Innovation for a more connected world

Session

Hall 3, Level +1

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 09:00 to 10:30

This session will feature a number of inspiring presentations from leading thinkers to showcase examples of recent transport innovations. The transport and mobility sector is a hotbed of opportunity for innovative companies. This session will showcase innovative companies, notably startups that are shaking up the sector: With rapid technological advances and unprecedented levels of investment startups are playing an ever-more important role in shaping transport and mobility.

Daniel Sperling

Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California, Davis

Dr. Daniel Sperling is Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy, and founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis (ITS-Davis). The Institute has over 150 faculty, staff and student researchers. He has led ITS-Davis to international prominence by building strong partnerships with industry, government, and the environmental community, integrating interdisciplinary research and education programs, and connecting research with public outreach and education. 

Regina Clewlow

CEO and Co-Founder
Populus

Regina Clewlow is the CEO and Co-founder of Populus, a data platform for cities to manage the future of mobility. Trusted by leading cities and the world’s largest mobility operators, the Populus platform securely ingests real-time data from shared electric scooters, bikes, and cars - helping operators and cities partner to deliver safe, equitable, and efficient streets through better data and analytics.

 

Regina has over a decade of experience in transportation, having served as a research scientist and lecturer at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis. Prior to forming Populus, Regina was the Director of Business Development and Strategy at RideScout, an early mobility-as-a-service aggregator that was acquired by moovel, Daimler and BMW’s mobility services unit. Regina has been named a 40 Under 40 by Mass Transit magazine and the San Francisco Business Times. She has a Ph.D. in transportation and energy systems from MIT, and a bachelor’s in computer science from Cornell.

Shailen P. Bhatt

President and CEO
Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America)

As its chief executive, Bhatt promotes policies that advance the development and deployment of intelligent transportation technologies throughout the United States. He has testified before Congress about the positive safety impact of intelligent transportation technologies, including connected and automated vehicles. Bhatt is a leading voice in transportation on technology’s ability to save lives and reduce crashes on U.S. roadways. He speaks extensively about the importance of vehicles to communicate with each other and all roadway users as one of the best ways to improve safety and reduce congestion. He is also passionate about reducing transportation’s carbon footprint and the need to provide seamless mobility and transportation choices to people no matter where they live. Bhatt was appointed as a transportation leader by three governors. While serving as Executive Director for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the agency launched the Road X program, which is focused on deploying innovative technology solutions such as connected vehicles and teaming with the private sector to shape the future of transportation. Prior to CDOT, Bhatt was Cabinet Secretary for the Delaware Department of Transportation. He was also a presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Bhatt has served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) and the Executive Committee of the I-95 Corridor Coalition; he was a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on the Future of Automotive and Personal Transport. Bhatt graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Western Kentucky University. He lives with his wife and two young daughters in Washington, DC.

Chris Snyder

CEO
ViaVan

Chris Snyder is the CEO of ViaVan and the Senior Vice President of Expansion at Via, where he oversees the company's global expansion efforts. Prior to Via, Chris built next-generation biomedical supercomputing architectures at D. E. Shaw Research and developed analytics products for mission-driven organizations at Edgeflip. He is a 2004 graduate of Harvard University.