The 12th Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Sheffield UK, 31 Aug - 2 Sep 2011

Industry-Academia Day

The participation of representatives of the industry is welcome both in the main conference and particularly in the academic-industry 1-day symposium. Exhibition space is available.

Please contact Jane Wright (tel: +44 114 225 5087). The invitation letter is available here.

Provisional programme of proceedings for the industrial day is as noted below. Please note, that all lectures will take place in room 9130 of Furnival Building.

Time Schedule Presenting Programme Attendance Mode
09:00 - 10:00 Plenary Talk: Precision Farming and Agricultural Robotics, Prof. S. Blackmore TAROS registered
10:00 - 12:00 Exhibition / Demonstrations TAROS registered
12:00 - 12:30 lunch break; parallel events: Launch of Robotics Academic Forum (C. Buxton, BARA) TAROS registered
13:15 - 13:20 Panel Opening TAROS registered
13:20 - 14:20 Panel address: EU policy in Robotics (TBC: Libor Kral, EU Unit 5 Cognitive Systems and Robotics) TAROS registered
Panel address: UK policy and investment in robotics (BARA) TAROS registered
Panel address: EU flagship Robot Companion (Prof. T. Prescott, Uni Sheffield) TAROS registered
Panel address: Electronics KTN / Autonomous Systems and Robotics (Daniel Dearing, Electronics KTN) TAROS registered
14:35-15:00 Panel discussion (Chair: Prof. C. Melhuish, UWE / Bristol Robotics Lab) TAROS registered
15:30-17:30 Exhibition and Demonstrations Public access
17:30-18:30 Public Lecture organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology Public access