Agenda

9:15 – 9:30 Welcome and Introduction

• Welcome from Prof. Dr. Aude Billard, Head of Innovation Booster Robotics and EPFL
• Welcome from Prof. Dr. Georg Rauter, Head of BiromedLab
• Welcome from Prof. Dr.Dr. h.c. mult. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, Rector of University of Basel
• Welcome from Dr. iur. Lukas Engelberger, Head of the Health Department, Canton Basel
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9:30 -10:15 KEYNOTES: Robots and AI Assisting Humans

• Prof. Dr. Robert Riener, Full Professor of the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETHZ
• Pro. Dr. Grégoire Courtine, Full Professor of G-lab Upcourtine
• Prof. Jocelyn Bloch, Head of NeuroRestore Laboratory, CHUV
• Prof. Dr. Manuela Eugster, ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern
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10:15 – 10:45 Panel on Future Directions of Medical Robotics

• Dr. Diego Paez-Granados, Head of SCAI labETHZ 
• Tom Kissling, Head End-2-End Lab Services, La Roche Ltd.

More speakers to be announced

10:45 – 11.15 Break

11:15 – 12:30 KEYNOTES: Trends in Robotics

• Prof. Dr. Dario Floreano, Full professor of the Laboratory of Systems Lab, EPFL
• Prof. Dr.Marco Hutter, Head of the Robotic Systems Lab, ETHZ
• Prof. Dr. Agathe Koller, Director of the Institute ILT, OST

More speakers to be announced

12:30 – 13:00 Presentation of the Innovation Booster Robotics

• Dr. Anca Rusu, Programme Coordinator, Innovation Booster Robotics
• Funded Projects
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13:00 – 14:00 Lunch & Official Opening of the Exhibition

14:00 – 16:00 Exhibition only

16:00 – 17:30 Panels, workshops and much more.

17:30 Closing remarks

17:40 – 19:00 Apéro and networking