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New Date and Time! - AMCAR 2020 Future of Mobility Conference Keynote Speaker - Dr. Richard Ezike
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AMCAR recognizes that throughout history transportation and mobility has been actively used to further divide communities and enable systemic racism. The keynote will be focused around the impact of racism in the mobility sector.
About the keynote speaker:
As an engineer, community servant, and researcher, Dr. Richard Ezike employs his expertise to engage the community on issues related to environmental protection, transportation equity, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) advocacy. He is currently at the Urban Institute as a senior policy associate in the Research to Action Lab, where he manages a directive to ensure innovative technologies are accessible and inclusive of all communities. He was previously at the Union of Concerned Scientists, where he conducted research and engaged community groups on the potential social and economic impacts of autonomous vehicles, and at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) in the Center for Policy Analysis and Research, where he researched the impacts of transportation on African American communities. He has contributed to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Transportation Planning Board’s (TPB) Long Range Transportation Plan, has organized and moderated transportation-themed panels at the CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference, and has been published in media such as The Washington Post, Futurism.com, and The Washington Informer.
Dr. Ezike has served on several local transportation advisory groups, including the Riders Advisory Council of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and the Access for All and Air and Climate Public Advisory Committees of the TPB. He also serves on regional leadership of the National Society of Black Engineers. Dr. Ezike holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor and a BS in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University.