Wednesday 27th January
| Session/Speaker | |
15:00 – 15:15 | Opening | |
| Manuel Heitor, Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education | |
15:15 - 16:00 | Panel Discussion (Chair: Robert Marschinski) Economic impact of robotisation on employment, productivity and competitiveness | Presentation |
| Daron Acemoglu , MIT | Presentation |
Anna Margriet Salomons , University of Utrecht | ||
José Manuel Mendonça , University of Porto | Presentation | |
16:15 - 16:45 | Keynote: The industrial perspective | |
| Bernd Liepert , President euRobotics aisbl | Presentation |
16:45 - 17:30 | Panel Discussion How the robotics industry can support the EU recovery | |
| Helge Holm-Larsen, Managing Director at Syddansk Innovation | Presentation |
Zoltan Csefalvay, Mathias Corvinus Collegium | Presentation | |
Laszlo Hradszki, Senior Advisor Hiventures | Presentation | |
Daniel Dines, UiPath |
Thursday 28th January
| Session/Speaker | |
15:00 – 15:15 | Keynote: The impact of robots on society | |
| Mariya Gabriel , Commissioner Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth | |
15:30 - 16:15 | Panel Discussion Assessing the social impact of AI and robotics | |
| Susanne Bieller , General Secretary at International Federation of Robotics | Presentation |
Raja Chatila , Sorbonne University, | ||
Aimee van Wynsberghe , Alexander von Humboldt Professor | ||
16:30 - 17:00 | Keynote: Social Robotics: Research, Ethics and Education | |
| Carme Torras , Professor of Research, Spanish Scientific Research Council | Presentation |
16:45 - 17:30 | Panel Discussion Human-Robot Interaction and Robotics in Education | |
Tony Belpaeme, Professor at Ghent University | Presentation | |
| Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, OECD | Presentation |
Hae Won Park, Media Lab, MIT | Presentation |