Speakers from PAVE member organizations represent all aspects of the automated vehicle ecosystem.
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Tara Andringa
Executive Director
PAVE
Expertise: Autonomous vehicle policy, consumer engagement, public outreach and building public trust
Dr. Francesco Biondi
Professor of Human Factors
University of Windsor
Expertise: Human Factors Safety, Driver interaction with autonomous vehicles, Driver Distraction
Moran David
CEO
GPR
Expertise: Ground positioning radar for autonomous commercial operations and enabling reliable ADAS and AVs
Wiley Deck
Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy
Plus
Expertise: Autonomous vehicles, federal and state policy, transportation, trucking
Nicole DuPuis, Ph.D.
Policy and Advocacy Lead
May Mobility
Expertise: Federal and state policy, autonomous transit, community engagement, transport equity
Dr. Lily Elefteriadou
Director, UFTI & Professor of Civil Eng.
University of Florida
Expertise: Traffic management with autonomous connected vehicles, traffic simulation, traffic flow theory
Finch Fulton
Government Affairs and Policy Advisor
K&L Gates
Expertise: Federal policy, regulations and laws around autonomous vehicles and trucks
Cameron Gieda
Director of Business Development
Pony.AI
Expertise: Autonomous cars and trucks, Sensors, Computers, HD Mapping, L2 Software, ADAS, Robotaxi, Robo-truck
Daniel Goff
Director of External Affairs
Kodiak
Expertise: Federal and state policy, trucking
Gavin Jackson
CEO
Oxa
Expertise: Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving Technology
Barrie Kirk, P.Eng.
Executive Director
CAVCOE
Expertise: Connected and autonomous vehicles and their Impact on government, corporations and society
Brittney Kohler
Legislative Director Transportation & Infrastructure
National League of Cities
Expertise: City policy; AV federal policy
Rebecca Marsden
VP of Commercial Finance
Oxa
Expertise: Self-Driving technology commercialization, Self-Driving technology value proposition, Autonomous Vehicle insurance & risk management
Lisa Miller
Innovation Program Associate – CAV
The Eastern Transportation Coalition
Expertise: CAV Outreach, Strategic Communications, Traveler Information, CAV Programming/Strategy, ADAS
Lukas Neckermann
C-Level Advisor / Board Member / Author of The Mobility Revolution
PAVE Europe / Neckermann Strategic Advisors
Expertise: Mobility Revolution, Shared mobility, Adoption, Fleets, Public transport, PAVE Europe / PAVE MENA
Paul Newman
Founder & CTO
Oxa
Expertise: Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving Technology
Tara Olds
Director of Connected and Automated Vehicles
MnDOT
Expertise: Connected and automated vehicles (CAV-X)), state & local public policy, AV testing, traffic safety, community engagement
Bryan Reimer
Research Scientists
MIT, AgeLab
Expertise: Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Building public trust, Driver behavior
Dave Schaller
Industry Engagement Director
NACFE
Expertise: Commercial freight truck technology development & deployment
Brad Stertz
Director of Government Affairs
Audi of America
Expertise: Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Building public trust
Melissa Wade
Director, Government Relations
Aurora
Expertise: Autonomous vehicles, federal policy, state regulation
Bryant Walker Smith
Associate professor of law and (by courtesy) engineering
University of South Carolina
Expertise: Autonomous vehicles, federal and state policy, international policy, legal aspects
