ᔥ Porsche Automobil Holding SE’s Philipp von Hagen, Toyota AI Ventures’ Jim Adler, ClearMotion’s Shakheel Avadhany & NPR’s Jim Motavalli: To some, cars mean freedom, escape, a symbol of status and sex appeal. For generations they’ve also brought a sense of joy to drivers speeding down motorways. But how does the ascension of autonomous technology alter the role of the automobile? A Porsche board member, the leader of Toyota’s new AI investment fund, and the CEO of Clear Motion, a startup just out of stealth mode, talk the future of our relationship with the car.

ᔥ How long will it be before you your Uber arrives by air rather than on the road? Uber CPO, Jeff Holden discusses at #WebSummit 2017.

ᔥ Waymo’s John Krafcik: When will driverless cars become a reality? The CEO of Google’s Waymo outlines their plans for autonomous cars and tells us how they will get millions of people safely from door to door at the push of a button.

ᔥ Volkswagen’s Martin Hofmann: Imagine a super computer that not only allows cars to talk to each other but to infrastructure and signals, coordinating the transportaton clutter and virtually eliminating traffic. The Group CIO of Volkswagen will explain for the first time the pioneering work his company is doing in quantum computing to achieve just this vision.