University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Illinois Center for Transportation

Center for Connected Automated Transportation hosts the 2018 Global Symposium for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure

5/1/2018

The U.S. Department of Transportation Center for Connected Automated Transportation, led by the University of Michigan and its research partners—Washtenaw Community College, Purdue University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Akron, and Central State University—hosted the 2018 Global Symposium for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure on March 7-8, 2018 at the University of Michigan. The Symposium attracted hundreds of academia and industry representatives who gathered to engage in a global discussion about the overarching research issues related to connected and automated vehicles (CAV).

2018 Global Symposium for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure.
2018 Global Symposium for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure.

CAV research, technology, testing and deployments, policy, education, training, and workforce development were the major topics highlighted during the event. The program featured a keynote address by Didi Chuxing Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Bob Zhang. Didi Chuxing is the world’s leading mobile transportation platform.

ICT Director Imad L. Al-Qadi presents at the 2018 Global Symposium for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure.
ICT Director Imad L. Al-Qadi presents at the 2018 Global Symposium for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure.

Exchanges of viewpoints were triggered among the symposium attendees who had the opportunity to engage in panel discussions that focused on mobility; smart cities and vehicle mobility; policy and social justice; infrastructure needs in a connected and automated world; enabling technologies; leadership, education, training and workforce development; and human factors.

Preparations are underway for the 2019 Global Symposium for Connected and Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure, which is expected to take place in March 2019. For more information about this event, please visit the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation webpage.