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Our Speakers.

All our invited speakers are female executives, engineers, policy makers, and academics who help solve the unique challenges facing autonomous technology development. 

Past Speakers. 

Julie Derence - Co-Founder, TBD Robotics LLC
Apoorva Sachdev Lakshmanan - Technical Program Manager, Waymo
Jessie Smith - Senior Staff Technical Lead, Perception Simulation, Aurora
Dr. Shani Jayant - UX Research and Design Manager, Inclusive Mobility Initiative, Volkswagen Group of America
Erin McCurry - Product Manager, Accessibility, May Mobility
Myrna Peterson - Founder, Mobility Mania; Minnesota Governor’s Council for Connected & Automated Vehicles; Minnesota Council On Disability
Apeksha Kumavat - Co-Founder & Chief Engineer, Gatik
Amy Jones Satrom - Head of Operations, Nuro
Lia Theodosiou-Pisanelli - Head of Partner Product, Programs, and Operations, Aurora
Neda Cvijetic - Head of Product Management and Product Marketing: Autonomous Vehicles, NVIDIA
Deepti Mahajan - Machine Learning Research Engineer: Driver Assistance Technology, Ford Greenfield Lab
Nandita Mangal - Platform Owner HMI - Vehicle Experience: Autonomous Driving, Aptiv
Genevieve Smith - Research Director: Center for Equity, Gender & Leadership at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Indu Vijayan - Head of Product Management, AEye
Julia M.C. Friedlander - Senior Policy Advisor: Autonomous Vehicles, SFMTA
Sydnee Journel - Local Policy & Community Manager, Waymo
Jill North - Innovation and New Technology Program Manager, SJ DOT
Xantha Bruso - Autonomous Vehicle Policy Manager, AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah
Holly Gordon - Head of Policy, Ike Robotics
​Candice Plotkin - Lead Counsel, Regulatory Policy, Cruise
Jennifer Haroon - Nauto COO
Wei Luo - DeepMap COO
Manuela Papadopol - Designated Driver CEO

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