Xconomy: Agenda: Robo Madness Boston


	AGENDA

	12:00 – 1:00	Registration
	1:00 – 1:10	Welcome & Opening Remarks Jeremy Wertheimer, VP of Travel, Google Bob Buderi, Founder and CEO, Xconomy
	1:10 – 1:30	Opening Keynote: Advances in AI: Implications for Robotics Rodney Brooks, Founder and CTO, Rethink Robotics
	1:30 – 1:50	Chat: Robots in the Home Steve Chambers, CEO, Jibo Rudina Seseri, Partner, Fairhaven Capital
	1:50 – 2:20	Panel: New England’s Robot Ecosystem Ben Einstein, Managing Director, Bolt Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective Daniel Theobald, CTO, Vecna Peter Vicars, CEO, VGo Communications Holly Yanco, Director, NERVE Center; Professor, UMass Lowell Greg Huang, Editor, Xconomy (moderator)
	2:20 – 2:40	Keynote Talk: Robotics Automation in Fulfillment Mick Mountz and Pete Wurman, Founder, CEO and CTO, Kiva Systems (acquired by Amazon)
	2:40 – 3:10	Panel: Emerging Markets for Startups Bill Culley, Co-founder, Empire Robotics Duy Huynh, CEO, Robotbase John Kawola, CEO, Harvest Automation Roger Matus, VP of Products, Neurala Curt Woodward, Editor, Xconomy (moderator)
	3:10 – 3:40	Networking Break
	3:40 – 4:00	Keynote Talk: Drones—A Unique Perspective Helen Greiner, Founder and CEO, CyPhy Works
	4:00 – 4:30	Spotlight Talks: Robots for Rehab Jacob Rosen, Co-founder, ExoSense Charles Carignan, CEO, BiOM Greg Huang, Editor, Xconomy (moderator)
	4:30 – 5:15	Closing Chat: Future of Commercial Robotics Todd Dagres, General Partner, Spark Capital Marc Raibert, Founder and President, Boston Dynamics Paolo Pirjanian, CTO, iRobot Dmitry Grishin, Founder, Grishin Robotics; Co-founder and CEO, Mail.Ru Group Bob Buderi, Founder and CEO, Xconomy (moderator)
	5:15 – 6:00	Networking Reception


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