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Agenda

09:00-12:00

Session 1:  International Cooperation and Opportunities

Moderator:  Mr. WANG Tianran Member,  Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE); Director, National Engineering Research  Center of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of  Sciences

09:00-09:30

Plenary Speech

Mr. XIN  GuobinVice Minister, Ministry of Industry  and Information Technology (MIIT)

09:30-10:00

Unleashing the full potential of industrial  robotics

Mr. Karel  Eloot Senior Partner, Asia Operations  Practice and IoT Leader, McKinsey & Company

10:00-10:30

Deep Thinking on the Development of Robot Industry  in China–Opportunities and Challenges

Mr. QU Daokui The Opportunities and Challenges in the Development of Robot Industry in China

10:30-11:00

Robots and AI – the Ultimate Way to Address  Global Challenges

Mr. Bernd  LiepertPresident, European Robotics Association  (euRobotics)

11:00-11:30

Development and Application of Robots in  Europe

Ms. Rezia  Molfino President, Italian  Robotics and Automation Association (SIRI)

11:30-11:45

Creating a Robot Industry Innovation and Application  Demonstration Zone with Global Influence

Mr. WANG Gang Director-General, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information  Technology

11:45-12:00

TBD

TBD Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area

12:00-13:30

Lunch

14:00-17:30

Session 2:  Basic Technology and Innovation

Moderator:  Mr.DING Han Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Dean, School of  Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and  Technology

14:00-14:30

Grand Challenges: Science for Robotics and  Robotics for Science

Mr. Guang-Zhong  YangProfessor, Imperial College London;  Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering; Founding Editor, Science Robotics

14:30-15:00

Legged Robots Stepping into the Real World

Mr. Marco  HutterDirector, Robotic Systems Lab, ETH  Zurich

15:00-15:30

Human Sensorimotor Control Meets Surgical Robotics:  Surgeon-centered Design and Control in Robotic-Assisted Surgery

Ms. Ilana  NiskyDirector, Biomedical Robotics Lab, Ben-Gurion  University of the Negev

15:30-16:00

Mechanism Innovation, Core Technology  Breakthroughs and New Engineering Education

Mr. LI  ZexiangProfessor, Department of  Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and  Technology (HUST)

16:00-16:30

Frontiers of BioRobotics Science and  Engineering

Mr. Paolo  DarioProfessor, Sant’Anna School of  Advanced Studies-Pisa

16:30-17:30

Panel  Discussion: Robotics Challenges for the Emerging Applications in the Real  World

Guest  Moderator:

Mr. Oussama  KhatibProfessor, Stanford  University; President, International Foundation of Robotic Research (IFRR)

Participants:

Mr. Zvi  ShillerPresident, Israeli  Robotics Association (IROB)

Ms. Alisa  KoniukhovskaiaPresident,  Russian Association of Robotics (RAR)

Mr. LIU  LianqingDeputy Director, State  Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy  of Sciences; Vice President of Technical Activities, IEEE Robotics and  Automation Society

Mr. Thomas  CostabileExecutive Director, American  Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Mr. Sami  Haddadin Director, Munich School  of Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Technical University of Munich

Mr. Giuseppe Carbone Deputy Chair, IFTOMM Technical Committee on  Robotics and Mechatronics

09:00-12:00

Session  3:New Application and Practices

Moderator:  Mr. Toshio FukudaForeign  Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; IEEE 2019 President-Elect; the 1000  Talent Plan for High-level Foreign Experts at Beijing Institute of Technology

09:00-09:30

Robotic Trends and Applications in North  America

Mr. Jeff  BurnsteinPresident,  Robotic Industries Association (RIA)

09:30-10:00

On the Industrial Applications of  Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Mr. Ben M.  ChenProfessor, Chinese  University of Hong Kong

10:00-10:30

Machine VS Human: from Co-worker to  Companion

Mr. LIU  QianjinCTO, ABB China Ltd.

10:30-11:00

Enabling Robotic Innovation to Make the  World a Better Place

Mr. Josh  InmanVice President of  Marketing, Kollmorgen Corporation

11:00-11:30

Utilization of the Latest Industrial Robot  for Automated Manufacturing

Mr. Takizawa  KatsutoshiExecutive Vice  President, Shanghai-FANUCRobotics Co., Ltd.

11:30-12:00

Innvoative Application of SMC's Pneumatic  Technologies to Industrial Automation

Mr. MA  QinghaiGeneral Manager, SMC  China

12:00-13:30

Lunch

14:00-17:30

Session 4:  Leading Trends and Exploration

Moderator:  Mr. XI NingChair  Professor, The University of Hong Kong

14:00-14:30

The Gentle Robot

Mr. Sami  Haddadin Director, Munich School  of Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Technical University of Munich

14:30-15:00

Impact of AI on Autonomous Driving

Mr. Christian  LaugierResearch Director,INRIA (National Institute for Research in Computer  Science and Automation) Grenoble Rhône-Alpes  

15:00-16:00

Panel  Discussion: The Trends of Today and Tomorrow - What Are Roboticists Working  on Today to Prepare the Future of Robotics?

Guest Moderator:

Mr. Alois C. KnollProfessor,Technical University of Munich

Participants:  

Mr. ZHANG  HongProfessor, University of  Alberta, Canada

Mr. WANG  ZhidongProfessor, Chiba  Institute of Technology; Vice President of Electronic Products and Services,  IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

Ms. Ilana  NiskyDirector, Biomedical  Robotics Lab, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Mr. Jens  KoberAssociate Professor,  Delft University of Technology

16:00-16:30

Brain-Computer Interfaces: Current Status  and Perspectives

Ms. GAO ShangkaiProfessor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,

School of Medicine, Tsinghua University

16:30-17:00

Learning to Interact & Interacting to  Learn

Mr. Jens  KoberAssociate Professor, Delft  University of Technology

17:00-17:30

Robots for Everyone: Applying Cutting-Edge  Deep Learning and Robotics Technologies to Manufacturing and Personal Robots

Mr. Jun HATORISoftware Engineer, Preferred Networks, Inc.

09:00-12:00

Session 5:  Artificial Intelligence and Integration

Moderator:  Mr. GONG KePresident-elect,  World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)

09:00-09:30

Embrace the New Era of 5G+ Intelligent  Service

Mr. Bill  HuangFounder & CEO,CloudMinds, Inc.

09:30-10:00

A Co-worker Robot Concept and Its  Real-world Applications

Mr. Kazuhiro  KosugeProfessor, Tohoku  University; 2019 IEEE Technical Activities Vice President-elect

10:00-10:30

Bringing Robots to Every Home: Towards  Embodied Cognitive and Physical Capabilities on Intelligent Robots

Mr. TAN HuanVice President, Shenzhen UBTECH Robotics  Corp.

10:30-11:00

Active Perception and Skill Learning for  Dexterous Manipulation

Mr. SUN  FuchunProfessor &  Director, Intelligent Robotics Research Center, Institute for Artificial  Intelligence, Tsinghua University

11:00-11:30

The Next Stop of the Robot, Open, Scenario,  and Ecological

Mr. FU ShengChairman and CEO, Cheetah Mobile Inc.

11:30-12:00

Humanized Design in the Development Trend of  Service Robots Practical Applications

Mr. LIU  XuenanFounder & CEO, Beijing CANBOT  Technology Co., Ltd.

12:00-13:30

Lunch

14:00-17:30

Session 6:  Market Prospects and Investment

Moderator: Mr. ZHANG HongProfessor, University of Alberta

14:00-14:30

AIoT with Robot Activating Vibrant  New Market and Business

Mr. Ren C.  LuoProfessor, Taiwan University

14:30-15:00

Smart Robotics: Opportunities and  Challenges

Mr. Zvi  ShillerPresident, Israeli Robotics  Association (IROB)

15:00-15:30

How to be a “Ferryman” in Advanced  Manufacturing Education - HRG’s Experiment on Incubating an Industrial  Robotics Education Company

Mr. WANG  MengPresident, HIT Robot Group

15:30-16:00

Russian Robotics Market and Ways of  Cooperation

Ms. Alisa  KoniukhovskaiaPresident,  Russian Association of Robotics (RAR)

16:00-16:30

Successful Automation with Collaborative Robots - a Case Study on Lab Automation for Microbiology

Mr. Ivan  LundbergExective Director, European  Innovation Center of Zhongrui Funing Robotics Co.,Ltd.

16:30-17:30

Panel  Discussion: The Integration of Academia, Industry and Capital Drives a New  Era of Robotics

Guest Moderator:

Mr. WANG  TianmiaoProfessor, Beihang University;  Honorary Director, Robotics Institute, Beihang University

Participants:

Mr. Ren C.  LuoProfessor, Taiwan University

Mr. ZHANG  JianweiDirector of Group TAMS, Department  of Informatics, University of Hamburg; Member, Academy of Sciences and  Humanities in Hamburg

Mr. ZHANG  YuepengManaging Venture Partner,  Softbank China Venture Capital

Mr. REN  ShunyingChief Investment  Officer, Siasun Investment Co., Ltd.

Mr. ZHANG  SonggenFounder, Beijing Tinavi  Medical Technology Co., Ltd.