Session Overview
Focusing on delivery and logistics as a key use case for the future deployment of automated mobility solutions, this session will share the latest developments worldwide and discuss the challenges that must be addressed to advance their implementation.
Speakers
Moderator
Tomotaka Kageyama
Director, Strategic Planning Group, ITS Japan, Japan
Tomotaka Kageyama is a director in the Strategic Planning Group at ITS Japan. He is responsible for the Automated Driving Project and the Mobility Data Utilization Project.
After graduating, he spent 27 years at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., where he was responsible for customer-oriented vehicle evaluation and field quality investigation. He then moved to JTEKT Corporation, where he spent 7 years developing subjective evaluation methods for steering feel and managing the proving ground operation. In 2020, he was seconded to ITS Japan, where he has held his current position ever since.
Speakers
Richard Bishop
Principal, Bishop Consulting, USA
Richard Bishop, Principal, Next Generation Mobility LLC, has over 30 years of experience in the domain of intelligent, connected, and automated vehicles and how these interact with our transportation system and society, including automated cars, trucks, and robotaxis. He provides strategic consulting to automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and tech firms, as well as advising federal and state government agencies in the U.S. and abroad. He led Team Lux in the DARPA Urban Challenge and since then has “surfed the wave” of AV development, working with a wide array of Automated Driving System developers. Mr. Bishop has published extensively on Forbes.com as well as self-publishing on Substack. Prior to establishing Bishop Consulting in 1997, Mr. Bishop was Program Manager for Vehicle-Highway Automation at the USDOT Federal Highway Administration.
Hiroshi Iwai
Assistant General Manager, Business Development Division, T2 Inc., Japan
Since joining T2 in 2025 as a Mobility Strategist and Project Manager, I have led Level 4 autonomous driving truck initiatives, OEM partnerships, and business planning. Drawing on 20 years of expertise in automotive product planning and CASE strategy at Hino Motors, I focus on bridging Japan’s future autonomous vehicle technologies with global markets, while leveraging my extensive experience to help solve industry challenges.
Ragnhild Wahl
Director for Research and Innovation, ITS Norway, Norway
Ragnhild Wahl is Director of Research and Innovation at ITS Norway and has more than 30 years of experience in Norwegian and European transport research and innovation. With a strong interest in how technology can enable smarter, safer and more efficient transport, she coordinated the EU-funded flagship project MODI on automated freight transport.
Her career spans research, government and innovation, including 18 years at SINTEF and 10 years with the Norwegian Railway Directorate. She has participated in numerous EU-funded research and innovation projects and played an active role in national and European advisory boards and committees within transport research and innovation.
Ragnhild holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Economics and a PhD in Logistics from NTNU.
Yuchen Zhang
Regional Managing Director, Zelos Technology (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Yuchen Zhang is the Regional Managing Director of Zelos Technology (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., where he leads the company’s regional strategy, market expansion, and commercialization of Level 4 autonomous mobility solutions across Southeast Asia. His work spans market entry, strategic partnerships, government and regulatory engagement, and the development of scalable business models that bring advanced autonomous driving technologies into real-world logistics, industrial, and urban mobility applications.
With extensive experience at the intersection of autonomous driving, mobility, logistics, and technology commercialization, Yuchen works closely with government agencies, leading enterprises, infrastructure operators, and ecosystem partners to accelerate the adoption of next-generation autonomous mobility. He is particularly focused on building sustainable market ecosystems, advancing regulatory pathways, and translating cutting-edge technology into commercially viable and scalable deployments across international markets.