Uber to Keynote at Autonomous Car Detroit

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Mar 08, 2018, 08:00 ET

CARDIFF, Wales, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

- Autonomous Car Detroit organised by Automotive Megatrends takes place in Dearborn, MI on 14 March 2018

- Uber's Head of Vehicle Programs, Stephen Lesh to deliver keynote address

- Great Wall Motor, Continental, Elektrobit, Magna and MCity to discuss 'The path to Level 5 autonomy'

- New for 2018: Two conference tracks covering urban mobility, mapping, human factors, vision systems, testing & validation and artificial intelligence

- 20 speakers from OEMs, suppliers and other industry stakeholders

- FREE TICKETS for Automotive World site license holders and vehicle manufacturer employees

Automotive Megatrends returns to Michigan in March 2018 for the latest edition of Autonomous Car Detroit.

Autonomous Car Detroit creates a live forum for the stakeholders making the self-driving car a reality. 250+ delegates will enjoy fantastic networking opportunities, insightful presentations and high level discussions, making Autonomous Car Detroit an unmissable event.

https://automotivemegatrends.com/autonomous-car-detroit

Autonomous Car Detroit will open with a keynote address from Stephen Lesh, Head of Vehicle Programs at Uber. Stephen will share insight into how autonomous vehicles are being incorporated into ride-sharing networks.

The morning panel discussion will focus on 'The path to Level 5 autonomy', featuring:

Vladimir Djapic, Mapping & Localization Manager, Great Wall Motor
Jeremy McClain, Director, Systems & Technology North America, Continental
Hurley Davis, Country Engineering Manager USA, Elektrobit
Heinz Mattern, Electronics Director Product Development, Magna
Huei Peng, Director, MCity

For 2018, we've added two conference tracks covering urban mobility, mapping, human factors, vision systems, testing & validation and artificial intelligence, with presentations from:

Jeff Shields, Maven Manager for Field Operations, Maven
Nathan Donnell, Director of INRIX Parking Services, INRIX
Jon Demerly, Product Owner, AVP & Urban HAD, Zenuity
Edwin Olson, CEO & CoFounder, May Mobility
Jun Pei, Co-Founder & CEO, Cepton
Frans de Rooij, Director of Business Development, TomTom
Volker Sasse, Vice President, NavInfo, Chairman, NDS / OADF,
Dr. Xin Chen, Director of Engineering, Highly Automated Driving, HERE Technologies
Gila Khami, Research Lab Group Manager, User Experience Technologies, General Motors
Chris Rockwell, CEO, Lextant
Barry Snyder, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Axalta Coating Systems
Sheikh Shuvo, Product & Solutions Manager, Mighty Ai
Allan Steinhardt, Chief Scientist, Aeye
Jason Eichenholz, Co-Founder & CTO, Luminar Technologies
Gaurav Kumar Singh, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Researcher, Ford Motor Company
Humayun Irshad, Lead Scientist Machine Learning, CrowdFlower
Carl Squire, US Managing Director, IPG Automotive
Edward Schwalb, Lead Scientist, Machine Learning Group, MSC Software
Dan Mender, VP of Business Development, Green Hills Software
Ales Alajbegovic, Vice President, Ground Transportation Applications, Exa
Paul Drysch, Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Civil Maps
Paul Liu, Principal Architect, Samsung