2024 Accelerate Conference | Steering the Future of Autonomous Trucking

Truck manufacturers, technology providers, fleets, and other ecosystem players continue to collaborate and reach new milestones in autonomous trucking. This session, featuring a panel of the industry’s most-respected subject matter experts on autonomous trucking, will dive into the latest developments and commercial deployment progress, the impact it’s poised to make on logistics and transportation, and the pivotal role women are playing in this evolving field. Attend this session to:

Understand advances in real-world deployment of autonomous trucking
Gain insight into the impact of autonomous trucks on the transportation industry, including the implications for the future workforce, and the challenges they face in a world still adjusting to their presence
Learn about the significant roles women are playing in shaping the autonomous trucking landscape.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Facilitator
Tara Andringa

Executive Director of Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE)

Facilitator
Tara Andringa

Executive Director of Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE)

BIO COMING SOON

Amisha Vadalia

Vice President of Operations
Plus

Amisha Vadalia

Vice President of Operations
Plus

As the Vice President of Operations at Plus, Amisha Vadalia helped build and now oversees industry-leading operations, safety processes, trainings, and pilot programs that pave the way for the safe commercial rollout of Plus’s advanced driver assist system and autonomous driving solutions. The operations team under Vadalia’s leadership coordinates testing and data collection, manages the supply chain, and supports national customer deployments of Plus’s first commercial product, PlusDrive. She previously worked in the renewable energy sector, leading operations at a solar monitoring and data analytics company.

Vadalia graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where she received a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Management.

Sasko Cuklev

Head of On-Road Solutions
Volvo Autonomous Solutions

Sasko Cuklev

Head of On-Road Solutions
Volvo Autonomous Solutions

Sasko Cuklev started at Volvo Group in 1994, where he has held several positions and has been a manager the past 14 years. Lately, he has been heavily involved in the implementation of the autonomous solutions. He is currently Head of the On-Road-Solutions, responsible for all autonomous solutions within the trucking segment. He is based in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Joanna Buttler

Head of Global Autonomous Technology Group
Daimler Truck North America

Joanna Buttler

Head of Global Autonomous Technology Group
Daimler Truck North America

BIO COMING SOON

Steering the Future of Autonomous Trucking

Facilitator
Tara Andringa

Amisha Vadalia

Sasko Cuklev

Joanna Buttler

TBD

TBD

Steering the Future of Autonomous Trucking

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Facilitator Tara Andringa

Facilitator Tara Andringa

Amisha Vadalia

Amisha Vadalia

Sasko Cuklev

Sasko Cuklev

Joanna Buttler

Joanna Buttler

TBD

TBD

TBD

TBD

Facilitator
Tara Andringa

Facilitator
Tara Andringa