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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 |
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.
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