Opening Remarks | 2026 CCAT Global Symposium

Dr. Rose B. Bellanca, President and CEO of Washtenaw Community College, and Dr. Henry Liu, Director of the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) and ‪@UMTRI‬, provide opening remarks during the 2026 CCAT Global Symposium on Mobility Innovation, focusing on the importance of cybersecurity education and the biggest research updates of the past year. --- Follow us! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/umichccat.bs... Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/UMichCCAT LinkedIn:   / umichccat   Mailing List: http://myumi.ch/BoDw8 Twitter:   / umichccat   Website: https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/ YouTube:    / @umichccat   Get notified about future events: https://UMichCCAT.eventbrite.com --- About the speakers: Henry Liu: From July 2017 to August 2019, Dr. Liu took a leave of absence from the University of Michigan and served as Chief Scientist on Smart Transportation for DiDi Chuxing in China, one of the leading mobility service providers in the world. While he was with DiDi, he established and led the Urban Transportation Business Unit. In 2022, Dr. Liu was appointed as Director of Mcity in conjunction with its move from the Office of Research to the College of Engineering. Dr. Liu received his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2000 and his Bachelor’s degree in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua University (China) in 1993. Dr. Liu’s research interests focus on transportation network monitoring, modeling, and control, as well as mobility and safety applications with connected and automated vehicles. On these topics, he has published more than 100 refereed journal articles. Dr. Liu is the managing editor of the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems and an editor of Transportation Research Part C. Rose Bellanca: Now in her second decade as president, Dr. Rose B. Bellanca, Ed.D., continues to embrace the opportunities of leading Washtenaw Community College, an institution that is nationally-recognized for delivering excellent programs and student success. During a recent international symposium on transportation mobility, President Bellanca shared that in this warped-speed changing world, standing still is not an option: “If we stand still, we fail,” she told industry, business and academic leaders in attendance. Dr. Bellanca’s remarks opened day two of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) Annual CCAT (Center for Connected and Automated Transportation) Global Symposium. WCC is the only community college on the CCAT team, joining the University of Michigan, Purdue University, the University of Illinois, the University of Akron and Central State University in Ohio. #ccat #ccatSymposium