety Assurance
- Breakout 18: Reading the Road Ahead: Infrastructure Readiness
- Breakout 19: SHARK TANK – Change is Coming: Who Will Survive?
- Breakout 20: Making Automation Work for Cities
- Breakout 21: Connected and Automated Vehicles in Traffic Signal Systems
- Breakout 22: Legal and Policy Approaches: Finding the Right Balance on Legislating for Automated Vehicles
- Breakout 24: Automated Vehicles for People with Disabilities
- Breakout 25: Ethical and Social Implications
**PLEASE NOTE: ALL BREAKOUT SESSIONS ARE CLOSED TO THE MEDIA**
Presentation Series: Enterprise Solutions
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Reception and Poster Sessions
Sponsored by:
(Grand Ballroom, Tower 2 Elevator)
Thursday, July 13
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration Open and Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by:
(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