Miguel Acosta

Mr. Acosta was appointed Chief of the DMV’s Autonomous Vehicles Branch in August of 2018. Mr. Acosta has 25 years of experience in the public sector, with over a decade in executive leadership. Mr. Acosta’s previous executive assignments at the DMV included: Branch Chief over the Department’s Special Interest License Plate Program, International Registration Plan and Motor Carrier Permit programs; Assistant Deputy Director of Field Operations; and Chief of the Justice and Government Liaison Branch. Miguel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Davis, as well as a Master of Arts in Public Policy and Public Administration from the California State University, Sacramento.

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Presentation

Test & deployment of autonomous vehicles in California – a regulatory update

California is the birthplace and epicenter of autonomous vehicles and remains at the heart of AV testing. In what has been an eventful year, it’s more important than ever to keep up-to-date with regulatory developments, and engineers wishing to test their technologies on California’s streets should not miss this presentation.