International Federation of Robotics Hosts Groundbreaking Advanced Robotics E-Symposium
The Advanced Robotics E-Symposium will be held online on July 6 2005. Its international outreach, cutting edge topics and line-up of world-renowned experts already makes it one of the 'must-attend' fixtures of this year for organizations, academics, industries and government representatives.
London, (PRWEB) May 10, 2005 -- The International Federation of Robotics
(IFR), in conjunction with e-symposium Ltd, are presenting the 1st International
Advanced Robotics E-Symposium (AdRob 2005). It will be held online, on July 6
2005 and the entire web conference will be made available via a presentation
archive which will go live 48 hours after the live event (for over 12
months).
This international web conference, co-organized by the
IFR, aims at facilitating industry intelligence gathering and simulating
knowledge sharing amongst members of the global personal, mobile and service
robotics communities. The theme of the E-Symposium is "Current and Emerging
Applications" and strategic partners of the E-Symposium include the Fraunhofer
Institute for Manufacturing and Automation (IPA) and EURON the European Robotics
Research Network.
The purpose of the IFR is to promote research,
development, use and international co-operation in the entire field of robotics
and to act as a focal point for organizations, academics, industry and
governmental representatives in activities related to robotics. Whilst the IFR’s
annual International Symposium on Robotics supports this cause, it is the
Advanced Robotics E-Symposium which can reach out to all corners of the world,
enabling those who have limited time and travel budget to part-take in a
world-leading event on specialist robotics topics form the convenience of their
own working location.
IFR is the undisputed international robotics body
and is the only International Robot Federation which annually publishes - in
cooperation with UNECE (United Nations Geneva) - an extensive statistical
analysis of the robotics market in the world. “With its international
recognition and know-how, the IFR is now also responding to the rapidly growing
market of non-industrial robotics by running this world-leading event which is
expected to attract in excess of 1000 industry professionals from all over the
world.”, says Herman Verbrugge, General Secretary of the IFR.
“Personal,
Service and Mobile Robotics are rapidly gaining momentum and it is vital to
establish a constant dialogue between the labs, corporations and suppliers to
ensure dynamic growth of this emerging market.”, says Martin Haegele, Head of
Robotics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing & Automation (IPA)
and Head of the Service Robotics Working Group at the International Federation
of Robotics.
World-renowned speakers such as William Red L. Whittaker,
Raja Chatila, Sukhan Lee, Martin Haegele, John Gray, Henrik Christensen, Joe
Engelberger, Samad Hayati and others will share indispensable insights into
Military Robotics, Robotic-Assisted Surgery, Human-Robot Interaction, Humanoid
Robotics, Field Robotics, Mobile Robotics (UGVs, UAVs & UUVs), Service
Robotics, Micro & Cellular Robotics, Personal Robotics, Space Robotics,
Standards and more. Other exciting program highlights include round table
debates on “Technology Transfer & Investment” as well as “The Mass
Commercialization Challenge”. Case studies by leading sponsors such as Sony
Entertainment Europe and Philips Research will also provide stimulating insights
into the commercialization of robotics as well as market trends and
developments.
Registration is free of charge. “The unique value of this
international web conference is that it cuts down the travel-related expenses
and time barriers usually associated with offline conferences”, says Val-Pierre
Genton, Managing Director of e-symposium.
The high attendance levels are
expected to create unprecedented knowledge-sharing from experts to delegates and
vice versa. It seems that the E-Symposium covers every angle – not only can
delegates attend high quality presentations from the convenience of their own
working location, but they can also interact with their international colleagues
via cutting edge web-based instant messaging technology. Delegates can even
create private, secured ‘rooms’ to have closed meetings. With training and
travel budgets tight or non-existent, this certainly is a relief for
organizations, academics, industry and governmental representatives. “Our joint
mission is to facilitate the gathering of industry intelligence and to stimulate
international knowledge sharing”, says Val-Pierre Genton. Well, it looks like
the Advanced Robotics E-Symposium 2005 does just that.
For more information and to register, visit the AdRob 2005 homepage at
http://www.adrob.e-symposium.com.
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