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MAIN STAGE
HAhn Auditorium
Day 1
December 11
8:00 AM: Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:30 AM: Opening Remarks
Speaker: Modar Alaoui, General Partner, ALM Ventures, Founder and Chair, Humanoids Summit.
8:45 AM: Opening Keynote
9:15 AM: Presentation
“Humanoid Robots: Crossing the Chasm from Concept to Commercial Reality”.
Speaker: Ani Kelkar, Partner, McKinsey & Company.
9:35 AM: Presentation
“Any Task, Any Robot, One Brain”.
Speaker: Abhinav Gupta, Co-Founder, Skild AI.
9:55 AM: Panel Discussion
“Commercial Scaling of Humanoids: Metrics of Success in Deployment”.
Panelists: TBA.
Moderator: Gerrit de Vynck, Tech Reporter, The Washington Post.
10:25 AM: Networking Break
10:40AM: Presentation
“The Fastest Path to Embodied AGI: Inside Fauna’s Robotics Platform”.
Speaker: Rob Cochran, Co-Founder and CEO, Fauna Robotics.
11:00 AM: Presentation
“From Tasks to Understanding: The Path to Generalist Robot”.
Speaker: Pete Florence, Co-founder and CEO, Generalist.
11:20 AM: Presentation
“Inside a Hardcore Humanoid Robotics Company”.
Speaker: Jarad Cannon, CTO, Humanoid.
11:40 AM: Presentation
“Character Robotics: World Debut of Companion Humanoids People Want to Be Around”.
Speaker: Scott LaValley, Founder and CEO, Cartwheel Robotics.
12:00 PM: Lunch Break
1:00 PM: Afternoon Keynote
Embodied AI for Industry: Safe, Skilled, and Scalable”.
Speaker: Nic Radford, Co-Founder and CEO, Persona AI.
1:20 PM: Presentation
“Building Embodied Foundation Models for General-Purpose Robots”.
Speaker: He Wang, Founder and CTO, Galbot.
1:40 PM: Presentation
”The Age Of Humanoid Robotics: Building the technologies that make life self-sustaining”.
Speaker: Sankaet Pathak, Founder and CEO, Foundation.
2:00 PM: Startup fire pitches
Speakers:
”Building the Physical AI-Layer for Hospitals”.
Frederik Ebert, Founder and CEO, Emancro.
”Ultra Fast Charging Energy Storage for Untethered Robotics Applications”.
Michael Sinkula, Co-Founder and CEO, Morelle.
”Making Robots Dream: Simulations, World Models, and the Future of AI”.
Anto Patrex, Founder and CEO, Cosmic Brain.
2:30 PM: Panel Discussion
“The Humanoid Investment Thesis: From Hardware Risk to Scalable Platforms”.
Moderator: Bogdan Cristei, Co-Founder and Partner, SHACK15 Ventures.
3:00 PM: Networking Break
3:15 PM: Presentation
”Booster Robotics - Unite Developers to Drive Productivity Evolution”.
Speaker: Chaoyi LI, Head of Globalization, Booster Robotics.
3:35 PM: Presentation
”Deploying Humanoid Robots: Overcoming Real-World Commercial Challenges”.
Speaker: Vivian Chu, Co-Founder and CTO, Diligent Robotics.
3:55 PM: Panel Discussion
”World Models: Extending Foundation Models Towards Embodied Intelligence”.
4:40 PM: Presentation
”Robust Robot Foundation Models for Real-World Manipulation”.
Speaker: Jason Ma, Co-founder, Dyna Robotics.
5:00 PM: Closing Remarks.
6:00 - 8:30 PM: VIP Reception
For VIP ticket holders: An exclusive gathering with live music, chef-prepared hors d’oeuvres, and roaming humanoids. Location: Cucina Venti.
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Day 2
December 12 - Morning
10:00 AM: Presentation
”Luxonis: Redefining Vision — Visual AI Engineered for Precision”.
Speaker: Bradley Dillon, CEO, Luxonis.
10:20 AM: Presentation
”Fuelling Embodied AI - how advanced controls will serve as game-changer”.
Speaker: Johannes Englsberger, CEO and Co-founder, IVersatile Robotics GmbH.
10:40 AM: Presentation
”Fuelling Embodied AI - how advanced controls will serve as game-changer”.
Speaker: Ash Sasenna, CEO and Co-founder, IVersatile Robotics GmbH.
11:00 AM: Presentation
”Beyond the Breakthrough: Building Service Infrastructure for the Humanoid Era”.
Speaker: Jeff Pittelkow, Manager Director, Roboworx.
11:20 AM: Presentation
”Alt-Bionics: High-Performance Hands Without the High Price”.
Speaker: Ryan Saavedra, CEO, Alt-Bionics.
11:40 AM: Presentation
”Accelerating Humanoids — Why AI-Native Systems Need Performance Middleware”.
Speaker: Jan Becker, CEO, ApexAI.
Day 2
December 12
8:00 AM: Breakfast and Networking
8:30 AM: Opening Keynote
”From Language to Motion: How Gemini Powers the Next Generation of Robots'‘.
Speaker: Carolina Parada, Head of Robotics, Google DeepMind.
9:00 AM: Presentation
”Humanoid Robots and the Path to Real-World Skills”.
Speaker: Pras Velagapudi, CTO, Agility Robotics.
9:20 AM: Panel Discussion
”China’s Robotics Surge: Collaboration, Innovation & Global Impact”.
Moderator: Jeff Burnstein, President A3.
9:50 AM: Presentation
”Rise of the Robots: The Intersection of Humanoids, AI, Policy and Ethics”.
Speaker: Brendan Schulman, Vice President of Policy, Boston Dynamics
10:10 AM: Presentation
”Advanced Bionic Hands for Humans and Robots”.
Speaker: Aadeel Akhtar, CEO, Psyonic.
10:30 AM: Networking Break
10:45 AM: Presentation
Practical, Safe, Capable: Distilling personal home robots as a startup”.
Speaker: Evan Wineland, Co-Founder and CEO, Weave Robotics; Kaan Dogrusoz, Co-Founder and CTO, Weave Robotics.
11:05 AM: Presentation
”Make Simulation Successful for Embodied AI, How Synthetic Data is Being Used in Humanoid Robotics Training”.
Speaker: Steve Xie, Founder and CEO, Lightwheel.
11:25 AM: Presentation
”The Age of Versatility: How Borg Is Redefining Robotics”.
Speaker: Lorenzo Juncaj, Founder and CEO, Borg Robotics.
11:45 AM: Presentation
”5 Questions to Ask Before Investing in Humanoid Robots”.
Speaker: Christian Souche, Global Robotics Lead, Accenture.
12:05 PM: Lunch Break
1:00 PM: Afternoon Keynote
1:20 PM: Presentation
”Out of the cage: Advanced Functional Safety for Humanoids”.
Speaker: Florian Weisshardt, Head of Synapticon Intelligence, Synapticon.
1:40 PM: Panel Discussion
”Humans and Humanoids: Designing Work, Trust, and Co-Adaptation”.
Moderator: TBD
2:10 PM: Presentation
”Humanoids That Work: Designing Machines People Can Trust”.
Speaker: Michael Limongello, Director, Advanced Technology, Teague.
2:30 PM: Presentation
"Beyond the Hardware Bottleneck: Advancing Humanoid Robotics with High-Precision Drives".
Speaker: Thibaud Verschoor, Co-Founder, IMSystems.
2:50 PM: Presentation
”Democratizing Humanoids: Modular, Open, and Accessible for Every Developer”.
Speaker: David Zhang, Founder and CEO, HighTorque Robotics.
3:10 PM: Networking Break
3:25 PM: Presentation
3:55 PM: Presentation
4:15 PM: Presentation
4:35 PM: Panel Discussion
5:00 PM: Closing Remarks.
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