Mobility Summit 2026

Mobility Summit 2026

Tuesday, August. 11, 2026  |  7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

at Graduate East Lansing Hotel
133 Evergreen Ave, East Lansing, MI 48823

Where Mobility Meets National Competitiveness

Michigan Moves: Building the Next Mobility Economy

Michigan has always been where mobility ideas become reality, where research meets the road, and innovation finds its scale. That legacy is now entering its most consequential chapter. 

The Mobility Summit brings together the researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers who are defining what comes next across autonomous systems, advanced air mobility, clean fuels, defense, and the supply chains that tie it all together. 

It is a working day designed to accelerate the partnerships, investments, and research collaborations that will determine whether Michigan leads it. Come prepared to connect, commit, and build. 

Co-hosted by MSU Research Foundation and MSU Mobility

Highlights from Mobility Summit 2025

Badge pickup, light breakfast, expo opens

Motion Sync | Predictive technology that senses vehicle motion before it happens, giving passengers the heads-up drivers always had. Drug-free, device-based, and designed for the autonomous vehicle era.
MSU Drone Research and Innovative Flight Technologies | Student-led aerospace and engineering team dedicated to developing autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) systems
MSU Formula Racing Team | Promotes innovation and education by challenging students to fund, design, manufacture, and race small, open-wheel racecars
MSU ITAC |  Provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small-and-medium sized industrial facilities and commercial buildings
MSU Rocketry Team | Student-run organization that designs, builds, and lauches rockets.
Neumo | Provides software that powers transactions and interactions between government and the communities they serve
SpartanXpress | A fully-electric, SAE Level-4 automated transit bus operating on MSU’s campus. Powered by ADASTEC’s flowride.ai software platform.

Opening Remarks 
Judd Herzer, Director, MSU Mobility Research & Innovation

Keynote Fireside 
Shashank Priya, Vice President, MSU Office of Research and Innovation
Jim Quesenberry, Director R&D, Magna International
Dave Washburn, CEO, MSU Research Foundation

Panel Discussion

Niall Berkery, CEO & Co-Founder, Neumo
Derek Caveney, Senior Executive Engineer, Toyota
Lara Dailey, Midwest Public Policy, Waymo
Brad Fingland, Director of Venture Creation, MSU Research Foundation
Emily Frascaroli, Global Director, Automotive Safety Office, Ford Motor Company
Justine Johnson, Chief Mobility Officer, State of Michigan
Michelle Mueller, Manager Connected and Automated Vehicles and Electrification, Michigan Department of Transportation

Meet your next collaborator!

Lightning Talks

Chengcheng Fang, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, MSU | Current Collector
Nizar Lajnef, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships , International Studies and Programs, MSU | Infratico
Josh Siegel, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering – DeepTech Lab, MSU | AI Mechanic

Current Collector | Ultralight and ultrathin current collectors for lithium batteries
Infratico | Sensors, drones, and analytics software for infrastructure monitoring
AI Mechanic | Uses a smartphone’s microphone to diagnose vehicle problems acoustically, detecting mechanical issues from sound the way an experienced mechanic would, but instantly and without specialized equipment.

Panel Discussion

Surya S C Congress, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MSU
Dakoyta Greenman, Founder & CEO, Westwood AI
Nicole Noll-Williams, President & CEO, Capital Region Airport Authority

Lighting Talk

Brad Garmon, Executive Director, Michigan Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, MEDC

General Attendee Lunch – Eat, chat, and check out the indoor and outdoor expos

Clean Fuels Michigan is proud to co-host a structured networking lunch, designed to connect industry leaders, researchers, startups, investors, policymakers, and technology innovators through facilitated discussion tables that spark meaningful conversations and new partnerships.

Sign-up TBA…

Panel Discussion

Jenny Carter-Johnson, Associate Professor, College of Law, MSU
Sri Kalyanaraman, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, MSU
David Souder, Dean, Eli Broad College of Business, MSU
Satish Udpa, President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, MSU
John Verboncoeur, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, MSU

Panel Discussion

Parker Boundy, Co-Founder & CEO, General Orbit
Mahmoodul Haq, Director, MSU Composite Vehicle Research Center
John Manza, MSU Office of Research and Innovation
Talia Marie Sebastian, Research Chemist, U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center
Chris Thomas, Managing Partner & Founder, Assembly Ventures

 

Short break for networking – check out the expo!

Fireside Chat

Tu Le, Founder, Sino Auto Insights
Sriram Narayan, John H. McConnel Endowed Chair of Supply Chain Management, Eli Broad College of Business, MSU
Chris Nolte, President & Co-Founder, Bloom
Matthew Stich, Vice President Purchasing, Toyota

Dave Washburn, CEO, MSU Research Foundation
Judd Herzer, Director, MSU Mobility Research & Innovation

MSU Mobility Awards
Council Member of the Year Award
Research Faculty of the Year Award

Speakers and Advisors

Niall Berkery
Neumo

Parker Boundy
General Orbit

Jenny Carter-Johnson
MSU College of Law

Derek Caveney
Toyota

Surya S C Congress
MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Lara Dailey
Waymo

Chengcheng Fang
MSU Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Brad Fingland
MSU Research Foundation

Emily Frascaroli
Ford Motor Company

Brad Garmon
Michigan Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, MEDC

Dakoyta Greenman
Westwood AI

Mahmoodul Haq
MSU Composite Vehicle Research Center

Judd Herzer
MSU Mobility Research & Innovation

Justine Johnson
State of Michigan

Sri Kalyanaraman
College of Communication Arts and Sciences, MSU

Nizar Lajnef
International Studies and Programs, MSU

Tu Le
Sino Auto Insights

John Manza
MSU Office of Research and Innovation

Michelle Mueller
Michigan Department of Transportation

Sriram Narayan
MSU Eli Broad College of Business

Nicole Noll-Williams
Capital Region Airport Authority

Chris Nolte
Bloom

Shashank Priya
MSU Office of Research and Innovation

Jim Quesenberry
Magna International

Talia Marie Sebastian
U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center

Josh Siegel
MSU Computer Science and Engineering – DeepTech Lab

David Souder
MSU Eli Broad College of Business

Matthew Stich
Toyota

Chris Thomas
Assembly Ventures

Satish Udpa
Michigan State University

John Verboncoeur
College of Engineering, MSU

Dave Washburn
MSU Research Foundation

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