The Information's 5th Annual Autonomous Vehicles Summit
The Information is hosting our fifth annual Autonomous Vehicle Summit on Wednesday, June 9.
This is a one-of-a-kind virtual conference for autonomous vehicle industry leaders. The Autonomous Vehicles Summit features a mix of interviews, fireside chats and breakout sessions hosted by The Information Executive Editor Amir Efrati and Founder & CEO Jessica Lessin. The half-day event will include ample time for Q&A with participants and virtual attendee networking. It is a must-attend event for operators, investors, suppliers and policy makers in the field.
Speakers to include:
- Argo AI's Bryan Salesky, Founder & CEO
- Waymo's Dan Chu, Chief Product Officer
- Cruise's Oliver Cameron, VP of Product
- HYPR's Tim Kentley Klay, Founder & CEO (and Co-founder & founding CEO, Zoox)
- Aurora's Nat Beuse, VP of Safety
- Torc Robotics' Michael Fleming, Co-founder & CEO
- Daimler Truck AG's Martin Daum, Chief Executive
- Deepen AI's Mohammad Musa, Founder & CEO
- Nuro's Nancy Sun, Head of Systems & Safety
- Motional's Laura Major, CTO
- AEye's Founder & CTO, Luis Dussan
- Locomation's Co-founder & CEO, Çetin Meriçli
Among the topics we'll be exploring:
- How to run a lean (or leaner) R&D operation and reduce cash burn
- Latest machine learning research applicable to self-driving vehicles
- What venture capitalists want to fund in and around the industry
- How much to rely on neural networks for automated driving; supervised vs. unsupervised learning
- Progress with semi-automated/driver-assistance tech such as Tesla Autopilot
- What metrics the industry should share publicly in order to prove software is safe
- What automated road vehicle developers can learn from aviation and aerospace
- Where automated truck and delivery robot prototypes are heading and what stands in their way
- Scaling automated driving software from one city to the next
Attendees & Participating Companies: Over 450 people are registered for the 2021 Autonomous Vehicles Summit. Past attendee companies include: Waymo, Uber, Lyft, Zoox, Voyage, SoftBank, Toyota, Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, Aurora, GM, Cruise, Baidu, Aptiv, Didi, Flexport, Sequoia Capital, Capital Group, Fidelity Investments, Ford/Argo, Nuro, Airbnb, Amazon, Bosch, Magna, Nvidia, Honda, ARM, Volvo, Facebook and Google.
11:00 am - 3:30 pm
This event is free for The Information subscribers only. If you are not currently a subscriber, you can purchase a subscription here.
 Dan Chu Chief Product Officer, Waymo |  Nancy Sun Head of Systems & Safety, Nuro |  Bryan Salesky Founder & CEO, Argo AI |  Tim Kentley Klay Founder & CEO, Hypr.AI & Co-founder & founding CEO, Zoox |
 Michael Fleming Co-founder & CEO, TORC Robotics |  Nat Beuse VP of Safety, Aurora |
|  Mohammad Musa Founder & CEO, Deepen AI |
 Oliver Cameron VP, Product, Cruise |  Martin Daum Chief Executive, Daimler Truck AG |  Luis Dussan Founder & CTO, AEye |  Çetin Meriçli Co-founder & CEO, Locomation |
Laura Major | 11:00am PT (2:00pm ET) | Opening Remarks & State of the Industry
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| 11:10am PT (2:10pm ET) | Bryan Salesky, Founder & CEO, Argo AI in conversation with Amir Efrati, Executive Editor, The Information |
| 12:00pm PT (3:00pm ET) | Breakout Sessions start [First set]
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| 12:50pm PT (3:50pm ET) | Breakout Sessions start [Second set]
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| 1:40pm PT (4:40pm ET) | Tim Kentley Klay (Co-founder & founding CEO, Zoox, Founder & CEO, HYPR) in conversation with Amir Efrati, Executive Editor, The Information |
| 2:00pm PT (5:00pm ET) | Robotaxi Report Card The product chiefs of Waymo and Cruise discuss their companies’ progress, challenges and difference in approach.
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| 2:40pm PT (5:40pm ET) | Attendee networking |
| 3:30pm PT (6:30pm ET) | Event concludes |
Premier Partner
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Signature Partners
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