Steering Toward an AI Movement Future | World’s Best Cities
Steering Toward an AI Movement Future
JAN DE SILVA & BAHER ABDULHAI & DR. IGOR GILITSCHENSKI
WRLDCTY 2021: toronto

Artificial intelligence (A.I.) has boundless potential to improve our ways of living and working – but nowhere more than in the ways we move. From self-driving cars to traffic system management, A.I. can present solutions to some of our urban centers most pressing issues: congestion, vehicle pollution, road accidents and more. By creating environments for A.I.-empowered movement to flourish, our global cities can develop ways to get from place to place in smarter, faster and more coordinated ways.

About The Speakers
JAN DE SILVA
President & CEO, Toronto Region Board of Trade

Jan De Silva is President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, one of the largest and most influential business organizations in North America. She is spearheading efforts to make Toronto one of the most competitive and sought-after business regions in the world.

BAHER ABDULHAI
Director, Toronto Intelligent Transportation Systems Centre, and Professor, University of Toronto

Prof. Baher Abdulhai has 33 years of experience in transportation systems engineering and Intelligent Transportation Systems. He is the founder and Director of the Toronto ITS Centre and the founder and co-Director of i-City Centre for Automated and Transformative Transportation Systems.

DR. IGOR GILITSCHENSKI
Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences, University of Toronto

Dr. Gilitschenski’s work focuses on Artificial Intelligence for Robotics and Autonomous Systems. His research involves developing novel robotic perception and decision-making methods for challenging dynamic environments.