SXSW 2017 Sessions: Self-Driving Cars Take Center Stage
Posted by The Dashcam Store on Mar 01, 2017
SXSW brings the best and brightest in music, film, and tech. If you have an interactive badge, platinum badge, film badge, or music badge, there are some incredible sessions focused on cars (mostly self-driving) and transportation this year.
Clear your calendar, badge holders! Here’s our day-by-day breakdown of all of the car and transportation sessions at SXSW 2017:
Friday, March 10th
The Real Future of Self-Driving Cars
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Speakers:Keep in mind: platinum badges and interactive badges get primary access for this session.
Saturday, March 11th
Semi-Autonomous Cars: How to Train the Humans
9:30AM - 10:30AM
Speakers:- Nathaniel Beuse of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- Axel Nix of Harman
- Catherine McCullough of Intelligent Car Coalition
Keep in mind: interactive badges and platinum badges get primary access for this session.
Future of Autonomous Driving: Master the Map
9:30AM - 10:30AM
Speakers:- Hugh Forrest of SXSW staff
- Dieter Zetsche of Daimler AG
- Edzard Overbeek of HERE
Keep in mind: interactive badges and platinum badges get primary access for this session.
Smart Cities Sound Off: The Future of Transportation
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Speakers:- Rob Spillar of City of Austin
- Alex Pazuchanics of City of Pittsburgh
- Dawn Manley of Samsung Strategy And Innovation Center
Keep in mind: interactive badges and platinum badges get primary access for this session.
Designing Infrastructure for Autonomous Cars
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Speakers:- Tim Sylvester of Integrated Roadways
- Hector Negroni of Fundamental Credit Opportunities
- Johanna Zmud of Policy Research Center Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- Tripp Kaiser of Municipal Market Analytics (MMA)
Keep in mind: platinum badges and interactive badges get primary access for this session.
Self-Driving Cars and the Policy Maze
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Speakers:- Ginger Goodin of Policy Research Center Texas A&M Transportation Institute
- Daniel Lipinski, U.S. House of Representatives
- David Strickland of Venable LLP
- Nathaniel Beuse of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Keep in mind: interactive badges and platinum badges get primary access for this session.
Sunday, March 12th
Accelerating the Race to Self-Driving Cars
12:30AM - 1:30AM
Speakers:Keep in mind: interactive badges and platinum badges get primary access for this session.
Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads (Maybe)
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Speakers:- Paul DeLong of Car2Go
- Arwed Niestroj, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America
- Aarian Marshall of Wired
Keep in mind: platinum badges and interactive badges get primary access for this session.
Monday, March 13th
How to Uber-ize Public Transit to Save it
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Speakers:- Marlene Connor of Marlene Connor Associates
- Douglas Kaufman of TransLoc Inc
- Michael Russel of TCU
- Paul Mackie of Mobility Lab
Tuesday, March 14th
The Rise of Self-Driving and Connected Cars
3:30PM - 4:30PM
Speakers:- Hilary Cain of Toyota Motors North America
- Jamie Boone of Consumer Technology Association
- Ram Vasudevan of University of Michigan
- Cathy Chase of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Keep in mind: interactive badges and platinum badges get primary access for this session.
Thursday, March 16th
How Will Trump Steer Car and Transportation Tech?
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Speakers:- Rebecca Lindland of Kelley Blue Book
- Avery Ash of INRIX
- John Absmeier of Samsung
- Seval Oz, formerly the Head of Global Strategic Partnerships for the Self-Driving Car Project at GoogleX
Keep in mind: platinum badges and interactive badges get primary access for this session.
One Answer to Driverless Cars: Keep the Driver
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Speakers:- John Leonard of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Daniela Rus of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
- Gill Pratt of The Toyota Research Institute
- John Markoff of The New York Times
Keep in mind: interactive badges and platinum badges get primary access for this session.