San Francisco
2025 Autonomous Vehicles & the City Symposium
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As cities strive for safer streets and greener mobility, they face mounting challenges to navigating an increasingly complex global landscape. Political shifts are reshaping climate policies, market access, and the very definition of autonomy, as industry and government become more entwined. What does this mean for the future of urban transportation? The 2025 Autonomous Vehicles & the City Symposium brings together top innovators, policymakers, and urban planners to unpack these pressing issues. This year’s symposium will focus on vision zero and data – going beyond the technical aspects of AVs—to examine how they intersect with climate goals and public transit to create greener, more connected communities.
Opening Keynote by Kristin White, Google Transportation Industry Executive, ex-USDOT FHWA Administrator
Full agenda coming soon.
Notes
This program has 2 types of tickets available: in-person and online-only. Please pre-register to receive a link to the live-stream event.
If you have symptoms of illness (coughing, fever, etc.), we ask that you either stay home or wear a mask. Our front desk has complimentary masks for members and guests who would like one.
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California is a nonprofit public forum; we welcome donations made during registration to support the production of our programming.
Hosted by the University of San Francisco School of Management. In partnership with The Commonwealth Club of California.
Photo courtesy University of San Francisco.
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Fri, Apr 11 / 1:00 PM PDT
The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Taube Family Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States
Speakers
Kristin White
Google Transportation Industry Executive; ex-USDOT FHWA Administrator
Henriette Cornet
Adjunct Professor and Co-Director, Autonomous Vehicles & the City Initiative, University of San Francisco; CEO and Founder, Urban Innovate | Pulsur
Charlotte Eisner
Senior Business Executive and Advisor, ex-Zeekr; ex-Chairperson, ElectriCITY Stockholm
Cameron Gieda
Director of Business Development, Pony.ai
Patrick Gilster
Director Planning & Fund Management, San Mateo County Transportation Authority
Anurag Pande
Professor, CalPoly, San Luis Obispo
William (Billy) Riggs
Professor and Co-Director, Autonomous Vehicles & the City Initiative, University of San Francisco; Founder, SFLuv.org and INTN.CITY; ex-US Coast Guard Engineering / Maintenance & Logistics Command
Additional Speakers TBA
Format
12:30 p.m. doors open & check-in
1–5 p.m. symposium
In-person:
$15 members
$25 nonmembers
Free for Leadership Circle members and students
Online:
Free for members
$10 nonmembers
Free for Leadership Circle members and students
