Washington, D.C. —As the National Sleep Foundation prepares to convene its 2026 Drowsy Driving Forum this fall, the organization building coalitions. The foundation announced Wednesday the lineup for its Solutions & Actions Panel, a discussion that will bring together some of the country’s most prominent voices in sleep medicine, highway safety and automotive journalism. The panel builds on an earlier Leadership Panel and will convene October 29 at the National Press Club, where organizers hope to translate new research into concrete steps that reduce fatigue-related crashes. A Cross-Sector Bench The roster reflects an attempt to bridge worlds that rarely share a stage. Joseph Dzierzewski, the foundation’s senior vice president of research and scientific affairs, will represent the sleep science side of the conversation. Jonathan Adkins, chief executive of the Governors Highway Safety Association, and David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, bring perspectives from state policy and crash-data research, respectively. Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg, president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, rounds out the clinical viewpoint, while veteran automotive journalist Jamie Butters, host of the Autotown Radio Show and Podcast, offers an industry and consumer lens. Moderating the discussion will be Mark R. Rosekind, chair of the National Sleep Foundation’s board and a former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who also served on the National Transportation Safety Board. Rosekind’s dual background in sleep science and federal transportation oversight positions him as a natural bridge between the panel’s medical and regulatory constituencies. John Lopos, the foundation’s chief executive, will open and close the event. New Data as the Anchor The panel’s discussion will center on findings from the foundation’s 2026 Drowsy Driving Survey, which the organization says explores emerging issues in the field while reinforcing sleep health as foundational to safe driving. The survey has not