General Session
Welcome to the 2018 Florida Automated Vehicle Summit

Joe Waggoner, THEA Executive Director
Tom Byron, FDOT Assistant Secretary
State Senator Jeff Brandes

2018 Leadership & Innovation Award – FTC Commissioner Beth Kigel

Autonomous Vehicle Networks and Micromobility
Moderator: Senator Jeff Brandes
Itay Michaeli, Citi
Horace Dediu, Asymco

Coffee Break With The Exhibitors

General Session
Retrofitting Technology to Infrastructure

Moderator: Marcus Welz, Siemens
Dawn Gunter, Gensler
Stephen Smyth, Coord

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

SAE Sponsored Lunch

ACES Breakout Sessions

Moderator: Ben Walker, HNTB
Katie Turnbull, TTI & TRB
Allison Yeh, Hillsborough MPO
Mark Reichert, FDOT Office of Policy Planning
David Hutchinson, Sarasota MPO
Al Bartolotta, Forward Pinellas

Il Terrazzo

Moderator: Dr. Raj Ponnaluri, FDOT
Dr. Ren Moses, FAMU/Florida State University
Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, University of Florida
Bob Frey, Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority
Ed Bradley, Toyota
Paul Satchfield, FDOT/ SunTrax

Salon A

Moderator: Richard Bishop, Bishop Consulting
Ed Turanchik & Gail Gottehrer, Akerman
Doug Kettles, Central Florida Clean Cities Coalition, Drive Electric Florida
Adam Bridges, Florida East Coast Railway/Raven Transport

Salon B

Moderator: Dennis Hinebaugh, Center for Urban Transportation Research
Vince Valdes, Federal Transit Administration
Lisa Jerram, American Public Transportation Association
Stephanie Smith, Uber (FL) Public Affairs
Dan Rodriguez, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
Matthew Chang & Kevin Salzer, Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Salon C

Moderator: Brent Klavon, Chair, AUVSI Florida Chapter
Derek Barrs, Florida Highway Patrol
Brett Wood, FDOT
Scott Farris, Luminar Technologies
Suzanne Murtha, AECOM
Bob Poole, Reason Foundation
Jackie Erickson, Marble

Salon D

Conversation Couch – Informal Conversations
with General Session Speakers

Grand Ballroom Foyer

Networking Break with Exhibitors

General Session
Entrepreneurship in an ACES World

Moderators: David Welch, Bloomberg
Olaf Sakkers, Maniv Mobility
Reilly Brennan, Trucks

Reception (Exhibitors, Posters)
Sponsored by TECO

Port Tampa Bay Sponsored Breakfast

General Session
Global Perspective

Moderator: Joe Waggoner, THEA
Neil Pederson, Transportation Research Board
Marcus Welz, Siemens

ACES Moving Florida Forward
Moderator: Grayson Brulte, Brulte & Company
Oliver Cameron, Voyage
Jason Eichenholz, Luminar Technologies
Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, Starsky Robotics

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Coffee Break with the Exhibitors

ACES Breakout Sessions

Moderator: Robert Bertini, CUTR
Sharks: Marcus Welz, Siemens &
                Ken Spit, FDOT
University Student Participants

Il Terrazzo

Moderator: Lisa Colmenares, Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization
State Representative Jason Fischer
Charles Ramdatt, City of Orlando
Vik Bhide, City of Tampa
Aileen Boucle, Miami Dade TPO
Anita Vandervalk-Ostrander, Iteris

Salon A

Moderator: Fred Heery Sr., FDOT
Dr. Clark Letter, University of Florida
Dr. Raj Ponnaluri, FDOT
Jeremy Dilmore, Central Florida AV Proving Ground
Dr. Sanjay Ranka, University of Florida
Jeff Varick, Brand Motion

Salon B

Moderator: Tanner Martin, HDR
Dale Hill, Proterra, Electric Busses
Matthew Lesh, AV Consultant
Ben Pierce, HDR
Bonnie Epstein, Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA)
Alice N. Bravo, Miami \Dade Transportation and Public Works

Salon C

Moderator: Jim Barbaresso, HNTB
Jane Lappin, Toyota Research, AUVSI
Mark DeSantis, Roadbiotics
Edward Straub, SAE
Charles Melton, Turo

Salon D

Conversation Couch – Informal Conversations
with General Session Speakers

Grand Ballroom Foyer

Spectrum Sponsored Lunch

Closing General Session  
Miami-Dade TPO: Designing the AV of the Future

Moderator: Aileen Bouclé, Miami Dade TPO
Alice N. Bravo, Miami \Dade Transportation & Public Works
Rogelio Madan, City of Miami Beach
Carlos Castro, FDOT
Javier Rodriguez, Miami Dade Expressway Authority

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