Venue
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum, 100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

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Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

Event Date Wed Nov 12 PST - Fri Nov 14 PST (in 6 months)
In your timezone (EDT): Wed Nov 12 3:00am - Fri Nov 14 3:00am
Location Japanese American National Museum
100 N Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
Region Americas
Details

Forge powerful connections, introduce big ideas and new technologies, strike deals with a global community of innovative companies, VC investors, public sector leaders, and mobility stars committed to a future of clean and safe multimodal mobility. Attend stellar programming, engaging panels, workshops, demos, networking, energizing talks and after hours gatherings.

Why Attend:
Hear from visionary leaders and cutting-edge companies from every corner of the mobility ecosystem, unlock networking opportunities with key decision makers and innovators, and experience new technologies.

Connecting Communities:
• Explore the intersection of transportation, real estate, and urban design. Discover how creative placemaking in real estate transforms public spaces and fosters communities.

Sustainable Transit & Electrification:
• Uncover how innovative transit solutions and expanding bus rapid transit (BRT) implementation can move people and the goods they need more quickly, efficiently, and sustainably.

Access to Opportunity:
• Hear how leaders are reconceptualizing transportation equity and inclusion to improve mobility accessibility for those who need it most.

Autonomous Everything:
• Uncover how policymakers, executives, and innovators integrate autonomy into everything from land to air to sea..’

Mega Event Legacies:
• Learn from leaders of mega-events like the Olympics, World Cup, and World Expos on how cities can better handle the monumental change such events bring and how to leverage their opportunities for lasting change.

Innovative Ports & Airports:
• Engage with those at the forefront of innovative maritime and aerial mobility to discuss how the ports and airports of tomorrow will meet the needs of an increasingly complex supply chain.

Advanced Air Mobility Integration:
• Witness the transition of advanced air mobility from theory to reality first-hand and hear from those on the frontlines of the technology on how to integrate it safely, effectively, and equitably.

Investing in Next-Gen Mobility:
• Uncover emerging funding models for investment in next-gen mobility that foster innovation, improve sustainability, and enhance accessibility in transportation.

Speakers

2024 Past Speakers

Sarah Abroff
Associate Transportation Specialist, City of San Jose

Antonius Agelink
Distributor - Senior Advisor USA Markets, VelopA

Kome Ajise
Executive Director, Southern California Association of Governments

Cindy Allen
Long Beach Vice Mayor & 1st Vice President of SCAG, City of Long Beach, SCAG

John Andoh
Transit General Manager, Redding Area Bus Authority

Wido Beekman
Chief Commercial Officer, Vayapay

Paula Bejarano
Senior Vice President Business Development & Sales, BENTELER Mobility

Daniel Bernstein
Principal Transportation Planner, LA Metro

Dale Bracewell
Principal, Mobility Foresight

Russ Brooks
Mobility Planner, Minneapolis Public Works

Madeline Brozen
Deputy Director, UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Chris Bruntlett
International Relations Manager, Dutch Cycling Embassy

Siobhan Burke
Principal, Lyric Design & Planning

Zackary Campos
Transportation Planning Associate, LADOT

Tomas Carranza
Assistant General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation

Ellie Casson
Head of City Policy and Government Affairs, Waymo

Alberto Cerdan
Trade Commissioner, Trade Commission of Spain in LA

Laura Chace
President & CEO, ITS America

Ernesto Chaves
Senior Executive Officer, LA Metro

Stephen Cheung
CEO, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation

Erin Clark
Principal, Cityfi Advisors

Alison Cohen
Founder, Chair, Bicycle Transit Systems

Henriette Cornet
CEO & Founder, Urban Innovate

Gregory Crandell
General Manager, HOLON

Radcliffe Dacanay
Climate Officer, Seattle Department of Transportation

Edith de Guzman
Cooperative Extension Specialist, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

Jewel DeGuzman
Senior Manager, LA Metro

Dawn Distler
Chief Executive Officer/Secretary-Treasurer, METRO RTA

Martin Duerr
Managing Director / CTO, Dromos

Vyki Englert
Founder, Managing Partner, Compiler

John Erickson
Mayor, City of West Hollywood

Romain Erny
Head of Business Sectors & Aftercare, Choose Paris Region

Alex Esposito
CEO & Co-Founder, Circuit

Michael Lawrence Evans
Director of Emerging Technology, City of Boston

Kelly Ferguson
Chief of Staff, Automotus

Arielle Fleisher
Policy Development and Research Manager, Waymo

Holly Foxcroft
Lead Planner, Translink

Dillon Fried
Mobility and Curbside Access Manager, Minneapolis Public Works Department

Marc Futernick
Board Member, Zero Emissions Transit

Angelina Galiteva
CEO, Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES)

Mike Galvin
Director of Real Estate, Port of Los Angeles

Abhijit Ganguly
Managing Director, Goodyear Ventures, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Asim Ghanchi
Assistant Vice President of Technology Services, BNSF Railway

Andrew Glass Hastings
Executive Director, Open Mobility Foundation

Stephen Goldsmith
Derek Bok Professor of Urban Policy // Director, Harvard Kennedy School // Bloomberg Center for Cities' Data-Smart City Solutions

Candace Gomez-Cluck
Senior Director Strategy & Development, Movin'On

David Grannis
Project Director, Zero Emissions Transit

Tim Gribaudi
Managing Director, CoMotion

Rahul Gupta
Global Executive Strategy Advisor, Movin'On

Brian Hamlin
Strategic Advisor, Seattle Department of Transportation

Amber Hawkes
Co-Director, HERE LA

Carol Henderson
Deputy Executive Director, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

Tracy Hernandez
Founding CEO, Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed)

Ernest Huffman
Program Manager, North Central Texas Council of Governments

Kristin Hull
Planning Division Manager, Portland Bureau of Transportation

Ken Husting
Parking Administrator, LADOT

Craig Hutton
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy, Transport Canada

Joseph Iacobucci
Senior Principal + New Mobility Practice Leader, TY Lin City Solutions

Ali Javidan
Founder/CEO, Range Energy

Josh Johnson
Senior Policy Manager, Lyft Urban Solutions

Justine Johnson
Senior Vice President & Chief Mobility Officer, Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Scott Johnson
Director, Communications, Metrolink

Simone Jorink
Active Mobility Consultant, Movares

Liza Josias
Ecosystem & Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, Eve Air Mobility

Anna Kelly
Senior Policy Advisor, EV and Parking, City of Philadelphia, Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems

Sami Khan
CEO, Nevoya

Beth Kigel
Vice President, HNTB Corporation

David S. Kim
Board Member, Zero Emissions Transit

George Kivork
Head of State & Local Policy, Joby Aviation

Ben Lebedin
SVP, Go-to-market - Enterprise Verticals, U.S Bank and Elavon

Peter Lee
Vice President of Corporate Development, DutchX

Katie Lemmon
Principal, Lemmon Planning

Connie Lewin
Managing Director, Miami-Dade Innovation Authority

Adrienne C. Lindgren
SVP, Unlocking Innovation, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

Eli Lipmen
Executive Director, Move LA

Doane Liu
Chief Tourism Officer, City of Los Angeles

Nanbo Liu
Co-founder & CEO, OpenGrid

Ya-Ting Liu
Chief Public Realm Officer, NYC Office of the Mayor

Suja Lowenthal
City Manager, City of Hermosa Beach

Mark Lulic
Global Payment Security Strategist and Product Technologist, Straffic

Carlo Maasbommel
VP International Business Development, PAL-V International B.V.

Maureen Madden
Transportation Planner, DC Department of Transportation

Rachel Malarich
City Forest Officer, LA Metro

Akshay Malik
Smart Cities Director, City of Philadelphia

Artie Mandel
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Port of Los Angeles

Chris Margaronis
West Coast Partnerships Executive, Uber Transit

Carley Markovitz
Principal, Rebel Payments, Mobility & Insights

Robyn Marquis
Senior Director, Innovative Mobility, CALSTART

Josh Martiesian
Head of Urban Mobility/Transit, North America, Visa Inc.

Karla Martínez Owunwanne
Senior Director of Government Relations, US West & LatAm, Lime

Stacey Matlen
Senior Vice President, Innovation, Partnership for NYC

Jon Mauch
Sales Director / Project Manager, Leitner-Poma of America

Parker McCrary
Deputy Program Manager, HNTB Corporation

Toby McGraw
Chief Revenue Officer, Beep, Inc.

Logan McLeod
Vice President of National Business Development, Circuit

Shaun Miller
Deputy Executive Officer, Project Management (ZEB Infrastructure), LA Metro

Russ Mitchell
Staff Writer, LA Times

Renee Moilanen
Director of Environmental Planning, Port of Long Beach

David Moncholi Badillo
Director Mobility & Transport Dept, IDOM CONSULTING ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE SAU

Kimberly Moore
CEO and Co-Founder, Go Together, Inc.

Sam Morrissey
VP, Transportation, LA28

Jarvis Murray
Commercial Rideshare and Mobility Administrator, Los Angeles Department of Transportation

Vivian Myrtetus
Director of Strategy and Programming, CoMotion

Patrick Noble
Senior Engineering Manager, Modern Hydrogen

Kevin Noertker
Co-founder & CEO, Ampaire Inc.

Hilary Norton
Executive Director and Former CTC Commissioner, FASTLinkDTLA

Norah Ocel
ITS Safety Stakeholder Engagement, FHWA/ ITS-JPO

Alan Ohnsman
Senior Editor, Forbes

Vasileios Papapostolou
Technology Demonstration Manager, South Coast AQMD

Jonathan Parfrey
Executive Director, Climate Resolve

Art Pearce
Deputy Director for Planning, Projects and Programs, City of Portland Bureau of Transportation

John Penney
Chief Growth Officer, NextGen Foundry

Katherine Perez
Co-Founder, Executive Director, Los Angeles Tomorrow

Juan Michael Perez Thompson
Business Unit Sales Manager, EVCHARGE

Trishan Peruma
CEO, Hubject

Matt Petersen
President & CEO, LACI

Lynn Peterson
Council President, Oregon Metro

Teodora Popescu
Creative Manager, KUOW and Content Editor, Nightingale Magazine, KUOW Public Radio and Nightingale Magazine

Marcel Porras
Deputy Chief Innovation Officer, LA Metro

Michael Proulx
Business Development & Ecosystems, REGENT Craft

Jose Quina Cuesta
Senior VP Business Development Manager, SENER ENGINEERING AND SYSTEMS INC

Andrew Quinn
Assistant Deputy Director, Roadway Pricing, Caltrans

Vignesh Ram
Vice President, Public Policy, Serve Robotics

David Reich
Deputy Executive Director, Mobility Strategy, Los Angeles World Airports

Paul Rennie OBE
British Consul General, Government of the United Kingdom

Seleta Reynolds
Chief Innovation Officer, LA Metro

Ian Richardson
CEO, Streetdock Systems Limited

Rex Richardson
Mayor, City of Long Beach

Karina Ricks
Partner, Cityfi

John Rossant
CEO, CoMotion

Alex Roy
General Partner, New Industry VC

Laura Rubio-Cornejo
General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation

Wren Ruiz
Director of Healthy Streets and Public Spaces, Urban Health Partnerships

Kelly Rula
Director, Urban Freight Lab

Ryan Russo
Executive Director, National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO)

Mike Sarchet
Investment Director, WiL VC

Joshua Schank
Partner, InfraStrategies

Carrie Schindler
Deputy Executive Director, San Bernardino County Transportation Authority

Michael Schnuerle
Director of Open Source Operations, Open Mobility Foundation

Matt Schrap
CEO, Harbor Trucking Association

Debs Schrimmer
Senior Advisor for Community & Urban Charging, U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

Pere Serrat Prats
Head of Design, ANIMA Design

Armand Shahbazian
Electric and Automated Mobility Lead, Seattle Department of Transportation

Jacob Sherman
Mobility Innovations Manager, Portland Bureau of Transportation

Brian Simmons
Chief Engineer, Surface Transportation, The MITRE Corporation

Hilda Solis
Supervisor, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Ray Sosa
Chief Planning Officer, Los Angeles Metro

Sam Soules
NorCal Director, Technology & Planning, HNTB Corporation

Greg Spotts
Director, Seattle Department of Transportation

Grace Steffy
Vice President, Public Sector, Mass Transit, Higher Education, U.S. Bank Corporate and Commercial Banking

Jack Symington
Director, City Climate Innovation, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

Marie-Cécile Tardieu
COO, Business France

Ron Thaniel
Senior Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Zoox

Julia Thayne
Founding Partner, Two* & Rising

Jan Top
Attache for Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands Consulate General in San Francisco

Craig Toth
Vice President, Practice Consultant, HNTB Corporation

Luuk van der Vorst
Business Development Manager, Catch Systems

Jan van der Wel
CDO, Technolution

Paul van Dooren
VP of Livable Cities, Sorama

Wijnand van Eenennaam
International Manager Sales, VelopA

Peter van Oorschot
VP North America, TNO

Dmitriy Vanchugov
Global Head of Transit Partnership, Uber

Sergey Vladimirov
CEO, Capte

Mei Wang
Assistant Deputy Executive Officer, South Coast AQMD

Randall Winston
Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure, Mayor's Office- City of Los Angeles

Viktoriya Wise
Director of Streets, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

Hinrich Woebcken
General Partner, Trousdale Ventures

Saad Youssefi
Founder & CEO, Batteryze Inc.

Madeline Zhu
Policy Advisor, SMART Grants Program, US Department of Transportation