Program Schedule

1.  Innovation Award with Plenary Lecture :

Half-Day Event (Morning) with 3 Awardees/Plenary Lectures 

10:00–10:15: Welcome Notes:

                  Sukhan Lee (VP of IEEE RAS)

                  Paul Johnston (President of IFR)

10:15-10:50:   Session 1

Jean-Paul Laumond (Kineo CAM): Kineo CAM: A Success Story of Motion Planning Algorithms

10:50-11:25:  Session 2

Paolo Pirjanian (Evolution Robotics): Break Through Visual Pattern Recognition for Robotics and Automation

                  11:25-11:30   Break

11:30-12:05:  Session 3

Joe Jones (iRobot): Roomba Discovery Robotic Floorvac

                  12:00–12:20:  Award Ceremony led by the Sukhan Lee and Paul Johnston

                                    (Session chairs: Erwin Prassler and Herman Verbrugge)

                                    Pictures:

• winners

• irobots1, irobots2

• evolution1, evolution2

• Kineo CAM

• group picture

• Extra images1

• all images

     

2.   Entrepreneurship Workshop :

 14:20-15:00     - Commercialization and Manufacturing: Brian Carlisle (Precise Automation)

 15:00-15:40     - Manufacturing Beyond Technology: Alexandre Blasi (Samsung Electronics Iberia)

 15:40-16:20     - Technology Transfer of Hi-Tech Developments: Rodolphe Gelin (CEA/LIST)

 16:20-16:40     - Coffee Break

 16:40-17:20     - How to Raise Money: Joan Giro (Business Angeles Networks)

 17:20-18:00     - Case Studies: Jeanne Dietsch (Mobile Robots (formerly ActivMedia Robotics))

3.    Concluding Discussion:

 

18:00–18:20: Q&A: Promotion of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Business Opportunities in Robotics and Automation