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Updated May 4, 2017 | complete program

Thursday, May 4, 2017
8:00 a.m.

Welcome
(Celeste A)

  • M. Katherine Banks, Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering, Texas A&M University; Director, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
  • Greg Winfree, Agency Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
8:15 a.m.

Opening Plenary Session: The Current Inflection Point in Transportation Innovation
(Celeste A)

Moderator: Abbas Mohaddes, President and Chief Operating Officer, Econolite Group Inc.

  • John Barton, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director, RELLIS Campus, The Texas A&M University System
    (presentation, 5.9MB)
  • Darran Anderson, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Texas Department of Transportation
    (presentation, 294KB)
  • Kirk Steudle, Director, Michigan Department of Transportation

Keynote: Transformational Technology Collaborations
John Halikowski, Director, Arizona Department of Transportation
9:15 a.m.

Panel: The New Role of Research in Automated, Connected, and Shared Mobility
(Celeste A)

Moderator: Ed Seymour, Associate Agency Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  • Mark Norman, Director, Development & Strategic Initiatives, Transportation Research Board
  • King Gee, Director of Engineering and Technical Services, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
  • Chandra Bhat, Director, Center for Transportation Research, The University of Texas
  • Bernie Arseneau, Traffic Management Systems Global Leader, HDR
  • Eric-Mark Huitema, GM Travel & Transportation, IBM Watson IoT
    (presentation, 1.2MB)
10:15 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.

Parallel Sessions A

A1 Truck Automation and Platooning
(Celeste B)

Moderator: Beverly Kuhn, Division Head, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  • Alden Woodrow, Product Manager, Uber Advanced Technologies Group
  • Brent Hankins, Technical Lead &8211; ADAS and Autonomy, PACCAR
    (presentation, 1.8MB)
  • Mike Lukuc, Program Manager, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    (presentation, 2.6MB)

A2 Human Interaction with AV
(Celeste C)

Moderator: Robert Wunderlich, Senior Research Engineer, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  • John Lenneman, Senior Principal Scientist, Collaborative Safety Research Center, Toyota Technical Center
  • Ioannis Pavlidis, Professor, University of Houston
  • Sulbin Park, Research Engineer/Autonomous Vehicle Research, Mobis North America
    (presentation, 1.2MB)
  • Shan Bao, Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan
12:00 noon

Lunch
(Celeste A)

Keynote: The End of Car Ownership: Harnessing the Benefits of Shared Automated Vehicles
Emily Castor, Director of Transportation Policy, Lyft
(presentation, 84MB)
1:00 p.m.

Plenary Session — Infrastructure Investment Policy for Connected and Automated Transportation
(Celeste A)

Moderator: Ginger Goodin, Director, Transportation Policy Research Center, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  • Melissa Tooley, Director of External Initiatives, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
  • John Halikowski, Director, Arizona DOT
  • Karla Taylor, Chief of Staff, Department of Transportation, City of Austin
2:15 p.m.

Parallel Sessions B

B1 Telecommunication Infrastructure to Support Connected Automation
(Celeste B)

Moderator: Scott Belcher, SFB Consulting, LLC

  • Barry Einsig, Global Transportation Executive, Cisco
  • Bob Gessel, Strategy and Portfolio Management, Region North America, Ericsson
  • Chris Bax, Global ITS Director, Cubic Transportation Systems
    (presentation, 2.6MB)

B2 Planning Future Infrastructure for AVs
(Celeste C)

Moderator: Thomas Williams, Program Manager, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  • Jim Hanson, North American Director for Intelligent Mobility, Atkins
    (presentation, 1.6MB)
  • Tom Bamonte, Program Manager, Automated Vehicles, North Central Texas Council of Governments
    (presentation, 2.1MB)
  • Jeremy Raw, Travel Modeling and Analysis Specialist, USDOT/Federal Highway Administration
    (presentation, 419KB)
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m.

Parallel Sessions C

C1 Cybersecurity
(Celeste B)

Moderator: Michael Dinning, Director, Multimodal Programs and Partnerships, Volpe
(presentation, 692KB)

  • Doug Couto, Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government
    (presentation, 772KB)
  • Steve Cambone, Associate Vice Chancellor for Cybersecurity Initiatives, Texas A&M University
  • Steve Dellenback, Vice President, Southwest Research Institute
    (presentation, 2.5MB)

C2 Connecting Traffic Signals to CVs and AVs
(Celeste C)

Moderator: Collin Castle, Connected Vehicle Specialist, Michigan DOT

  • Nader Ayoub, Associate Vice President, Iteris
    (presentation, 1.4MB)
  • Roy Goudy, Senior Principal Engineer, NISSAN
    (presentation, 1.1MB)
  • Faisel Saleem, ITS Branch Manager, Maricopa County
    (presentation, 1.6MB)
  • Srinivasa Sunkari, Research Engineer, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    Kevin Balke, Senior Research Engineer, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    (presentation, 2.2MB)
5:30 p.m. Reception and Student Poster Presentation
6:30 p.m.

Dinner
(Celeste A)

Keynote: Transportation Is on the Move!
Honorable Jeff Williams, Mayor, City of Arlington, Texas
(presentation, 3.8MB)
Friday, May 5, 2017
7:00

Breakfast
(Celeste A)

Keynote Speaker: Robert Anderson, Vice President Research and Development, 3M
8:00 a.m.

Day 1 Rapporteurs
(Celeste A)

  • John Barton, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director, RELLIS Campus, The Texas A&M University System
  • Bill Stockton, Senior Research Fellow, Executive Associate Director, and Research Engineer, TTI
8:30 a.m.

Plenary Session: Safety of Autonomous Systems
(Celeste A)

Moderator: Swami Gopalswamy, Professor of Practice, Texas A&M University
(presentation, 1.7MB)

  • Roger Berg, Vice President, DENSO
  • Ahmed Mamoud, Chief Information Officer for Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain, General Motors
    (presentation, 1.4MB)
  • Robin Murphy, Professor, Texas A&M University
    (presentation, 2.7MB)
9:45 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.

Parallel Sessions D

D1 Transit and Mobility Services
(Celeste B)

Moderator: Tom Lambert, President and CEO, Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority

  • Terence Fontaine, Chief Innovation Officer, Houston METRO
  • Trevor Theunissen, Public Affairs, Uber
    (presentation, 1.8MB)
  • Shawn Turner, Division Head, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    Katie Turnbull, Executive Associate Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    (presentation, 4.6MB)

D2 Roadway Assets for CVs and AVs
(Celeste C)

Moderator: Robert Bertini, Director, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida

  • Ken Smith, Corporate Scientist, 3M
    (presentation, 1.8MB)
  • Tom Byron, Assistant Secretary for Intermodal Systems, Florida DOT
    (presentation, 700KB)
  • Paul Carlson, Senior Research Scientist, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    (presentation, 2.3MB)
11:30 a.m.

Closing Session: Responding to Rapid Change: Accelerated Research Opportunities
(Celeste A)

  • John Sharp, Chancellor, The Texas A&M University System
  • Greg Winfree, Agency Director, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
  • Christopher Poe, Assistant Director and Connected and Automated Transportation Strategy Lead, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. Texas A&M Transportation Technology Advisory Council (Invitation-only)
(Celeste B)
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Demonstrations at RELLIS CAMPUS

  • Truck Platooning Demo Session #1 — 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
  • Truck Platooning Demo Session #2 — 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
  • Automated Vehicle Development at Texas A&M
  • CAV Simulation with Augmented Reality
  • Schre’der Shuffles Demonstration