The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that Waymo CEO John Krafcik will keynote at the CES 2019 Leaders in Technology (LIT) Dinner, an invitation-only event bringing together more than 600 policymakers, top technologists and entrepreneurs. Krafcik will join FOX Business Network’s Liz Claman in a fireside chat to discuss the latest self-driving applications and the future of mobility on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Owned and produced by CTA, CES 2019 will run Jan. 8-11, 2019, in Las Vegas.
“John is revolutionizing the transportation industry through innovative solutions in self-driving that bring greater reliability and safety to our cars, roads and cities,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CTA. “John and his team are committed to providing affordable and sustainable transportation to citizens around the world, increasing greater access to schools and jobs and improving lives. We’re thrilled to have him join us at this year’s Leaders in Technology Dinner and look forward to hearing his vision for the future of our roads.”
John Krafcik is the CEO of Waymo, the self-driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy to move people and things around. Under John’s leadership, Google’s self-driving car project became Waymo, an independent Alphabet Inc. company. Since then, Waymo has test-driven the world’s first fleet of self-driving vehicles on public roads without a driver at the wheel, completed 10 million autonomous miles, and struck up partnerships with Jaguar Land Rover, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Lyft, Avis, AutoNation and more. Waymo has tested its technology in more than 25 U.S. cities and is developing an autonomous ride-hailing network in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to Waymo, Krafcik was president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America, and the chief engineer for the Ford Expedition.
The invite only Leaders in Technology Program at CES allows high-level public policymakers and technologists to learn from CES’ 4,500 exhibitors and see thousands of new products that contribute to the $377 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. The program also provides information and insight to assist officials in evaluating federal policies that affect the consumer technology industry.
Krafcik follows other influential technology leaders who have keynoted at the LIT Dinner, including John Zimmer, co-founder and president of Lyft; James Park, CEO and co-founder of Fitbit; and Nick Woodman, founder and CEO of GoPro.
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