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The 2023 Automated Road Transportation Symposium Planning Committee

Jane Lappin
TRB Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation

Ms. Lappin chairs the National Academies Transportation Research Board Vehicle-Highway Automation Committee, co-chairs the TRB Forum on Automated Vehicles and Shared Mobility, and is co-founder of the annual Automated Road Transportation Symposium, now approaching its 10th anniversary.  She is recently retired as Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs for Toyota Research Institute where she monitored global regulatory affairs related to highly automated vehicles. Previously, Jane worked for U.S. DOT Volpe Center, where she managed large research projects assessing public response to advanced vehicle technologies and the impact of those technologies on network performance. Jane served as U.S. DOT secretariat to the trilateral US-EU-JPN international research collaboration on intelligent transportation, and as the U.S. co-chair of the US-EU-Japan Automation in Road Transportation Working Group. Before discovering her true calling in transportation, Jane worked for Abt Associates in their business strategy group, for the Canadian International Development Agency evaluating women’s economic development programs in Bangladesh, and co-directing a public health survey in Haiti. She studied sociology as an undergraduate at Boston University and earned an MBA from the Simmons College Graduate School of Management, the world’s only all women’s business school. Ms. Lappin is currently consulting on automated vehicles safety, operations, and policy issues.
 

 

Steven Shladover
University of California at Berkeley PATH

Dr. Shladover has been researching road vehicle automation systems since 1973, beginning with his masters and doctoral theses at MIT. He was the Program Manager, Mobility at the PATH Program of the Institute of Transportation Studies of the University of California at Berkeley, where he worked from 1989 until his retirement in November 2017. He led PATH’s pioneering research on automated highway systems, including its participation in the National Automated Highway Systems Consortium from 1994 98, and has continued research on fully and partially automated vehicle systems since then. Dr. Shladover is an internationally renowned expert on both technological and policy issues associated with road vehicle automation.  He chaired the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems from 2004-2010, and the TRB Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation from 2013 2019. Dr. Shladover leads the U.S. delegation to ISO/TC204/WG14, which develops international standards for “vehicle-roadway warning and control systems.”
 

 

Valerie Shuman
Shuman Consulting Group, LLC

Ms. Shuman is Principal of SCG, LLC, a DBE-certified ITS consultancy, where she partners with global industry leaders to develop new products, new markets and new ventures. Ms. Shuman has been involved with the intelligent transportation industry for three decades, leading the establishment of new wireless and automotive communities and technologies, national and international standards, and cross-industry liaison efforts to enable safer, more efficient, and more convenient systems. Ms. Shuman currently serves as Chair of the TRB CORVA Joint Subcommittee, which coordinates the breakout session program for the world’s most extensive AV research symposium; VP, Industry Programs & Standards, Teleoperation Consortium, a non-profit business league established to facilitate the interaction, and advance the interests, of the entities involved in the teleoperation ecosystem; Vice President, Industry Programs for the Connected Vehicle Trade Association; and Member of TRB's Standing Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Ms. Shuman is the author of numerous papers and articles on ITS topics, a frequent public speaker, and a patented inventor.
 

 

Edward Straub
SAE International

Dr. Straub coordinates industry, government, and cross-functional activities related to connected and automated vehicles at SAE International. He is the SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC) vice president for land systems and the director of SAE International’s office of automation. He is responsible for providing a systems view of emerging automated vehicle technologies and their impact on the socio-technical landscape, operational considerations, and best practices. Dr. Straub contributes to numerous global standards activities, reports, and research initiatives related to automated vehicle technologies and deployment. 



 

 

Marc Le Duc
SAE 

Mr. LeDuc is Content Development Manager at SAE’s Engineering Events where he looks to convene subject matter experts in Aero, CV and Ground Vehicles for the sole purpose of problem-solving technology that reduces accidents and fatalities through conference development. Critical areas of focus include cyber security, ADAS, automated vehicles, AI and infrastructure. When not in the office, he enjoys playing golf and doing charity work.





 

 

Egan Smith
USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Joint Program Office (JPO)

Mr. Smith is the Acting Director of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO). Where he facilitates research, development and adoption of transportation technology solutions across the US through a collaborative agenda working with USDOT modal partners and transportation stakeholders.

Previously, he served as the Managing Director of ITS JPO managing the JPO annual $110 million multimodal research portfolio where he provided technical leadership with his team on research and technology development and transfer; and interpreting standards, regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines to integrate innovations in safety and mobility effectively into the national highway program while promoting international cooperation opportunities beneficial to US interests.

Prior to the ITS JPO he had decades of professional experience in ITS, transportation program management and transportation planning. Mr. Smith is a registered Professional Engineer, Professional Traffic Operations Engineer and Professional Transportation Planner with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, a Master of Engineering degree in Traffic Engineering and Operations research, and a Master of Science degree in Technology Management.
 

 

Hyungjun Park
USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Joint Program Office (JPO)

Dr. Park is the Automation Program Manager of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO). He currently manages various program areas within ITS JPO, including Automated Vehicle; Digital Infrastructure; and Analysis, Modelling, and Simulation. Dr. Park’s major roles include establishing program direction through analysis of advanced technologies and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) research and development, and developing and executing the strategies, plans and budgets through the coordination with internal and external partners and stakeholders. Mr. Park earned a doctorate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia.


 

 

Cynthia Jones
Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Ms. Jones is the new Senior Program Officer for Operations. In this position, Ms. Jones is concerned with all aspects of traffic engineering and traffic operations including: Automated and Connected Vehicles, Highway Capacity, Freeway Operations, ITS, Traffic Signals, etc.