RoboDevelopment 2008 Conference Agenda


Monday November 17, 2008
12:30 PM Pre-Conference Technical Workshop Badge Pickup
1:00 PM Pre-conference Technical Workshop: Developing and Deploying Mobile Service Robots
-  Hosted by MobileRobots Inc  -
5:30 PM Workshop Concludes
5:30 PM Speaker Meet-and-Greet and Badge Pickup: Hyatt Hotel


Tuesday November 18, 2008
7:00 AM Registration Open
8:00 Breakfast Keynote: Microsoft and Robotics – 2008 Update
-  Tandy Trower  -
General Manager, Microsoft Robotics Group
Microsoft
9:00 AM Keynote: Making Cars Drive Themselves
-  Sebastian Thrun  -
Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Stanford University
10:00 AM Robots Among Us? -- Inventing the Future of Socially Assistive Robotics
-  Maja J Mataric  -
Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience
Founding Director, USC Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems
University of Southern California
11:00 AM Break - Visit the Exposition Floor
12:00 PM Lunch Break featuring Birds-of-a-Feather Discussions
12:45 PM Visit the Exposition Floor
  Systems, Design and Development Tools and Platforms Enabling Technology Achieving Autonomy Bonus Track
2:00 PM

Developing Open Source Software for Robotics
-  Steve Cousins  -
CEO and President
Willow Garage

An Affordable Swarm Architecture Platform
-  Bruce Boyes  -
Founder and Chief Technical Director
Systronix

Miniature Piezoelectric Motors: Enabling Greater Articulation and Precision for Microrobotics
-  Ralph Weber  -
Director, Standard Products Division
New Scale Technologies

Achieving Manipulator Autonomy in Outdoor Environments
-  Chris Brown  -
Business Development Manager
Autonomous Solutions

 Embedded Technology For Low Cost, Lightweight Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
-  Guy Paillet  -
CEO
General Vision
3:00 PM

Defining a Common Architecture for Robotic Systems
-  Shelley Gretlein  -
Senior Group Manager, Real-Time and Embedded Systems
-  Emilie Kopp  - Robotics Engineer
National Instruments

 What's new in Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008
-  Kyle Johns  -
Principal Software Developer, Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio
Microsoft

Low Cost Accurate Positioning Systems For Consumer Robotics Applications
-  Lauro Ojeda  -
Chief Engineer
Microinfinity

Application of Intelligent Plug and Play Payloads for Detection and Mapping of Multiple Hazards
-  Curtis Nielsen  -
Research Scientist, Robotics and Human Systems
Idaho National Laboratory

 Bringing WALL*E to Life-Transitioning Disney/Pixar’s Star From the Big Screen to the Real World
- Akhil Madhani  -
Project Lead and Lead Mechanical Engineer
Walt Disney Imagineering
3:45 PM Break – Network with Exhibitors
4:15 PM

Drive and Control Topologies for Robot Development
-  Brad Dolbin  -
Manager, Digital Drive Design
Advanced Motion Controls

High Assurance CORBA for Robotics
-  Joseph Jacob  -
Senior Vice President
Objective Interface Systems

Developing Robotics Systems Using Learning and Behavior Control Software
-  Sergey Popov  -
Chief Scientist
Skilligent

Tactical Behaviors for Unmanned Systems
-  Brian Cox  -
Unmanned Systems Tactical Area Manager
Applied Systems Intelligence

 Intellectual Property Primer Concerning Best Practices and Methodologies for Building, Maintaining and Exploiting a Multi-Faceted IP Portfolio
-  Brian J Colandreo  -
Patent Practice Leader, IP Practice Group
Holland + Knight
5:00 PM Expo Closes
5:30 PM Evening Networking Reception


Wednesday, November 19, 2008
7:00 AM Registration Open
9:00 AM Keynote: Opportunities in the Defense and Security Robotics Sector
-  Michael Bruch  -
Section Head, Unmanned Systems Branch
Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center
10:00 AM Keynote: Opportunities at the Uptick
-  Jeanne Dietsch  -
CEO
Mobile Robots
10:45 AM Break - Visit the Exposition Floor
12:45 PM Systems, Design and Development Tools and Platforms Enabling Technology Achieving Autonomy Bonus Track
1:45 PM Giving Robot Design a Lift in 3D
-  Shaun Murphy  -
Manager of CAD Product Management

SolidWorks Corporation

 Smart Batteries Make Smarter Robots
-  David Baggaley  -
Sales and Marketing Director

Inspired Energy

 Intelligent Sensor Technologies 2010 to 2020: Impact and Implications for the Development Community
-  Jonas Lamis  -
Executive Director

SciVestor Corporation

 Karto: An Autonomous Navigation Toolkit
-  Regis Vincent  -
Senior Research Scientist
SRI International		 Commercial Service and Domestic Robotics: A Huge Potential Market, Starting Now
-  Tom Benson  -
Director and Chief Product Architect
Readybot Robot Challenge
2:45 PM Realizing JAUS Interoperability in Robotics Control System Architectures
-  Richard Byrne  -
Senior Computer Scientist
Applied Research Associates		 Brainstorm: A Learning Robotics Platform
-  Roger Gay  -
VP Business Development
Institute of Robotics in Scandinavia		 A High Definition 3D Laser Scanner for Autonomous Vehicle and Mapping Applications
-  Bruce Hall  - President
-  Michael Dunbar  - Business Development Manager
Velodyne Lidar		 Machine Vision Obstacle Avoidance for Mobile Robots
-  Steven Gentner  -
Founder
RoboRealm

 Increasing Enrollment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Through Robotics
- Charlie Knapp  -
US Program Manager for Unmanned Systems and Robotics
National Instruments
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM Enabling Sensor Techniques for Low Cost Robotics
-  David Donley  -
Senior Field Applications Engineer
Microchip Technology 		Open Source Event Processing for Sensor Fusion Applications
-  Keith McFarlane  -
Senior Software Architect
LiveOps, Inc.		 Advanced Material Technology for Robots
-  Brian Long  -
Innovation Manager, New Business Creative Center
Bayer Material Sciences		 Coordinating Manipulation and Mobility
-  James English  -
President and CTO
Energid Technologies		  
5:00 PM RoboDevelopment 2008 Concludes