RAS Member Luncheons at ICRA 2017

RAS is pleased to arrange three networking Luncheon events for our Members attending ICRA 2017 in Singapore. Space is limited for these popular events. Don't miss the chance to attend either or both because the space has been filled. Advanced registration is required. Register Now! http://www.icra2017.org/registration-and-travel/registration

LwL 2016

RAS Women In Engineering (WIE) Luncheon

Tuesday, 30 May 2017
12:45-13:45
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

The luncheon provides the opportunity to foster discussion on the role of women in robotics and automation, inspire girls and promote collaborations and initiatives to advance women in leadership. As the goal for this event is to be more than a lunch for women, but a lunch with women. Therefore, men are more than welcome to participate and enjoy the discussion.

Guest Speaker: Barbara Mazzolai, Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

RAS Lunch with Leaders - LwL (for Students)

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
13:30-14:30
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

This luncheon is open to student attendees offering the chance to meet and interact with and leaders from RAS. At ICRA 2017, the format of the luncheon will be modified slightly, each table will be associated with a focus area and several discussion topics. Leaders will be paired with tables according to their interests and background.

Confirmed Leaders to include: RAS President Satoshi Takodoro, RAS Past President Raja Chatila, RAS Sr Past President David Orin, RAS President-Elect Ning Xi, Antonio Bicchi, Peter Corke, Torsten Kroeger, Ron Lumia, Raj Madhavan, Yasushi Nakauchi, Allison Okamura, Jing Xiao, Hong Zhang

Young Professionals Luncheon

Wednesday, 31 May 2017
13:30-14:30
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Under the umbrella of IEEE Young Professionals program, the Robotics & Automation Society (RAS) is further empowering its young professionals through the RAS Young Professionals (YP) group. This year’s event brings together representatives from the IEEE RAS Publication Activities Board and RAS Young Professionals to enjoy a meal and open discussions on important topics relating to the publications in our society, such as:

  • What are the obstacles that delay the Submission to feedback-to-Authors procedure?
  • What is required to extend a workshop/conference publication to a journal article?
  • Open access vs traditional publications
  • Why robotics journal impact factors are lower than the human science (or similar) fields?

We expect short presentations from EiCs and Editors of RAS Journals, followed by questions from the YP community.
Confirmed RAS Publication Leadership:
Eugenio Guglielmelli (Vice-President – Publication Activities)
Kyu Jin Cho (Associate Vice-President - Publication Activities)
Frank Park (IEEE Transactions on Robotics Editor-in-Chief)
Bram Vanderbrought (Robotics and Automation Magazine Editor-In-Chief)
Lorenzo Sabattini (Robotics and Automation Magazine Editor)
Yi Guo (Robotics and Automation Magazine Editor)
Hu Hesuan (Robotics and Automation Magazine Editor)
Ning Xi (Representative to the IEEE Sensors Journal)

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