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

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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