Organizers

The Automated Vehicles & Meteorology Summit was organized by the Commission on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise (CWWCE).

Automated Vehicles & Meteorology Summit

The pace to develop automated airborne and surface based vehicles (AV) is accelerating. Significant global investments are being made to develop advanced driver assistance systems and fully automated surface and airborne vehicles. These systems utilize in situ and remote sensing technologies, optical systems, machine learning, and advanced navigation capabilities. Poor weather and associated road conditions present challenges to the industry due to its impact on sensor performance, vehicle situational awareness technologies, and ability of airborne systems to maintain flight operations.

This summit brought together the weather enterprise (public, private, and academic sectors), advanced driver assistance system and automated vehicle industries to discuss the meteorological impacts, current capabilities, weather and pavement-condition information needs of automated surface vehicles and unmanned airborne vehicles to support the advancement of automated vehicle development, reduce risk, accelerate adoption, and support operations.

Who attended

Automakers, ADAS and autonomous technology providers, weather agencies and service companies, atmospheric science research community, fleet management firms, insurers, policy makers, investors, and AV technology users.

Topics

• AV sensing platforms and capabilities
• AV use cases (ride sharing, package delivery, surveillance, environmental sensing, etc.)
• Meteorological information needed to operate UAVs within and beyond the line of sight
• Meteorological information for automated surface vehicles to maintain a safe operation and increase mobility
• AV testing centers meteorological data needs
• AV environmental sensing
• Meteorological needs for UAV traffic management systems
• Big Data and IoT
• Weather enterprise support for AV R&D and adoption

Selected Speakers

 

Registration

	TWO-DAY PACKAGE The two-day package includes: your badge (must be worn at all times in the meeting room), a full week program, admission to the reception on Tuesday night, a light breakfast, lunch, and two refreshment breaks each day.			ONE-DAY PACKAGE The one-day package includes your badge for one calendar day admission to all conferences (must be worn at all times), a program, and scheduled food functions for that day.
	Early Registration	Registration	Late Registration	Early Registration	Registration	Late Registration
	Through Sept. 28	Sept. 29– Oct. 22	On-Site	Through Sept. 28	Sept. 29– Oct. 22	On-Site
ATTENDEE TYPE
AMS Full Member/ Program or Session Chair	$380	$480	$500	$205	$255	$275
AMS Associate Member	$430	$530	$550	$230	$280	$300
Non-Member	$480	$580	$610	$255	$305	$325
Students	$100	$100	$100	$75	$75	$75

 

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