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About the Event
From at-home assistants to driverless cars, robotics is poised to change our lives forever – and for the better! Join us this October at the Computer History museum for an action-packed day of discussions on this exciting game-changing industry. In addition to a sneak-peak at some of Japan’s incredible robotics technologies and innovation, you’ll also hear from some of Silicon Valley’s most amazing tech experts on the impact of robotics on everything from autonomous vehicles to automated agriculture to healthcare–and more. Sign up now! #RobotsRiseSV
This event is proudly presented in partnership with NEDO Silicon Valley.
Speakers
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Henrik Christensen
Prof. of Computer Science
UC San Diego
@hiskov Atsushi Yasuda
Dir., Robotics Policy Office
METI
#METI Denyse Cardozo
Executive Director
Silicon Valley Forum
@SFDenyse Kazuo Furukawa
Chairman
NEDO
#NEDO
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Jun Yamada
Consul-General of Japan,
San Francisco
NEDO
#NEDO
Shinnosuke Kameyama
Chief Representative
NEDO Silicon Valley
#NEDO
Andra Keay
Director
Silicon Valley Robotics
@RobotLaunch
Eduardo De Robbio
Global Business Development Manager - Fixed Robotics
Omron Adept Technologies
@AdeptTechnology
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Eric Krotkov
Chief Science Officer
Toyota Research Institute
@ToyotaResearch George Kellerman
COO & General Partner
Yamaha Motor Ventures
@GeorgeKellerman Carl Vause
CEO
Soft Robotics
@carl_vause Frank Tobe
Founding Editor
The Robot Report
@ftobe
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Hiroshi Saijou
CEO & Managing Director
Yamaha Motor Ventures
@YamahaMotorUSA Nick Sugimoto
CEO
Honda Innovations
@Hondainnovation
Andreas Raptopoulos
Cofounder and CEO
Matternet
@andreasx Deborah Magid
Director, Software Strategy
IBM Venture Capital Group
@IBM
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Gareth Keane
Senior Investment Manager
Qualcomm Ventures
@garethkeane Dragos Maciuca
Technical Director – Palo Alto Research & Inno. Center
Ford Motor Company
@Ford
Steve Taub
Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing
GE Ventures
@GE_Ventures
Patrick Sobalvarro
President and CEO
VEO Robotics
@Psobalvarro
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Glenn Schuster
Director of Technical Marketing
NVIDIA
@nvidia Shin Sakane
CEO
Seven Dreamers Labs
#SevenDreamers
Chris Kirchhoff
Partner
Defense Innovation Unit Experimental
#ChrisKirchhoff Takayuki Nakayama
Manager, Robotics and ICT
IHI Corporation
#IHICorporation
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Hidetaka Aoki
Partner in Charge of Space & Robotics
Global Brain Corporation
#HidetakaAoki
Satoshi Sugie
CEO
Whill
@_WHILL
Yusuke Yasukawa
Project Coordinator
NEDO
#NEDO Kenta Yasukawa
CTO
Soracom
@SoracomIoT
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Mitch Kitamura
Managing Director
Draper Nexus
@drapernexus Rob Coneybeer
Partner
Shasta Ventures
@robconeybeer Nolan Paul
Head of R&D Strategy and Emerging Technology
Driscoll’s
@driscollsberry Masato Iehara
General Manager
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry America Inc.
#MasatoIehara
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Rich Mahoney
CEO and Founder
Superflex
@superflextech Shohei Hido
Chief Research Officer
Preferred Networks America
#ShoheiHido Melissa Ho
Mg. Dir, Silicon Valley Office
Dept. of Homeland Security
#MelissaHo
Paul Yeh
Founding Partner
Conductive Capital
#ConductiveCapital
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Brian Goncher
Managing Director
Deloitte
@Deloitte Dennis Donohue
Chief Innovation Officer
Western Growers
@WesternGrowers Cory Kidd
CEO
Catalia Health
@CoryK
Dr. James Kuffner
CTO
Toyota Research Institute
@ToyotaResearch
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Noriko Takiguchi
Managing Editor
Robonews.net
@robonewsnet
Kah Seng Tay
VP of Engineering
Drive.ai
@kahseng
Elana Lian
IoT Venture Cap. Investment
Intel Capital
@elian2010
Austin Badger
Vice President
Silicon Valley Bank
@austin_j_badger
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Daniel Theobald
CEO/Cofounder
Vecna/Mass Robotics
@MassRobotics
Chetan Kapoor
Sr Dir, Tech Innovation
Yaskawa Innovation
@Yaskawa
Allison Okamura
Professor of Mechanical Eng.
Stanford University
@StanfordEng
Steve Cousins
CEO
Savioke
@Savioke
Agenda
subject to change
9:00 AM Registration, Networking, and Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM Welcome and Introductions
Kazuo Furukawa, Chairman, NEDO
Denyse Cardozo, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Forum
Shinnosuke Kameyama, Chief Representative, NEDO Silicon Valley
9:40 AM Opening Remarks
Jun Yamada, Consul General, Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco
9:50 AM Opening Keynotes: An Overview of Robotics in the US and Japan
Henrik Christensen, Professor, of Computer Science, UCSD
Atsushi Yasuda, Director, Robotics Policy Office, METI
10:50 AM From Machine to Market: Building a Consumer Robotics Business
Building a sustainable business model around the robotics revolution.
Satoshi Sugie, Whiil
Shin Sakane, Seven Dreamers
Rich Mahoney, Superflex
Steve Cousins, Savioke
Cory Kidd, Catalia Health
Moderator: Andra Keay, Silicon Valley Robotics
11:35 AM Bots in the Boardroom: Opportunities for Corporations
Exploring robotics strategy & implementation at a corporate level
Eric Krotkov, Toyota Research Institute
Deborah Magid, IBM Venture Capital Group
Moderator: Brian Goncher, Deloitte
12:05 PM Retail Revolution: How Robots Will Change Retail
From automated warehouses to on-demand delivery
Andreas Raptopoulos, Matternet
Shohei Hido, Preferred Networks America
Takayuki Nakayama, IHI Corporation
Daniel Theobald, Vecna/Mass Robotics
Moderator: Noriko Takiguchi, The Robot Report
12:45 PM LUNCH, DEMO SHOWCASE, AND NETWORKING
1:45 PM The Manufacturing Revolution: Automated Factories
Robots are revolutionizing everything from big jobs to detail work.
Hiro Saijou, Yamaha Motor Ventures
Steve Taub, GE Ventures
Patrick Sobalvarro, Veo Robotics
Chetan Kapoor, Yaskawa Innovation
Eduardo De Robbio, Omron Adept Technologies
Moderator: Frank Tobe, The Robot Report
2:25 PM Behind the Wheel: The Future of Mobility
The future of mobility with robots in the driver’s seat
Nick Sugimoto, Honda Innovations
Dragos Maciuca, Ford
Glenn Schuster, NVIDIA
Dr. James Kuffner, Toyota Research Institute
Kah Seng Tay, Drive.ai
Moderator: Robert Coneybeer, Shasta Ventures
3:05 PM Investment BOOM! The Rise of Robotics
Why investors are banking big on a robotics-driven future
Gareth Keane, Qualcomm Ventures
Mitch Kitamura, Draper Nexus
Hidetaka Aoki, Global Brain
Paul Yeh, Conductive Capital
Elana Lian, Intel Capital
Moderator: Austin Badger, Silicon Valley Bank
3:55 PM NETWORKING BREAK
4:05 PM Mechanical Animals: The Future of Automated Agriculture
A view of the fields of the future
George Kellerman, Yamaha Motor Ventures
Nolan Paul, Driscoll’s
Kenta Yasukawa, Soracom
Carl Vause, Soft Robotics
Moderator: Dennis Donohue, Western Growers
4:45 PM Search and Rescue: How Robots are Changing Recovery & Relief
From airlifts to fire-fighting, robots are changing rescue efforts
Melissa Ho, Department of Homeland Security Silicon Valley
Masato Iehara, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry America, Inc.
Yusuke Yasukawa, NEDO
Allison Okamura, Stanford University
Moderator: Chris Kirchhoff, DIUX
5:35 PM CLOSING REMARKS
Shinnosuke Kameyama, NEDO Silicon Valley
5:45 PM Networking and cocktail hour; prize raffle
7:00 PM CONCLUSION