after graduating from epsi in france claire worked on a autonomous vehicle for stanford research institute. she is a founder of several robotics companies, including robotics valley. most recently, she worked as a software engineer for google, where she led several innovative robotic projects. i can only imagine what that was like. fun fact about claire. when she was younger she was choosing between pursuing veterinary sciences and computer science and despite her love of nature, she chose computer science and thankfully, because we have a robotics project today. so, welcome. >> thank you. >> our next panelist, no stranger to the autonomous vehicle world is lauren, the manager of sustainable transportation at wsp, a professional services transfer transportation firm. in 2015, she was awarded the developingowship for a guide titled, "driving toward forerless," a guide government agencies. in addition, lauren maintains the blog "driving towards driverless." that has got to be a full-time job. she has consulted on this topic in more than 30 industries. she has been published in "forbes," the