Mobility Vision Day 2026
Setting a Research Agenda for the Future of Transportation
November 6, 2026
MIT Media Lab
Public Transit Lessons from the World -
- Endre Angelvik, Executive Vice President Radical Innovation, Ruter (Oslo Public Transit) *
- Jeff Busby, Chief Operating Officer, TransLink (Vancouver Public Transit)
- Véronique Stephan, Member of the Group Executive Board, SBB AG (Swiss National Railway)
- Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officer, Transport for London
Moderated by Jim Aloisi, Director, MMI Transit Research Consortium
Panel: Autonomous Trucking Goes Commercial -
- Xiaodi Hou, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bot Auto
- Shahrukh Kazmi, Chief Product Officer, Volvo Autonomous Solutions
- Andres Mendoza Pena, Senior Partner, Kearney
- Matt Wansley, Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law
Reactions from Bryan Reimer, Research Scientist, MIT
Moderated by John Moavenzadeh, Executive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative
Ten Key Trends in Surface Mobility for 2026: Implications for Systems
John Moavenzadeh, Executive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative
Integration – the Holy Grail: Striving for Seamless Mobility Solutions -
- David Block-Schachter, Chief Business Officer, Transit
- Abdellah Chajai, Chief Executive Officer UK, Ireland, USA & Canada, Keolis
- Karina Ricks, Head of Station, US Innovation Station, Alstom
- Matt Walsh, Head of State & Local Policy, East, Waymo
Moderated by Jinhua Zhao, Founder & Faculty Director, MIT Mobility Initiative
Competition, Cost and Uncertainty in the Global Automotive Industry -
- Sudhir Chikhle, Chief Purchase Officer, Tata Motors
- Derek de Bono, Group Vice President, Software Defined Vehicle, Valeo
- Pierre Gompertz, Global Senior Director, Trends and Technology Collaboration, Magna
- Augustin Wegscheider, Executive Director, Strategy, Ford Motor Company
Moderated by John Moavenzadeh, Executive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative
MMI Research Briefings -
Economic Drivers of Autonomous Trucking Andres Mendoza Pena, Senior Partner, Kearney
Assessing the Value of Robotaxis in Massachusetts: Safety, Labor, Access and Mobility Bhuvan Atluri, Associate Director of Research, MIT Mobility Initiative
The Crisis of Automotive Affordability: Drivers and Recommendations Bhuvan Atluri, Associate Director of Research, MIT Mobility Initiative
Can China Win Aviation? John Moavenzadeh, Executive Director, MIT Mobility Initiative
MMI 2026 Senior Fellows Presentations -
Stephanie Pollack, former Senior Advisor to US Secretary of Transportation, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
Dan Berkovits, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Via
Anjali Mahendra, Director of Global Research, Ross Center, World Resources Institute
Michael Woods, Architect & Filmmaker
Jiang Xu, Volvo Group Innovation Lab
Kristin White, Transportation Industry Executive & Field Strategist, Google