May 22, 2018
At Bayview Yards
Panel 1: Preparing for Connected Cars and Autonomous Vehicles – National and Regional AV Perspectives and Strategic Initiatives
- The Ottawa AV Ecosystem
Sonya Shorey – Vice President, Marketing and Communications; Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards - Moving Towards a Smart City Traffic Services Initiatives
Philippe Landry – P.Eng. Director Traffic Services Transportation Services Department - Stratford We Stage the Future
Joani Gerber – CEO Invest Stratford - Overview of TC’s Program to Advance Connectivity and Automation in the Transportation System (ACATS)
Matthew Krech – Senior Program Engineer; Program to Advance Connectivity and Automation in the Transportation System (ACATS); Transport Canada
Panel 2: Ottawa AV Innovation at Work – Global Industry Leadership, Strategy and Market Success
- Nokia
Chris Bachelo – CTO, Juniper Networks - Nokia
Brian Pratt – Head of Verticals and Webscale, Strategic Partnerships, Corporate Strategy and Development; Nokia - IBM Innovation Incubator Project
Dan Sinai – Senior Executive; Innovation Ecosystems Innovation, Citizenship and Government Affairs; IBM Canada
Panel 3: Ottawa AV Innovation at Work: Entrepreneurial Leadership – Ottawa Start-ups and Scaleups Contributing to the Growth of Ottawa’s AV Ecosystem and Capitalizing on Global Markets
- EVE – Evolved Vehicle Environments
Warren Butland – Co-Founder and EVP of Sales; Evolved Vehicle Environments (EVE) - Engineering Development Tools for Engineers
Dave Stubbs – President; Neutron Controls - Ottawa AV Innovation ‘201’ – Changing the way traffic moves
Rajiv Muradia – CEO; SMATS Traffic Solutions Inc. - SMARTCONE TECHNOLOGIES – Making safety possible anywhere, anytime.
Jason Lee – Founder and CEO; Smartcone Technologies Inc
Panel 4: Ottawa AV Innovation at Work: AV Research Leadership and Collaboration at Ottawa’s Post-Secondary Institutions
- Autonomous, Connected and Networked Vehicles
Chris Lannon – Assistant Director, Contracts and Partnerships, Carleton University - Ottawa AV Innovation at Work: Research Leadership
Robert Crawhall – PhD, P.Eng, PMP; Strategic Advisor; La Cité - Autonomous & Connected Vehicles Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa
Carlisle Adams – Vice Dean (Research) and Professor; University of Ottawa - Moving Towards a Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Cristina Holguin-Pando – Director, Office of Applied Research and Innovation; Algonquin College