Location: London

A showcase of robotics for academia, industry and the public

IET jointly with the EPSRC UK-RAS Network (www.ukras.org) is organising the grand finale event of UK Robotics Week, the International Robotics Showcase. This whole day event will take place on 1st July 2016 at IET Savoy Place London. It will bring together academia and industry from countries leading on robotics research, showcase the latest developments from the UK and from around the world and celebrate the success of the first UK Robotics Week. There will be presentations from key international robotics and autonomous systems representatives (academia and industry) and exhibitions during the day. Lunch will be provided. International collaborations, trophies of the robotics challenges winners and two white papers will be announced during the closing ceremony in late afternoon, followed by drinks reception.

Registration

Registration is essential for this event. The £45 (inclusive of VAT) ticket price covers lunch and refreshments. For further information and registration please visit the IET website

Draft Programme

08.30 Registration
09.00

Opening remarks
Professor Philip Nelson - Chief Executive of EPSRC

Professor Jeremy Watson – Deputy President of IET

09.10

Robotics research landscape in the UK

Q&A

10.45 Coffee break
11.15

International robotics landscape

Q&A

12.50 Lunch and exhibition at the library
14.00

International Robotics landscape

Q&A

15.30 Coffee break
16.00

Collaboration and funding opportunities

Q&A

17.30 Awards ceremony for UK Robotics Week
18.30 Drinks reception  

Speakers


David Bisset

Jeremy Hadall

Prof Jaesung Hong

Prof Robert Howe

Cécile Huet

Prof David Lane

Prof Roberto Di Lauro

Dr Niels Lohese

Prof Homayoon Kazerooni

Kanae Kurata

Prof Jorge Manuel Miranda Dias

Prof Chris Melhuish

Prof Paul Newman

Soichi Noguchi

Kedar Pandya

Prof Robert Riener

Prof Yoshiyuki Sankai

Roberto Vittori

Prof Jeremy Watson

Prof Guang-Zhong Yang

Andrew Young

Location

Event date: 
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 09:00 to 18:00