Agenda

Day 2

Time Tuesday - Oct 15th
08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:00 Workshop/Tutorial 3
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee-break
10:30 - 11:00 Workshop/Tutorial 3
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:00 Welcome Ceremony (broadcasted)
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary (broadcasted)
Oussama Khatib, USA
Human-Robot Collaboration: Extreme Environments, Health Care, and the Workplace
13:00 - 14:00 "Ocean One K, Archaeologist of the Abyss" Movie with Lunch Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Forum
Robots for Sustainability and Sustainable Robots
Pitch Oral Session 1
15:00 - 15:30 Oral 1 (Award + journal) Interactive Session 1
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30 Oral 2 (Award + journal)
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 - 17:30 Keynote Session - Speeding up flying machines
Moderator - Yahya Zweiri, UAE
Speaker - Davide Scaramuzza, Switzerland
Speaker - Guido de Croon, Netherlands
Speaker - Mirko Kovac, United Kingdom
Speaker - Giuseppe Loianno, United States
Speaker - Naira Hovakimyan, United States
17:30 - 18:00
18:00 - 18:30
18:30 - 19:00
19:00 - 19:30
19:30 - 20:00
20:00 - 20:30
20:30 - 21:00

Day 3

Time Wednesday - Oct 16th
08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:00 Pitch Oral Session 2 Forum
Government Forum: Funding for Robotics Research
Forum
Europe Regulates Artificial Intelligence: the Challenge for Robotics
10:00 - 10:30 Oral 3 (Award + journal) Interactive Session 2
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30 Oral 4 (Award + journal)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary (broadcasted)
Najwa Aaraj, UAE
Building Trust in Autonomous Systems: Security Strategies for the Next Generation of Robotics
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Women in Robotics Panel Luncheon
14:00 - 15:00 Keynote Session - Biorobotics
Moderator - Helge Wurdemann, United Kingdom
Speaker - Auke Ijspeert,Switzerland
Speaker - Kaspar Althoefer, United Kingdom
Speaker - Barbara Mazzolai, Italy
Speaker - Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Japan
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00 Pitch Oral Session 3 Forum
Robotics in Africa
Forum
Robotics & AI in the UAE: Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:00 Oral 5 (Award + journal) Interactive Session 3
17:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00 Oral 6 (Award + journal)
18:00 - 18:30
18:30 - 19:00
19:00 - 19:30
19:30 - 20:00
20:00 - 20:30
20:30 - 21:00

Day 4

Time Thursday - Oct 17th
08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:00 Pitch Oral Session 4 Forum
Empowering Diverse Voices in Robotics
Forum
Human-Avatars Symbiosis – Can you imagine a future society where you can remotely control multiple avatars?
10:00 - 10:30 Oral 7 (Journal) Interactive Session 4
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30 Oral 8 (Journal)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary (broadcasted)
Yoshihiko Nakamura, Japan
Embodiment of AI and Biomechanis/Neuroscience
13:00 - 14:00 Award Luncheon
14:00 - 15:00 Keynote Session - AI & Robotics
Moderator - Yukie Nagai, Japan
Speaker - Barbara Caputo, Italy
Speaker - Merouane Debbah, UAE
Speaker - Concepcion Monje Micharet, Spain
Speaker - Jianwei Zhang, Germany
Speaker - Eric Xing, UAE
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00 Pitch Oral Session 5 Forum
Sustainable Medical and Surgical Robotics
Forum
Moonshot R&D Program Goal 3 Forum - Envisioning a Future of Human Robot Co-living: Potential for Robotics to Transform Human Lives
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:00 Oral 9 (Selected) Interactive Session 5
17:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00 Oral 10 (Selected)
18:00 - 18:30
18:30 - 19:00
19:00 - 19:30 Banquet
19:30 - 20:00
20:00 - 20:30
20:30 - 21:00

Day 5

Time Friday - Oct 18th
08:00 - 08:30 Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:00 Pitch Oral Session 6 Forum
Marine Robotics in the Ocean Decade Initiative for Sustainable Development
Forum
Mens, Manus, Machina
10:00 - 10:30 Oral 11 (Selected) Interactive Session 6
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30 Oral 12 (Selected)
11:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary (broadcasted)
Magnus Egerstedt, USA
From Coordination to Collaboration in Multi-Robot Systems: Lessons from Ecology
13:00 - 14:00 Young Professionals' Luncheon Lunch SICE Luncheon Seminar
14:00 - 15:00 Keynote Session - Robotic Competitions
Moderator - Lakmal Seneviratne
Speaker - Pedro U. Lima, Portugal
Speaker - Thomas McCarthy, UAE
Speaker - Ubbo Visser, USA
Speaker - Timothy Chung, Unites States
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00 Pitch Oral Session 7 Forum
Industrial Opportunities and SocioEconomic Impact of Medical Robotics
Forum
Robots for a Better Tomorrow: Well being Through Advanced Technology
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 17:00 Oral 13 (Selected) Interactive Session 7
Late-breaking results
17:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 18:00 Oral 14 (Selected)
18:00 - 18:30
18:30 - 19:00 Closing ceremony (broadcasted)
19:00 - 19:30 Heading East towards IROS 2025
19:30 - 20:00
20:00 - 20:30
20:30 - 21:00

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Venue

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