Session Moderators

Moderator(s): 
Tara Andringa, Executive Director, Partners for Automated Vehicle Education 

Session Organizers

Organizers:
Tara Andringa, PAVE
Becca Lehner, MITRE

TRB Sponsoring Committees and Partners

Session Description and Agenda

Description

The safety management system (SMS) model has been instrumental in enhancing safety for the maritime, oil and gas, construction, and aviation industries. Many AV companies integrate SMS into their operations and have adopted best practices for cross-industry implementation.

When boarding an airplane, people don’t worry about safety; decades of aviation safety practice has built confidence in the system. And statistics back that up: there hasn’t been a fatal US commercial airline crash since 2009. Part of this success is due to the annual aviation InfoShare, where stakeholders exchange safety challenges and information. One of the aviation industry’s most impactful safety initiatives over the past 15 years has been the annual InfoShare event, at which aviation stakeholders convene a forum for industry peers to exchange safety challenges, ideas, and best practices.

This spring, the AV sector’s top safety experts convened the first AV Safety InfoShare to tackle the most formidable safety challenges. At ARTS, these SMS experts will unveil highlights from the first AV Safety InfoShare and discuss hurdles that remain, how to address them, and recommended best practices.

Agenda

(90 minutes)

10:30 - 10:35. Session intro, Tara Andringa, PAVE (5 minutes)
10:35 - 10:55 Fireside chat with Mark Rosekind: Purpose of InfoShare (20 minutes)
10:55 - 11:15 Chat with Michelle Harper: History of InfoShare (20 minutes)
11:15 - 11:45 Panel with InfoShare participants
11:45 - 12:00 Q&A and closing

Session Objectives

This spring's AV InfoShare is the first-ever gathering of the top SMS experts from many of the leading AV companies. For two days, they will openly exchange information and potential approaches to shared challenges.

At ARTS, the panelists will share the takeaways from the event.

Attendees will hear key learnings from InfoShare and best practices in other industries; what the safety experts see as the most formidable challenges; how companies are addressing the challenges; and how the industry can collaborate on common practices going forward.