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The Information’s 2019 Autonomous Vehicles Summit

Thursday, June 13, 2019

We are thrilled to announce our 3rd annual Autonomous Vehicle Summit on June 13, 2019. This event is a one-of-a-kind gathering of autonomous vehicle industry leaders, which has drawn participants from top companies including Google, Amazon, Uber, GM, Volkswagen, BMW and many more influential companies.

Speakers to include:

  • Aurora Innovation’s Chris Urmson, Co-founder & CEO
  • Zoox’s Aicha Evans, CEO
  • Pronto AI’s Anthony Levandowski, Co-founder & CEO
  • Softbank Investment Advisers' Michael Ronen, Managing Partner (major shareholder in GM's Cruise & Nuro)


View full current speaker list below. RSVP for this event while seats are available. 

Breakout discussions to cover:

  • Latest machine learning research applicable of self-driving vehicles
  • Approaches to validating autonomous vehicle software performance and "readiness" for the roads
  • Hardware choices, from microchips to lidars to radars
  • Technical debates on which parts of the software stack to outsource rather than to build in-house; where and how to use neural networks; and how to employ a "systems engineering" approach
  • Semi-automated driving software like Tesla Autopilot and GM's Supercruise
  • Automated truck prototype development and challenges
  • Policy issues for municipalities and federal agencies
  • Automating smaller vehicles such as electric scooters, farming equipment, and delivery robots
  • What kind of autonomous vehicle-related startups do investors at firms including Sequoia Capital and SoftBank think will be worth building, or investing in, going forward?
  • What kinds of business models incorporating autonomous vehicles will succeed before others?
  • How developers can leverage their data to assess and minimize liability risks
  • Deep dive into lidar sensors and how developers should choose and test them

We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco on June 13th.

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When
Thursday, June 13, 2019
8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Where
Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center
2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco, CA
Who Can Attend

This event is for The Information Subscribers only.

Speakers


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Co-founder & CEO, Aurora Innovation

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CEO, Zoox

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Michael Ronen

Managing Partner, SoftBank Investment Advisers  (GM's Cruise & Nuro)




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Anthony Levandowski

Co-founder & CEO, Pronto AI


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Don Burnette

Co-founder & CEO, Kodiak Robotics


Image titleOliver Cameron

Co-founder & CEO, Voyage


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Co-founder & CTO, Oxbotica


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Seleta Reynolds

General Manager, Los Angeles DOT


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Michael Wagner

CEO & Co-Founder, Edge Case Research

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Jesse Levinson

Co-founder & CTO, Zoox


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Annie Lien

Automated Driving Product Manager, Toyota


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Ersin Yumer

Staff Research Scientist, Uber

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Tim Papandreou

Former SF & LA transportation official, Ex-Waymo

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Anand Gopalan

CTO, Velodyne LiDAR

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Luc Vincent

EVP of Autonomous Technology, Lyft

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Aubrey Donnellan

Co-founder & COO, Bear Flag Robotics

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David Graham

Co-founder & CEO, Tortoise

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Sarah Tariq

Director of Computer Vision, Zoox


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Cameron Gieda

Sales and Business Development Manager, AutonomouStuff

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Annie Kadavy

General Partner, Redpoint Ventures


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Reilly Brennan

General Partner, Trucks Venture Capital

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Amy Sun

Partner, Sequoia Capital

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Nancy Sun

Co-founder & Chief Engineer, Ike

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Ian Sweeney

General Manager, Trov Mobility


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Scott Burroughs

Co-founder & CEO, Sense Photonics

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Gabe Sibley

Founder & CEO, Verdant Robotics Inc.

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Alex Rodrigues

Co-founder & CEO, Embark

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Nan Ransohoff

Head of Product, Nuro

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Mark Thomas

VP of Marketing and Alliances, Ridecell

Agenda
8:30 AMRegistration and light breakfast
9:00 AMMain stage sessions begin in Cowell Theatre

Chris Urmson, Aurora

Aicha Evans, Zoox

Jesse Levinson, Zoox

Michael Ronen, Softbank

10:00 AMNetworking break
10:30 AMBreakout sessions start [First set]
  • What comes before robotaxis? (Cowell Theater)
  • Making sense of laser sensors (Southside Theater)
  • Automating anything with wheels (The Firehouse)
11:25 AMBreakout sessions start [Second set]
  • Trust but verify (Cowell Theater)
  • Driving while insured (Southside Theater)
  • Unwritten rules (The Firehouse)
  • Well-oiled machine learning (SFMOMA Artists Gallery)
12:20 PMBreakout sessions start [Third set]
  • Smart money (Cowell Theater)
  • The hard thing about hardware (Southside Theater)
  • Highways and byways (The Firehouse)
  • Picks and shovels (SFMOMA Artists Gallery)
1:00 PMAttendee networking lunch with food trucks starts outside at Fort Mason
(Speaker & VIP Lunch by invitation only)
2:30 PMEvent Concludes


Corporate Co-Hosts

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VIPs
Keval Desai, General Partner, InterWest PartnersKaitlyn Murphy, Investment Analyst, Capital Research Global Investors
Kevin Talbot, Managing Partner, Relay VenturesGretchen Effgen, VP of Global Partnerships, Aptiv
Aditya Srinivasan, General Manager - North America, Innoviz TechnologiesBrian Choi, Partner, SRS Investment Management
Ashok Sivanand, CEO, Integral

Danny Kim, CEO, Lit Motors

Mario Torres, Co-Founder & CEO, IVEX

David Sawyer, Director, CAZ Investments LP

Nicholas Kukrika, Partner, Generation Investment Management LLP

Adham Ghazali, CEO, Imagry 

Vijitha Chekuri, Business Strategy Director, Microsoft

Alexandr Wang, Founder & CEO, Scale AI