This panel will focus on how advancing autonomous technologies can improve safety outcomes on our roadways. The discussion will highlight the steps needed to move beyond pilots and prototypes, including standardizing road infrastructure to reduce risk, enabling mapping to support safer navigation, and building a skilled workforce capable of operating and maintaining increasingly complex, software-defined fleets.

Moderator: Dr. Karen Philbrick, Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute

Emily Warren, Deputy Secretary for Innovative Mobility Solutions, CalSTA

Dr. Katie Turnbull, Senior Research Fellow and Regents Fellow, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Ali Peker, Chief Executive Officer, Adastec

Justin Wiley, Strategy & Development Director, UC Berkeley