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Livestream: BAL ROBOTOV Roboforum
Watch the live stream from the first annual BAL ROBOTOV Roboforum in Moscow, running May 15-18. Speakers include creator of Hubo, Jun-Ho Oh, iCub’s Giorgio Metta, creator of the Blind Robot Louis-Philippe Demer, Vladimir Konyshev of Neurobotics, Skolkovo’s Albert Yefimov, NanoSatisfi’s Chris Wake, Unbounded’s Melonee Wise, Valery Komissarova of Grishin, and many more. See the full program for this four-day event below.
Roboforum is a cross disciplinary conference designed to unite the best minds in robotics, including scientists and designers, business people and governors as well as artists, engineers and popular science speakers worldwide.
Live stream begins at 10AM local time. The stream includes a simulcast translation in both Russian and English – to choose your language, select RU or EN at the bottom of the video panel.
Program
DAY ONE MAY 15 – ROBOEKONOMIKA: BIRTH OF A NEW MARKET
| 10:00-11:30 | GLOBAL TRENDS IN ROBOTICS |
| Moderator | EVGENY NADORSHIN (EVGENY NADORSHIN) / Managing Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, chief economist at AFK “System” / Russia |
| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 11:45-13:15 | POTENTIAL RUSSIAN ROBOTICS |
| Moderator | IGOR VITTEL (IGOR VITTEL) / Russian journalist, broadcaster, producer / Russia |
| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 14:15-15:45 | FUTURE ENGINEERS / PANEL SUPPORTS THE BRITISH COUNCIL |
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| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 16:00-19:00 | MY ROBOT. PRESENTATION OF THE CREATORS OF THEIR ENGINEERING WORKS |
| ONLINE – WILL JACKSON (WILL JACKSON) / CEO Engineered Arts Ltd, the creator of robot RoboThespian / England | |
| MUNSANG KIM (KIM SUN MUNG) / Director, Center for Intellectual Robotics at the Korea Institute of Technology, member of the team of robots creators Mero, Kibo, Ciros and Silbot / Korea | |
| YUNG HO O (JUN-HO OH) Professor leading the Korean Institute of Science and Technology, the creator of robot Hubo / Korea | |
| VLADIMIR KONISHEV (VLADIMIR KONYSHEV) / CEO Neyrobotiks / Russia / | |
DAY TWO MAY 16 – ROBOVENCHUR: MEETING TOMORROW
| 10:00-11:30 | HOW TO INVEST IN ROBOTICS? |
| Moderator | IGOR VITTEL (IGOR VITTEL) / Russian journalist, broadcaster, producer / Russia |
| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 11:45-13:15 | HOW TO FIND YOUR BLUE OCEAN? |
| Moderator | SABINA HAUER (SABINE HAUERT) / representative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher nanorobots / USA |
| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 14:15-15:15 | SEE WHAT VISIONARIES? INTERVIEWER: GOR NAKHAPETYAN (GOR NAKHAPETYAN) / FOUNDER BALA ROBOTS, ENTREPRENEUR AND ADVISOR TO THE RECTOR SKOLKOVO / RUSSIA |
| Interview with special guest | GIORGIO METTA (GIORGIO METTA) / Creator humanoid robot ICub, director of the Italian Institute of Technology, iCub (IIT) / Italy |
| 15:30-19:00 | MY ROBOT. PRESENTATION CREATORS OF THEIR ENGINEERING CREATIONS |
| ONLINE – ELAD INBAR (ELAD INBAR) / Creator RobotAppStore / U.S. | |
| VYACHESLAV KRAVTSOV (VYACHESLAV KRAVTSOV)/ Project Manager RBOT / Russia | |
| MELONI WISE (WISE MELONEE) / CEO and co-founder Unboundedrobotics / U.S. | |
| ROMAN LUCHINI (ROMAN LUCHIN) / Founder and CEO TRIC / Russia | |
| DMITRY SUVOROV (DMITRY SUVOROV) / Director of IT WICRON / Russia | |
| MATTHEW CLAUDEL (MATTHEW SLAUDEL) / representative MIT Senseable Lab / U.S. | |
DAY THREE MAY 17 – ROBOART: INNER AND OUTER BEAUTY
| 10:00-11:30 | BEAUTIFUL ROBOTS: HOW TO PACK INNOVATION |
| Moderator | EKATERINA KHRAMKOVA (EKATERINA KHRAMKOVA)/ Futurodizayner, founder and CEO of the design agency innovation Lumiknows / Russia |
| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 11:45-13:15 | INTELLIGENT ROBOTS: BEAUTY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
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| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 14:15-15:15 | ROBOTS, WHICH FALLS PEOPLE / INTERVIEW MAXIM KASHULINSKY (MAXIM KASHULINSKY) / CHIEF EDITOR PORTAL SLON / RUSSIA |
| FRANCESCO FERRO (FERRO FRANCESCO) / CEO PAL Robotic, create a robot REEM / Italy | |
| 15:30-19:00 | MY ROBOT. PRESENTATION CREATORS OF THEIR ENGINEERING CREATIONS |
| ANDREW GRYAZNOV (ANDREW GRYAZNOV) / Partner and co-founder of Cubic Robotics / Russia | |
| YEN BERNSTEIN (BERNSTEIN IAN) / Couchreditel and Chief Technology Officer of Orbotix / U.S. | |
| ADAM BEN DROR (ADAM BEN-DROR) / Industrial designer, creator of robot Pinnokkio, Victoria University of Wellington / New Zealand | |
| REUBEN ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER REBEN) / Robotics and artist, creator BlabDroid, researcher Media Lab MIT / USA | |
| LOUIS PHILIPPE DEMER (LOUIS-PHILIPPE DEMER) / Designer blind robot (Blind robot) Professor, School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University / Singapore | |
DAY 4 MAY 18 – ROBOBUDUSCHEE: PROHIBITIVE DREAMS
| 10:00-11:30 | PEOPLE AND FUTURE ROBOTS |
| Moderator | MAXIM KASHULINSKY (MAXIM KASHULINSKY) / Chief Editor Portal SLON / Russia |
| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 11:45-13:15 | SOCIETY OF THE FUTURE |
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| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 14:15-15:45 | FUTURE CITY |
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| Panel Discussion / Q & A |
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| 16:00-18:30 | IMAGINATION WHICH GIVES BIRTH OF FUTURE WORLDS / PRESENTATION ARTISTS AND CURATORS ART PROJECTS ON ROBOTICS |
| JONATHAN TIPPETT (JONATHAN TIPPET) / Co-creator of robots Mondo Spider and Titanoboa. MIT / USA | |
| LOKAS MONICA (MONICA LOCASCIO) / author, curator, gallerist and art director specializing in art & science, agency CultureShock / U.S. | |
| ERIC JOYNER (ERIC JOYNER) / illustrators. In his work, chose the robot as the main character of his works / England |
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