Chattanooga Connect Agenda
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Chattanooga Connect Schedule at a Glance:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025 | |
5–7 p.m. | Chattanooga Connect Welcome Reception and Check-In Hunter Museum of American Art 10 Bluff View, Chattanooga TN 37403 |
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025 | |
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Chattanooga Connect Check-In and Breakfast Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402 |
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Mina Sartipi, Director, Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP) Dr. Lori Mann Bruce, Chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Connecting Communities, Transforming the Future Kristin White, Head of Transportation Strategy and Partnerships, Google |
9:05 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | The Road Ahead: Policy, Partnerships, and Pilots in Autonomous Vehicle Deployment Panel to be announced |
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | From V2X to AI Intersections: Powering Infrastructure for Connected and Autonomous Mobility Moderator: Erik Dietz, Executive Vice President, Prepass Safety Alliance Panel to be announced |
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | How State DOTs Are Adopting Technology to Meet 21st-Century Challenges Moderator: Tim Drake, Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Intelligent Transportation Society of America Panel to be announced |
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch and Keynote Session Details to be announced |
1:30 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. | Tennessee in Motion: Building a Statewide Ecosystem for Transportation R&D Moderator: Victoria Hirschberg, Vice President of Government Relations, Advocacy, and Economic Development, University of Tennessee System Panel to be announced |
2:25 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. | Break |
2:40 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. | Computing the Future of Mobility: From Quantum to Supercomputing in Transportation Systems Panel to be announced |
3:35 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | SMART Chattanooga: Large-Scale V2X Deployment for Safer, Smarter, and More Responsive Streets Panel to be announced |
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Session |
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025 | |
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Coffee, Bagels & Networking |
8:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Workshops to be Announced |