NPC Luncheon with NTSB Chair Christopher Hart

National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher Hart will address the role of automation in preventing transportation accidents and will apply lessons learned in aviation to the development of self-driving cars at a National Press Club luncheon June 30.

Hart will talk about new technology in transportation with special emphasis on self-driving cars and how lessons from past investigation experience can help to prevent accidents.

Hart has served as NTSB chairman since April 2014. Before a long career at NTSB, Hart was a deputy director for air traffic safety oversight at the Federal Aviation Administration.

Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $24 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase 2 tickets at this rate) and $38 for all other non-member tickets.

For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662–7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase.

NPC Members who wish to attend the pre-luncheon reception must RSVP separately to [email protected] 48 hours before the event. Space may be limited. You must have a paid reservation to the Luncheon to attend the VIP reception.

To submit a question in advance, put NTSB in the subject line and email to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on the day of the luncheon.