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2017 FAV Summit Highlights

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A Movement Gaining Traction

By 2017, the FAV Summit was already bringing together the voices shaping the future of transportation. Leaders, innovators, and policymakers came to share ideas, challenge perspectives, and push the industry forward.

Each year builds on the last, and this was a moment where that momentum truly began to accelerate.

DatesNovember 14-15, 2017

FAU FMRI coverage identifies the 2017 summit as a two-day Tampa event.

LocationTampa, Florida

The summit brought statewide and national transportation leaders to Tampa.

Milestone5th Annual FAV Summit

The 2017 program continued the summit's early growth and sold-out momentum.

Research PresenceFAU FMRI

FMRI research associate Bratislav Ostojic presented connected-vehicle simulator research.

Archive

What This Year Covered

Automated

The program looked at how automated vehicle systems could move from research into deployment.

Connected

Connected-vehicle environments, vehicle-to-infrastructure thinking, and traffic-signal research were part of the year.

Electric

Electric mobility was included alongside automation as part of the broader ACES framework.

Shared

Shared mobility rounded out the summit's ACES focus and set up later conversations on transit automation.

Program

Agenda Highlights

Foundational Tampa Archive

  • 5th Annual FAV Summit

    FAU FMRI coverage identifies the 2017 summit as a November 14-15 Tampa event focused on automated, connected, electric, and shared mobility.

  • Technology, Operations, and Policy

    Industry leaders attended to address the technologies, operations, and policy issues shaping autonomous and connected vehicle deployment.

  • Florida Deployment Climate

    The summit mission centered on what Florida was doing to create the right climate for implementation and deployment of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies.

  • Connected Vehicle Research

    FMRI research associate Bratislav Ostojic presented driving-simulator research involving connected vehicle environments.

Notable Archive Details

  • Industry leaders attended to address transportation technology, operations, and policy issues.
  • The summit mission centered Florida's role in creating the right climate for autonomous and connected vehicle deployment.
  • The event became a foundation for the more demonstration-heavy 2018 and Miami 2019 programs.