Driverless Cars in 2022...Making the Vision a Reality at AUVSI Driverless Car Summit

AUVSI's Driverless Car Summit Driverless Cars by 2022 ... Making the Vision a Reality

WHAT: AUVSI's Driverless Car Summit

WHERE: MotorCity Hotel - Detriot

WHEN: 12-13 June 2012

HIGHLIGHTS:

Driverless Car Summit 2012 will be dedicated to understanding and working to solve the core challenges impacting driverless vehicle integration onto tomorrow's roadways. For two full days leaders from the robotics and automotive communities will converge in Detroit to participate in interactive discussion with their colleagues and counterparts with a common goal of making driverless cars a reality by 2022. The event will feature a mixture of inspiring presentations as well as interactive discussions designed to be the first steps in developing a path toward making driverless vehicles a mainstream mode of transportation.

SPECIAL ADDRESSES:

The Honorable Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan

The Honorable Carl Levin, United States Senator (Video Address)

Mr. John Maddox, Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research, NHTSA

Mr. John Augustine, Managing Director, ITS JPO, U.S. DOT

HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS:

Mr. Chuck Thorpe, Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, 
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Dr. Henrik I. Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics at the College of Computing, 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
Dr. Gary Smyth, Executive Director, North American Science Labs, GM
Dr. Chris Urmson, Tech Lead, Google, Inc.
Dr. Steve Underwood, Director, Connected Vehicle Proving Center
Mr. Mark Riccobono, Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, 
National Federation of the Blind
Mr. John Maddox, Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research, NHTSA 
Mr. Bruce Breslow, Director, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
Mr. Kirk T. Steudle, P.E., Director, Michigan Department of Transportation
Mr. Douglas MacDonald, former Secretary, 
Washington State Department of Transportation
Mr. Brian Blanchard, Assistant Secretary for Engineering and Operations, 
Florida Department of Transportation
Mr. Mark Salamango, Co-founder/President, RobotTown
Dr. James Overholt, Senior Research Scientist, Robotics, U.S. Army TARDEC
 

Full conference details can be found on the show's website at AUVSI ABOUT AUVSI: The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) is the world's largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to advancing the unmanned systems and robotics community. AUVSI's 7,000 members worldwide come from government organizations, industry and academia. AUVSI is committed to fostering, developing, and promoting unmanned systems and robotics technologies.