Date: May 29, 2018
Topic: City of Toronto Automated Vehicles Team with Shagithya Deivendran and Fahad Khan
The City of Toronto is the first municipality in North America to create a team focused solely on investigating the potential impacts from automated vehicle (AV) technology on its services and residents. Staff from Transportation Services will be visiting to speak on some of the City’s AV work-to-date, background on the rapidly evolving technology, and the ‘Draft Automated Vehicles Tactical Plan’ which was presented at City council in early 2018.
Speakers:
- Shagithya Deivendran – Shagithya Deivendran has been working in policy development within the transportation sector since 2014, with a focus on stakeholder engagement, research & development, government relations, and law. Shagithya has an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto in Criminology and Political Science, and a master’s degree in Public Policy, Administration and Law from York University. Shagithya is currently a Project Lead on Automated Vehicles at the City of Toronto.
- Fahad Khan – Fahad Khan has the honour of being North America’s first full time staff directly assigned to the Automated and Autonomous Vehicles file. Working as a Project Lead within the City of Toronto, Fahad enjoys preparing the City for the cutting edge of vehicle technology. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Engineering and Public Policy from McMaster University.
Venue: Mozilla Community Space