DETROIT – The Detroit Auto Show today announced the roster of speakers for the inaugural Mobility Global Forum held during Media and Technology Days, Sept. 13 -14. The Forum will feature perspectives from 30+ thought leaders in mobility, design and technology, including New York Times best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell. Held in Detroit at Huntington Place, the Detroit Auto Show runs from Sept. 13 – 24.
2023 Mobility Global Forum Speaker Schedule | Schedule and updates available at naias.com. Speakers/times subject to change.
Wednesday, September 13 Main Show Floor Stage
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm AIR, Rani Plaut, CEO, “Aviation and Automotive – Closing the Gap.”
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Pininfarina SpA, Silvio Pietro Angori, CEO & MD, “How Design is Shaping the Future of Car Design.” Presented by the Consulate of Italy.
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Have Blue, Ganassi Racing, Troy Lee Designs and Dallara US, John Waraniak with guests Chip Ganassi, Troy Lee and Stefano De Ponti, “Sustainable Growth and Innovation Through Design and Racing.”
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Alef Aeronautics, Jim Dukhovny, CEO, “The First Real Flying Car in History.” (Location: Alef Display on the main show floor)
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm EyesOn Design Awards
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Google, Thomais Zaremba, Managing Director – Automotive, “AI’s impact across the Automotive Value Chain.”
5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Cox Automotive, Joe George, President Mobility Solutions; and Lea Malloy, Head of EV Battery Solutions, “Taking Charge of the EV Battery Lifecycle”
Wednesday, September 13 AutoMobili-D Stage
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Plante Moran, Mark Barrott, Partner and Lead of the Mobility and Automotive Practice at Plante Moran, will host a fireside chat with Jeff Marootian, Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, discussing “Accelerating the Transition to a Sustainable Future.”
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm BBB Industries, John Boyer, President, TerrePower, BBB Industries; and Maria Caballero, President e-Mobility, BBB Industries, sharing perspectives on “Sustainable Manufacturing of Components Driving Our Clean Energy and Mobility Future.”
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm MEDC, two panels discussing Michigan’s Outdoor Industry Innovation and Electrification in Action – Michigan’s Mobility Initiatives featuring state leaders.
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Society of Automotive Analysts (SAA), Kevin Sehlmeyer, Michigan State Fire Marshal; Michael O’Brian, Fire Chief, Brighton (MI) Area Fire Authority; Victoria Hutchison, Senior Research Project Manager at Fire Protection Research Foundation; and Lisa Lark, Vice President of Lark Logistics, discussing “Fire Safety & EVs”
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Michigan Treatment Court, Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, Michigan Supreme Court, as moderator and panelists Judge Karen Khalil, 17th District Veterans Treatment Court Presiding Judge, Wayne County & MATCP Board Member; Judge Shannon Holmes, 36th District Treatment Courts Presiding Judge, Wayne County & MATCP Board Member; Jamaine Atkins, Certified Peer Recovery Coach, Growth Works, Inc. & MATCP Board Member discuss “Driving Change Exploring Michigan’s Treatment Courts.”
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm Electric Vehicle Association, Elaine Borseth, President of EVA, and panelists Chris Harto, Senior Policy Analyst, Transportation and Energy at Consumer Reports and a Ford Motor Company representative discuss “Affordability of Electric Vehicles and the EV Driver Experience.”
6:15 pm – 7:00 pm Coalition for Reimagined Mobility, Allanté Whitmore,Ph.D., Director, Autonomous Vehicle Initiative, Coalition for Reimagined Mobility, “Closing the Gap: Achieving More Equitable Outcomes with Autonomous Vehicles.”
Thursday, September 14 Main Show Floor Stage
9:00 am – 9:45 am AlixPartnersLLP, Mark Wakefield, Global Co-Leader of the Automotive & Industrial Practice, “So, Are you really Prepared for the Mobility Revolution?”
10:00 am – 10:45 am Pending
11:00 am – 11:45 am MALCOLM GLADWELL, New York Times best-selling author, industry observer, futurist
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Boston Consulting Group, Brian Collie, Managing Director & Senior Partner, “EV Industry in North America Needs a Domestic Battery Supply Chain.”
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm MICHauto, Glenn Stevens Jr., Executive Director MICHauto; Vice President, Automotive and Mobility Initiatives, Detroit Regional Chamber, hosts panel discussion,“MICHauto: You Drive the Future.” Featuring the You Drive the Future campaign, guests share stories about their work, motivation, and commitment to the industry’s future.
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Detroit Regional Partnership, Maureen Donohue-Krauss, President & CEO of the Detroit Regional Partnership to moderate a panel entitled “The Future of Global Mobility Drives Through Detroit” with three leading mobility executives speaking about their companies’ roles in shaping the future of mobility, how the industry is changing, and why they located in the Detroit region.
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm Kiefer Foundation, Steve Kiefer, Chairman, “Distracted Driving and Recent Vehicle Safety Legislation.”
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm City of Detroit, Tim Slusser, Chief of Mobility Innovation, discussing “Sustainability and Mobility Initiatives” with a representative from the US Joint Office of Energy and Transportation.
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Plug and Play Detroit Pitch Competition
Thursday, September 14 AutoMobili-D Stage
9:00 am – 9:45 am Google, Haris Ramic, Director, Product Management Automotive, “Evolution of In-Vehicle Experiences.”
10:00 am – 10:45 am American Iron and Steel, Chris Kristock will open the session and introduce moderator Sam Abuelsamid from Guidehouse Insights. Panelists: JB Chronister, Enterprise Director – Business Development Cleveland-Cliffs; Dean Kanelos, Market Development & Product Applications Manager Nucor Automotive Group; Tom Wormald, Principal Projects Manager – Steel Solutions, ArcelorMittal Research and Development.
11:00 am – 11:45 am Break
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Schaeffler, Jeff Hemphill, CTO Americas, “Electric Vehicles are Here to Stay and Present Us with Challenges and Opportunities.”
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Apex.AI, Dr. Jan Becker, CEO & Founder, Apex.AI “Software is Eating the (Automotive) World — But What if Cars Would be as Easy to Program as Smartphones are Today?”
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm MEDC, two panels with one featuring University Research Corridor Experts and the other featuring the SEMI Association to talk through “Efforts in the Semiconductor Space.”
3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Shamir, Phil Pasit, VP of Marketing and Sébastien Bourdais former F1 driver discussing “A Revolution on the Road: Meet the Next Generation of Driving Lenses, Shamir Driver Intelligence.”
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm American Center for Mobility, Rueben Sarkar, President and CEO, “Connected Cars, Safety, EV Charging and Sustainability.”
5:15 pm – 6:00 pm Walker-Miller Energy Services, Moderator Carla Walker-Miller, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Walker-Miller Energy Services, discussing “Equitable Clean Mobility.”
6:15 pm – 7:00 pm Powering Michigan, Jennifer Mefford, EVITP, National Co-Chair, “EV Infrastructure, Workforce and Talent Attraction – Preparing the Workforce and Engaging New Talent.”
The Mobility Global Forum would like to thank its association supporters, including the Detroit Economic Club, the Detroit Chamber, the Detroit Regional Partnership and MICHauto.
