Program
Conferences are sponsored by :
Wednesday 14th of March, 2012

10.00 - 11.00 am Conference 1 - Market synergies and Convergences of Robotics
Pr Martin HAGELE - IFR
Mr Frank TOBE - THE ROBOT REPORTS"
11.00 - 12.00 am Conference 3 - Cobotic: From the robot assistant to the robot co-worker

Speakers:
Mr Rachid ALAMI- LAAS
Mr Christophe Baillie - GOSTAI
Mr Philippe FRAISSE - LIRMM
2.00 - 3.00 pm Conference 3 - Human Robot perceptions & interactions
Speakers:
Dr Takahori Shibata - AIST
Mr Habib HEYDARIAN- MICROSOFT
Ms Valerie Bauwens - EPFL
4.00 -6.00 pm Regional Robotic Roundtables
Opportunities for a service robotics industry in Rhône-Alpes
2030: What service robotics industry in Rhône-Alpes ?
7.00 pm VIP Cocktail at the town hall
Upon invitation only
Thursday 15th of March 2012
10.30 - 11.30 am Conference 4 - Cloud Robotics
Mr Tim FIELD - WILLOW GARAGE
Mr Bob BAUER - WILLOW GARAGE
11.30 - 12.30 am Official opening ceremony
In presence of official representatives
Capek Award celebration
2.30 - 3.30 pm Conference 5 - Health and Medical robotics
Speakers:
Pr SANKAI - CYBERDYNE
Mr Colin ANGLE - iROBOT
Mr Soya Takagi - TOYOTA
3.30 - 4.30 pm Conference 6 - Urban Robots : Mobility robotic solutions for citizens
Speakers :
Pr Claude LAURGEAU - LES MINES ParisTech
Demonstration WINGLET par Hiroyuki Murakami
Friday 16th of March 2012
10.00 - 16.00 am VEX Students Robotic Competition
In partnership with:

10.00 - 12.00 am Conference 7 - Challenges and applications for robotics

Speaker : Mr Philippe BIDAUD - ISIR
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Robotics technologies for terrestrial vehicles (Working Group 2 - GDR)
Speakers :
Mr Roland LENAIN - CEMAGREF
Mr Patrcik RIVES - INRIA SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
Mr Simon LACROIX - LAAS/CNRS"
2.00 - 4.00 pm Conference 8 - Robotics technologies for terrestrial vehicles (Working Group 2 - GDR)

Speakers :
Mr Philippe BONNIFAIT - HEUDIASYC
Mr Faiz BEN AMAR - ISIR
Mr Eric ROYER - LASMEA/CNRS"
Mr Youcef MEZOUAR - Mr Eric ROYER - LASMEA/CNRS
















































