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.
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.
PROGRAM
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:
- Commercial Drones (Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems)
- Home Care / Lawn Care Robotics
- Collaborative Robotics
- Mobile Robotic Telepresence
- Powered Exoskeletons
- 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 robots 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 their human counterparts. This new breed of deeply intelligent robots are operating in highly unstructured, human-engineered environments 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.