Schedule

The WPI Robotics Symposium: Engineering the Revolution

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Odeum, Campus Center

7:30 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 a.m.	Opening Remarks and Introductions Michael Gennert, Director, Robotics Engineering Program and Department Head, Computer Science
8:20 a.m.	WPI Welcome Dennis Berkey, President and CEO, WPI
8:25 a.m.	Welcome to Worcester Konstantina Lukes, Mayor of Worcester
8:30 a.m.	Session One Moderated by Gretar Tryggvason, Department Head and Professor, Mechanical Engineering Ellen Purdy, Enterprise Director, DoD Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise Eric Grimson, Bernard Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering, Department Head Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Session Two Moderated by David Cyganski, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Helen Greiner, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, iRobot Corp. Dean Kamen, President and CEO, DEKA
11:55 a.m.	Closing Remarks Michael Gennert
Noon	Lunch with Speaker
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Robot Demonstrations

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