Key Speakers and Presenters
Tarek Abdel-Baset
Chief Engineer, Hydrogen Storage Systems FORVIA
Dr. Rose B. Bellanca
President & Chief Executive Officer, Washtenaw Community College
John Bozzella
President & Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Elaine Borseth
President, Electric Vehicle Association
Jose Flores
Chief Executive Officer, Ancor Automotive
Justine Johnson
Chief Mobility Officer, State of Michigan
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Natalie King
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Dunamis Charge
Jeff Makarewicz
Group Vice President, Technical Resources Toyota North America Research and Development
Naresh Mehta
Global Chief Technology Officer, Manufacturing, Tata Consultancy Services
Dr. Venkatesh Prasad
Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Innovation Officer
Center for Automotive Research
Christine Roeder
Executive Vice President, Global Epicenter of Mobility
Christina Roki
Automotive Content & Culture Creator
Anupam Singhal
President, Manufacturing, Tata Consultancy Services
Scott Tobin
Chief Executive Officer, Envorso
Eric Warren
Executive Director, Global Motorsports Competition
General Motors Corporation
More Participants
Britany Affolter-Caine
Executive Director, Michigan’s University Research Corridor
Carl Anthony
Managing Editor
Automoblog
David Medina Alvarez
Principal Chief Executive Officer
LIVAQ
Ava Attari
Director, Higher Education Partnerships, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
George Ayres
Managing Director
AutoMobility Advisors
Allegra Baistrocchi
Consul of Italy, Detroit
Stephen Bell
Chief Analyst – Connectivity, Informa Tech Automotive Group
Josh Bitterman
Co-Founder and Head of Business Development, IonDynamics Energy
Kevin Bopp
Chief Executive Officer, Park Rite, Detroit Smart Parking Lab
Katie Bower
Director, Office of Highway Safety Planning, Michigan State Police
Derris Banks
Regional Director
US Patent & Trademark Office
Clare Braun
Director, Strategy and Integration, Michigan Central
Franco Bevione
Chief Executive Officer, Wedoo, LLC
Will Butler
Vice President, Business Development, Detroit Regional Partnership
Tom Butman
Vice President, Butman Ford Dealership
Daniel Chiaravalli
Managing Director
ALBA Robot
Nicholas Cole
Principal Consultant
Automobility Advisors
Drew Coleman
Senior Director, MichAuto
Dr. Sibrina Collins
Director, STEM Ed Institute at Eastern Michigan University
Binoy Damodaran
Data and Technology Transformation, IBM Services
Mark de la Vergne
Director, Economic Innovation and Policy, Michigan Central
Stefano DePonti
Chief Executive Officer, Dallara USA
Jennifer Dukarski
Emerging Technology, Automotive and Media Attorney
Butzel Long Ann Arbor
Doug Fears
Chief Operating Officer
Artis-Magi
Neal Foley
Director, Regulatory Affairs, DTE Energy
Katherine Garcia
Director, Clean Transportation for All Campaign, Sierra Club
Ed Garsten
Senior Transportation Contributor at Forbes.com
Katelyn George
Civil Engineering Student, Wayne State University
Ian Gibson
Student, Kettering University
Donte Harris
Project Manager
itselectric
Michael Healander
President and Chief Executive Officer, Airspace Link
Dauan Hendley
Recent University Graduate
Russell Hensley
Partner, Global Automotive & Assembly Practice
McKinsey & Company
Emma Jabour
Senior Advisor, Development and Economic Transformation, City of Detroit
Robert Jansen
Superintendent, Lincoln Consolidated Schools
Analia Jarvis
Manager, Government Affairs, Autoliv
Jeet Jhaveri
Computer Science Student, Michigan State University
Steven Kiefer
Chairman, The Kiefer Foundation
Gabe Klein
Executive Director, US Joint Office of Energy and Transportation
Dr. Fatma Kocer-Poyras
Vice President, Engineering Data Science, Altair
Susan Koehn
Senior Consultant, Lightcast
Justin Kosmides
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder Bloom
M.S. Krishnan
Professor and Faculty Director, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Allen Levenson
Director, Data & Analytics, AutoMobility Advisors
Alisyn Malek
Founder and CEO, Middle Third
Lauren Mattar
Mobility Technical Program Manager, NextEnergy
Bruce Mehler
Research Scientist, MIT
Hushedar Mehta
Vice President, Automotive & Technology
CGI Great Lakes Business Unit
Fabrizio Mina
Chief Executive Officer, Italdesign USA
Kevin Mull
Senior Director, Office of Urban Strategy and Innovation, Bedrock Detroit
Earl Newsome
Global Chief Information Officer, Cummins
Seema Nilakhe
Consumer Technology, Mobility & Automotive Consultant, Automobility Advisors
Jonathan Nipper
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Mark Phelan
Auto Critic and Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Jason Puscas
Chief Administrative Officer, Bollinger Motors
Ian Reagan
Senior Research Scientist, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Terry Rhadigan
Strategic Advisor, Detroit Regional Chamber/MichAuto
Brian Rhodes
Research & Analysis Manager, Connected Car & Vehicle Experience
S&P Global Mobility
Mike Rowe
Director of Business Development, Electronics & Mechatronics
Autoliv
Ken Royce
Automotive and Sustainability Field Principal, Infor
Rachel Sedenberg
Director of Enterprise Research, Lightcast
Ted Serbinski
Founder & Managing Partner, Stanson & Co
Lydon Sleeper
US Strategic Policy Lead, Joby Aviation
Timothy Slusser
Chief of Mobility Innovation, City of Detroit
Michael Stanton
President & Chief Executive Officer, National Automobile Dealers Association
Glenn Stevens
Executive Director, MichAuto
Gil Tal
Director, The Electric Vehicle Research Center Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis
Maddie Thomas
Talent Initiatives Specialist, MichAuto
Marco Verna
Trade Commission, Italian Trade Agency, Chicago
Bill Vlasic
Former Detroit Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Mark Wakefield
Global Automotive Market Lead, AlixPartners
Mike Wall
Executive Director, Automotive Analysis
S&P Global Mobility
John Waraniak
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Have Blue Designs
SAE International Fellow
Brooke Weddle
Sr Partner, People & Organizational Performance Practice
McKinsey & Company
Conrad Wong
Intellectual Property Attache, US Patent & Trademark Office
Dr. Alena Zachery-Ross
Superintendent, Ypsilanti Community Schools