Adastral Park - Robotics festival

Timetable

With keynote presentations and panel sessions, the Robotics Festival gave attendees the chance to hear about the very cutting edge of robotics and what the future has in store. With speakers from across multiple industries, the festival had something for everybody.

Running throughout the festival, the Expo gave a perfect chance to meet a wide variety of companies who are leading the way in robotics.

Tours of the Showcases and Labs were also available, including the launch of the brand-new showcase experience: Digital Industries. Come and explore how the digital world is impacting industries such as manufacturing, energy, supply chain and much more.

Attendee registration

Doors open at 09:00 for you to register and pick up your pass card.

Location: Hub

Welcome keynote

Time: 10:00 - 10:25

Location: Antares building » Tommy Flowers theatre

Video feeds in Hub » Ada Lovelace stage

and Hubble stage

Speakers: Craig Doyle, BT Sport; Lisa Perkins, BT

Tommy Flowers theatre

							Location: Antares
							
									Connecting for Good. Are you ready for the Robotic revolution?
									
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Time: 10:30 - 11:00

										Speakers: Marc Overton, BT
										;
										Maria Cuevas Ramirez, BT
										
									Types of robotics and economic impacts
									
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Time: 11:10 - 11:40

										Speaker: Pippa Sharma, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
										
									The role and value of robotics within end-to-end Industry 4.0 manufacturing
									
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Time: 11:45 - 12:15

										Speaker: John Robinson, Kearney, for SAP
										
									Accelerating your Robotics Journey with Intel
									
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Time: 12:20 - 12:50

										Speaker: Claire Huckerby-Brown, Intel
										
Ada Lovelace stage

							Location: Hub
							
									Connecting for Good. Are you ready for the Robotic revolution?
									
										Watch
									
									Live video from Tommy Flowers theatre
								
Time: 10:30 - 11:00

										Speakers: Marc Overton, BT
										;
										Maria Cuevas Ramirez, BT
										
									MoD Future Capability Group - Accelerating Innovative Technologies into Service
									
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Time: 11:10 - 11:40

										Speaker: Brad Hayward, Ministry of Defence
										
									Sustainability - panel session
									
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Time: 11:45 - 12:15

										Speakers:
										Karol Janik, MTC
										;
										Sarwar Khan, BT
										;
										Gary Chandler, QiO
										;
										Rodrigo de Faria Custodio, Dell
										;
										Jas Bhogal, Intel
										
									Making and using robots: views from across the supply chain
								
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Time: 12:20 - 12:50

										Panel moderated by BT Global: 
										Paul Garner, ABB
										;
										Simon Woodward, DHL
										;
										Luigi Lobello, Bridgestone
										;
										José Gastey, BT
										
Hubble stage

							Location: Hub
							
									Connecting for Good. Are you ready for the Robotic revolution?
									
										Watch
									
									Live video from the Tommy Flowers theatre
								
Time: 10:30 - 11:00

										Speakers: Marc Overton, BT
										;
										Maria Cuevas Ramirez, BT
										
									Britbots: Investor shark-tank
								
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Time: 11:10 - 12:50

										Speaker: Dominic Keen, Britbots founder and entrepreneur
										
Learn about the start-up market for UK Robotics before 5 "shark-tank" pitches from exciting new robotics companies:
Acuity Robotics
Altered Carbon
Dogtooth Technologies
Fox Robotics
Xcavate Robotics
Expo
Time: 10:30 - 16:35

								Location: Sirius » Exhibition hall
							
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Showcase tours
Start times: 11:10, 11:45, 12:20, 13:45, 14:20, 14:55
Duration: 30 minutes

								Location:
								Sirius » Customer centre
								
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Robotics & Drone lab tours
Start times: 11:10, 12:05, 13:45, 14:40, 15:35
Duration: 50 minutes

								Location:
								Rigel House » Robotics & Drone lab
								
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Lunch

Time: 12:55 - 13:25

Location: Hub » Restaurant

Tommy Flowers theatre

							Location: Antares
							
									Afternoon kick-off
								
									Live video from the Ada Lovelace stage
								
Time: 13:30 - 13:45

										Speakers: Lisa Perkins, BT
										
									JPL & aerospace robotics
								
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									Live video from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
								
Time: 13:45 - 14:15

										Speaker: Masahiro (Hiro) Ono, NASA
										
									Technology trends in robotics
									
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Time: 14:20 - 14:50

										Speaker: Mike Wilson, MTC
										
									Machine learning for robotics
								
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									Live video from University of Cambridge
								
Time: 14:55 - 15:25

										Speaker: Amanda Prorok, University of Cambridge
										
									AI & Robotics R&D - panel session
								
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Time: 15:30 - 16:00
Speakers:
										Ismail Mitha, Jabra GN ;
										Richard Kenny, Poly - a HP company ;
										John Davies, BT 
									
									Bots on the grid, robot picking & autonomous vehicles. Transport & logistics
									
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Time: 16:05 - 16:35

										Speaker:
										Duncan Russell, Ocado 										
									
Ada Lovelace stage

							Location: Hub
							
									Afternoon kick-off
								
Time: 13:30 - 13:45

										Speakers: Lisa Perkins, BT
										
									JPL & aerospace robotics
								
										Watch
									
									Live video from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
								
Time: 13:45 - 14:15

										Speaker: Masahiro (Hiro) Ono, NASA
										
									Protect the robots! Securing the future of your manufacturing networks
								
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Time: 14:20 - 14:50

										Speaker: Marcus Josefsson, Nozomi
										
									Enhancing health and safety in non-manufacturing environments using robotics automation
									
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Time: 14:55 - 15:25

										Speaker: Hemachandra Bhat, Wipro
										
									BT - A future with drones
								
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Time: 15:30 - 16:00

										Speaker: Dave Pankhurst, BT
										
									Neuroinspired robots & next-gen AI
									
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Time: 16:05 - 16:35

										Speaker: Nikhil Malhotra, TechM
										
Hubble stage

							Location: Hub
							
									Afternoon kick-off
								
									Live video from the Ada Lovelace stage
								
Time: 13:30 - 13:45

										Speakers: Lisa Perkins, BT
										
									JPL & aerospace robotics
								
										Watch
									
									Live video from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
								
Time: 13:45 - 14:15

										Speaker: Masahiro (Hiro) Ono, NASA
										
									Autonomous aerial drones: recent advances & future directions
									
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									Live video from MIT
								
Time: 14:20 - 14:50

										Speaker: Sertac Karaman, MIT
										
									Manufacturing and Autonomous Mobility: Simultaneous localisation and mapping
								
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									Video from MIT
								
Time: 14:55 - 15:25

										Speaker: John Leonard, MIT
									
									Agritech - panel session
								
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Time: 15:30 - 16:00

										Panel:
										Simon Pearson, University of Lincoln
										;
										Duncan Robertson, DogTooth
										;
										Klaus McDonald-Maier, University of Essex
										;
										Alistair Duke, BT
										
									Health panel session
								
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Time: 16:05 - 16:35
Panel:
										Dr Vishen Ramkisson, BT
										;
										Ben Challacombe, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
										;
										Irshad Shaikh, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
										;
										Paul Putland, BT

Closing remarks

Time: 16:40 - 17:00

Location: Hub » Ada Lovelace stage

Speaker: Lisa Perkins, BT

Networking drinks and DJ

Time: 17:05 - 19:00

Location: Hub » Café