What: On October 10, the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge will
host a panel of senior executives from five New England
robotics companies. These firms are leaders among more than
130 area companies that are producing robots or key robotic
components.
With advances in technology, robots are changing the ways in
which goods are produced, homes are cleaned, war is waged and
people are healed.
Rod Brooks, founder and CTO of iRobot and long-time director
of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab,
will keynote the evening. Following his presentation,
moderator Doug Zingale, a partner in Foley Hoag's technology
group, will lead a discussion with the following industry
executives:
-- Chris Hofmeister - CTO, Brooks Automation
-- Tom Fuhlbrigge - Manager, Mechatronics and Robotics
Automation, ABB Robotics
-- Mick Mountz - CEO, Kiva Systems
-- Tom Ryden - CEO, North End Technologies
-- Deborah Theobald - CEO, Vecna Technologies
When: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Networking: 5:30 p.m.
Program: 6:15-8:00 p.m.
Reception: 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Where: Stata Center (Bldg. 32), Kirsch Auditorium, 32 Vassar St.,
Cambridge
Sponsor: KPMG
Registration and information: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/oct07.html
Forum members: $20; Non-members: $30; Students from all universities, free
with college ID.
Contact Information: MIT ENTERPRISE FORUM OF CAMBRIDGE CONTACT: Rob Butler MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge 617-253-2568 PRESS CONTACT: Brad Baker (for MIT Enterprise Forum) CHEN PR, Inc. 781-672-3118