Dr. Mark Rosekind, Administrator, NHTSA has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker at Autonomous Car Detroit.
Administrator Rosekind is a passionate safety professional dedicated to enhancing transportation safety for the traveling public. In his role as Administrator, Rosekind is pursuing NHTSA’s core safety mission of saving lives, preventing injuries, and reducing crashes through all of the tools available to the agency — including public awareness campaigns, technical innovation, research into human behavior, and enforcement authority.
Before becoming NHTSA Administrator, Rosekind served as the 40th member of the National Transportation Safety Board from 2010 to 2014. He was the on-scene board member for seven major transportation accidents and participated in almost 50 accident Board Meetings, along with numerous NTSB public events on diverse safety topics. Rosekind advanced the agency’s advocacy goals on substance-impaired driving, fatigue, fire safety, and rail mass transit.
Administrator Rosekind is an internationally recognized expert on human fatigue, credited with leading the field in innovative research and implementing programs in all modes of transportation. His work has been widely published, and won numerous awards.
Prior to his appointment to the NTSB, Rosekind founded Alertness Solutions, a scientific consulting firm that specialized in fatigue management, and served as the company’s first president and chief scientist. He previously directed the Fatigue Countermeasures Program at NASA’s Ames Research Center and was chief of the Aviation Operations Branch in the Flight Management and Human Factors Division. He launched his professional career as the director of the Center for Human Sleep Research at the Stanford University Sleep Disorders and Research Center.
Automotive Megatrends conferences are designed to connect and inform the stakeholders who are shaping the automotive industry of tomorrow. Our flagship Detroit-based conference, Automotive Megatrends USA, sold out in 2015, so for 2016 we’re growing it to encompass three, back-to-back, one-day events.
Autonomous Car Detroit will bring together the stakeholders who are making the self-driving car a reality.
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