Wargaming Part 1: Deploying AVs, It’s Easy, Right?

Sunday, March 9, 2025

1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT

Location: 203-AB

Moderator/Speaker(s)

Chan D. Lieu

Senior Manager, Safety Programs & Standards
Aurora
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
LF

Laura Fraade-Blanar, PhD

Senior Safety Researcher
Waymo
Miguel Acosta

Chief, Autonomous Vehicles
California Department of Motor Vehicles
Lauren A. Collins

Director, Safety Policy
Alliance for Automotive Innovation
Washington, District of Columbia

So, you want to deploy AVs in your community, but you have no idea how to do it. This 90-minute session uses a war-game-based approach to illuminate challenges and opportunities inherent in AV deployment. Panelists will start with a brief introduction to wargaming and highlight the key dependencies and stakeholders involved in deploying AVs in an urban environment. Using tools such as role play, negotiation, dice, cards, and secret messages, explore the roles of different stakeholders, and work through salient issues that occur when AVs deploy in urban environments. Topics include city vs. state regulatory authority, information sharing, secondary effects of the deployment, surprise events, and limitations or other headwinds.