Xconomy: Agenda: Robo Madness 2014


	AGENDA

	12:00 – 1:00	Registration
	1:00 – 1:05	Welcome & Opening Remarks Curt Carlson, President and CEO, SRI International Wade Roush, Editor, Xconomy
	1:05 – 1:25	Keynote: Smart Presence in the Workplace Scott Hassan, CEO, Suitable Technologies
	1:25 – 1:45	Keynote: The Robot Operating System Brian Gerkey, CEO, Open Source Robotics Foundation
	1:45 – 2:20	Panel: Robots in Education and Gaming Vikas Gupta, CEO, Play-i Graham Ryland, President and Co-founder, Barobo Aubrey Shick, Founder and CEO, Origami Robotics Wade Roush, Xconomy (moderator)
	2:20 – 2:40	Keynote: Autonomy in Sea, Air, and Space: Lessons from Extreme Environments David Mindell, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of the History of Technology, MIT
	2:40 – 3:00	Keynote Chat: The Future for iRobot Paolo Pirjanian, CTO, iRobot Wade Roush, Xconomy (moderator)
	3:00 – 3:30	Networking Break
	3:30 – 3:50	Keynote: The UAV Revolution Helen Greiner, CEO, CyPhy Works
	3:50 – 4:30	Panel: Autonomous Aircraft, Rovers, Subs—and Cops Jason Calaiaro, Lead Engineer, Matternet Ryan Gariepy, CTO, Clearpath Robotics James Gosling, Chief Software Architect, Liquid Robotics William Li, CEO, Knightscope David Mindell, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of the History of Technology, MIT John Markoff, Senior Writer, The New York Times (moderator)
	4:30 – 4:50	Keynote: Cheaper Mobile Manipulator Robots Melonee Wise, Co-founder and CEO, Unbounded Robotics
	4:50 – 5:20	Panel: Who’s Investing in Robotics, and Why? Peter Hebert, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Lux Capital Aydin Senkut, Founder and Managing Director, Felicis Ventures Frank Tobe, Editor, The Robot Report; Co-founder, Robo-Stox Devdutt Yellurkar, Partner, Charles River Ventures Rich Mahoney, Director, Robotics Program, SRI International (moderator)
	5:20 – 5:40	Jam Session: Where Do Robots Go From Here? Brian Gerkey, CEO, Open Source Robotics Foundation Helen Greiner, CEO, CyPhy Works Scott Hassan, CEO, Suitable Technologies David Mindell, Professor of the History of Engineering, MIT Paolo Pirjanian, CTO, iRobot Melonee Wise, Co-founder and CEO, Unbounded Robotics John Markoff, Senior Writer, The New York Times (moderator)
	5:40 – 6:30	Networking Reception


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