Innorobo 2018, 15-17 May, Paris, France

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A full day of conferences

3 topics with identified key themes: learn everything you need about market trends, the future of robotics, and a comprehension of key technologies.

The Flipped SessionTM

Spend your time exploring topics in greater depth! A collaborative, highly engaging process to experience.

Bilateral Meetings

Do you want to partner with foreign companies or robotics associations? We will schedule bilateral meetings for you.

Interactive Workshops

Special program carefully designed with your interests in mind, followed by use cases from every branch of the industry.

VIP Visit

The Keynote concludes the day with a VIP visit of the Innorobo exhibition. Meet our exhibitors from around the world and put your knowledge of robotics into practice!

Networking

Get to know other attendees as well as our speakers during the special networking lunch, and spend quality time with them by enjoying our VIP cocktail party.

MARKET – 10AM – 1PM

Schedule:

  • Keynote session about the worldwide robotics market
  • Panel discussion with top notch roboticists from around the world

Key themes:

  • What are the main differences between the Asian, European and American markets? 
  • What is the current status of professional service robotics? 
  • Better understand threats and opportunities for each market.

Dan Kara

Keynote Speaker, Panelist
Practice Director, Robotics at ABI Research
Keynote: The worldwide robotics market

Robotics and Intelligent Systems: Macro Trends, Business Engines, Opportunities

The term “robotics” can describe a wide swath of technologies, applications, markets, and even industries. This makes understanding robotics in toto problematic. Ongoing, rapid technological churn only makes the process more difficult (hype also abounds). The purpose of this session is to describe the potential of the robotics opportunity in a way that informs decision making, maximizes opportunity and reduces risk. Attendees at this session will be provided with a taxonomic framework describing the various classes of robotics sectors. Market sizing data for many of the most exciting new markets will be provided for many sectors including unmanned aerial systems, consumer robotics, mobile service robots and more. Business, technology and social issues driving these sectors will be discussed (the Internet of Things, cloud computing and “reshoring”, for example), along with descriptions of recent innovations that will further accelerate the proliferation of robotic technology into the home, the workplace and public places. Topics include:

Shipments, Revenue, Forecasts and Trends of Select Robotics Sectors

  • Commercial Drones (Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems)
  • Home Care / Lawn Care Robotics
  • Collaborative Robotics
  • Mobile Robotic Telepresence
  • Powered Exoskeletons

Select Trends and Opportunities

  • Social Robots
  • Mobile Service Robots
  • Cloud Robotics
  • Industrial Automation and IoT
  • Deep Learning / Distributed Intelligence and Robotics
  • Others

Xiao-Dong WANG

Panelist
Director of Human Robot Interaction Department, Shenyang Siasun Robot & Automation Co., Ltd.
Panel discussion: Asian Robotics Market

Biography & Interview

Colin Lewis

Panelist
Economist, researcher, lecturer
Panel discussion: European robotics market

Steve Cousins

Panelist
CEO, Savioke
Panel discussion: US robotics market

Biography & Interview

Albert Yefimov

Panelist
Head of Skolkovo Robotics Center
Panel discussion: Russian robotics market

Biography & Interview

FORESIGHT – 2PM – 4PM

Schedule – 3 Keynotes:

  • The Future of Medical Robotics
  • How Robotics Will Affect Our Daily Lives
  • Robotics for Smarter Cities

Key themes:

  • Do robots have to care for us?
  • Be part of our lives?
  • How will they affect the way we live (cities, hospitals, homes, etc.)?

Elisabeth Grosdhomme

Chairwoman
Directrice Générale, Paradigmes etc

Biography & Interview

Catherine Mohr

Keynote Speaker
Vice President of Medical Research at Intuitive Surgical
Keynote: The future of surgical robotics

Biography & Interview

Corinna Lathan

Keynote Speaker
Co-Founder and CEO, AnthroTronix
Keynote: The future of healthcare technologies

Biography & Interview

Jérôme Monceaux

Keynote Speaker
Entrepreneur, Former Co-Founder & CCO at Aldebaran Robotics

Prathima Manohar

Keynote Speaker
Founder, The Urban Vision
Keynote: Robotics for smarter cities

Biography & Interview

FLIPPED SESSION – 4PM – 5PM

You came up with your questions and our panel of speakers will answer live.

In the traditional model of conferences, the speaker is typically the central focus of attention and the primary disseminator of information during the conference period. The audience defers directly to the speaker for knowledge and feedback. Audience engagement in the traditional model may be limited to coffee breaks in which interactions happen independently or in small groups.

The Flipped SessionTM intentionally shifts the conference to an audience-centered model in which time is spent exploring topics in greater depth, thus creating meaningful learning opportunities. In a Flipped SessionTM, content delivery may take a variety of forms and even come from any part of the audience. A collaborative, highly engaging process to experience.

TECHNOLOGIES – 5PM – 6:30PM

Schedule – 3 Keynotes:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Software Challenges

Key themes:

  • The rise of the robots: do we really have to fear AI?
  • What is the most effective human-robot interface?
  • What can robotics gain from open-source software and technologies?

Philippe Bidaud

Chairman
Scientific Director, ONERA

Stéphane Doncieux

Keynote Speaker
Professor in Computer Science at the University Pierre and Marie Curie

Melonee Wise

Keynote Speaker
CEO, Fetch Robotics
Keynote: Software Challenges

Biography & Interview

Nicolaus Radford

Keynote Speaker
Co-Founder, Chairman and CTO, Houston Mechatronics Inc
Keynote: Human Robot Interaction

Biography & Interview

Making robots dream to face open environments
Recent successes of robotics are numerous and impressive, but they hide a weakness: all of those machines are super-specialists that can perform a limited set of preprogrammed actions in a closed environment. They have real troubles adapting to modifications that a human may even not be aware of. This remains a strong limitation for many applications of robotics, in particular for service robotics. Learning algorithms can help robots to deal with unforeseen situations, but development and the ability to restructure knowledge representations, notably performed by humans while they sleep, may be a key to let robots deal with the complexity of our everyday environment.

Human/Robot Collaboration – Adding the Human Touch to Robotics.

Gone are the days of dumb, caged industrial robot​s​ welding or painting a car frame draped in a light curtain for safety measures. The next generation of robots are leaving the factory floor and are operating side by side with the​ir​ human counterparts. This new breed of deeply intelligent robots are operating in highly unstructured, human-engineered environment​s​ which demand a level of perception, decision making, and safety that only a short while ago, was science fiction but now has become truly science fact.

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  • Early Bird (valid until April 15): 950 €
  • Online: 1 300 €
  • On Site: 1 500 €

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