Industry Day - 30th August 2013
Now an established feature of Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) are sponsoring the TAROS-13 Industry Day (30th August) in conjunction with the BARA Academic Forum for Robotics (AFR).
For information about registration for the Industry Day please e-mail the conference organisers directly at organiser@taros.org.uk or stephen.cameron@cs.ox.ac.uk.
Agenda
Morning Session
- 9.30–9.35
- Welcome and Introduction
- 9.35–9.55
- Horizon 2020: Juha Heikkila - Robotics Unit EU-DG Connect
- 9.55–10.15
- The Robotics PPP: Rainer Bischoff — Kuka & euRobotics aisbl
- 10.15–10.35
- The UK Perspective: Lee Vousden — BIS EU Innovation Policy
- 10.35–10.45
- Echord++: Farid Dailami — Bristol Robotics Laboratory
- 10.45–11.05
- The Role of Private Capital: Renaud Champion — Robolution Capital
- 11.05–11.20
- Coffee
- 11.20–12.00
- Panel discussion
- 12.00–12.45
- Lunch
Afternoon Session
- 12.45–12.50
- Introduction
- 12.50–13.00
- The Robotics & Autonomous Systems SIG: David Lane — RAS SIG Chair
- 13.00–13.10
- The Intelligent Automation Centre: Phil Webb — Cranfield University
- 13.10–13.20
- The GAMMA Programme: Jeffrey Kuo — National Nuclear Laboratory
- 13.20–13.30
- UK Opportunities for Robotics: Huw Davies — Technology Strategy Board
- 13.30–13.40
- Robotics in the Food Sector: Simon Lushy — Marks and Spencer
- 13.40–13.50
- Robotics in the Agriculture: Samuel Wane — Staffordshire University
- 13.50–14.00
- Robotics in the Health Sector: David Sinclair — International Longevity Centre
- 14.00–14.10
- Robotics in the Transport Sector: Miles Elsden — Department of Transport
- 14.10–14.20
- Robotics in the Transport Sector: Geraint West — National Oceanography Centre
- 14:20–14:30
- Robotics in the energy sector: Jeffrey Kuo — National Nuclear Laboratory
- 14:30–14:40
- Robotics in the energy sector: Jo Elder — BP
- 14.30–15.00
- Coffee
- 15.00–16.00
- Roundtable Discussions & Workshops
- 16.00
- Closing Remarks
