The Schedule
The Schedule
The Schedule
From Thinking to Acting
The hosts open on the shift behind the day: AI moving off the screen to sense, learn and act in the physical world, and the questions that follow on speed, control and who benefits.
[Hosts]
[Convergence]
From Thinking to Acting
The hosts open on the shift behind the day: AI moving off the screen to sense, learn and act in the physical world, and the questions that follow on speed, control and who benefits.
[Hosts]
[Convergence]
Powering the Next Frontier of AI: Intelligence in the Physical World
AMD CTO Mark Papermaster on what it takes to make physical AI practical: the computing, software and system design behind machines that act in the real world, and how an open ecosystem moves robotics from research to deployment.
[Keynote, Video Call]
[Models Scale]
Powering the Next Frontier of AI: Intelligence in the Physical World
AMD CTO Mark Papermaster on what it takes to make physical AI practical: the computing, software and system design behind machines that act in the real world, and how an open ecosystem moves robotics from research to deployment.
[Keynote, Video Call]
[Models Scale]
AI at the Edge
Capable AI on small, low-power machines, from drones to wearables, and the trade-offs between power, cost and reliability that come with it.
[Panel]
[Models Scale]
AI at the Edge
Capable AI on small, low-power machines, from drones to wearables, and the trade-offs between power, cost and reliability that come with it.
[Panel]
[Models Scale]
Machine Perception
How machines see and sense: new cameras, sensors and imaging methods for robots.
[Technical Talk]
[Models Scale]
Machine Perception
How machines see and sense: new cameras, sensors and imaging methods for robots.
[Technical Talk]
[Models Scale]
Brian Geisel
Geisel Software
CEO
Brian Geisel
Geisel Software
CEO
Tristan Swedish
Ubicept
Co-Founder & CTO
Tristan Swedish
Ubicept
Co-Founder & CTO
Ashley Neall
MIT
Researcher
Ashley Neall
MIT
Researcher
Alexander Bergman
Rhoda AI
Chief Data Officer & VP of Software
Alexander Bergman
Rhoda AI
Chief Data Officer & VP of Software
Morning Demos
Boston Dynamics: two Spot robots live on the floor. AŠVA: a wearable-agnostic wellness system turning daily data into recovery and performance guidance. Dephy: Sidekick, powered footwear that helps people walk farther with less fatigue. Egg Run: a lightweight hypervisor that protects physical AI from takeover, on hardware from robot boards to servers. Neobotics: 1:12 scale self-driving cars, an affordable testbed for real-world autonomy research. Pranatree: NeoVizion, computer vision that turns camera feeds into safety, quality and inventory alerts for factories and warehouses. RISE Robotics: hydraulic-free linear actuators that electrify and automate heavy machines. chAIckout: a robot cashier running a fully automated checkout. VR Industries: contract manufacturing for the ramp from prototype to production. WellSole: a smart insole that captures gait, balance and foot pressure for AI movement coaching.
Morning Demos
Boston Dynamics: two Spot robots live on the floor. AŠVA: a wearable-agnostic wellness system turning daily data into recovery and performance guidance. Dephy: Sidekick, powered footwear that helps people walk farther with less fatigue. Egg Run: a lightweight hypervisor that protects physical AI from takeover, on hardware from robot boards to servers. Neobotics: 1:12 scale self-driving cars, an affordable testbed for real-world autonomy research. Pranatree: NeoVizion, computer vision that turns camera feeds into safety, quality and inventory alerts for factories and warehouses. RISE Robotics: hydraulic-free linear actuators that electrify and automate heavy machines. chAIckout: a robot cashier running a fully automated checkout. VR Industries: contract manufacturing for the ramp from prototype to production. WellSole: a smart insole that captures gait, balance and foot pressure for AI movement coaching.
The World's Largest Robot Fleet
Tye Brady, Chief Technologist at Amazon Robotics, on running the world’s largest robot fleet and how it’s manufactured, maintained, and improved.
[Fireside]
[Deployments Multiply]
The World's Largest Robot Fleet
Tye Brady, Chief Technologist at Amazon Robotics, on running the world’s largest robot fleet and how it’s manufactured, maintained, and improved.
[Fireside]
[Deployments Multiply]
Fuel for Physical AI
What AWS sees across the startups building physical AI: the partnerships, funding mechanisms, and growth strategies behind the ones that scale.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Fuel for Physical AI
What AWS sees across the startups building physical AI: the partnerships, funding mechanisms, and growth strategies behind the ones that scale.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Michael Healy
LabyrinthAI
CEO & Co-Founder
Michael Healy
LabyrinthAI
CEO & Co-Founder
Chase Olle
Robot on Rails
Founder & CEO
Chase Olle
Robot on Rails
Founder & CEO
Enja Ahearn
AWS
Corporate Development
Enja Ahearn
AWS
Corporate Development
Natalie Matushevsky
AWS (AI Models, Silicon and Quantum)
Talent Ventures & Partnerships
Natalie Matushevsky
AWS (AI Models, Silicon and Quantum)
Talent Ventures & Partnerships
Romeo Catracchia
AutonomUS
CEO
Romeo Catracchia
AutonomUS
CEO
Trained and Tested
How robots learn to handle a messy physical world, from sorting recycling to feeding and lifting people, and how you know they are ready.
[Technical Talk]
[Data Compounds]
Trained and Tested
How robots learn to handle a messy physical world, from sorting recycling to feeding and lifting people, and how you know they are ready.
[Technical Talk]
[Data Compounds]
What Robots Can Learn, and How Fast
Russ Tedrake, MIT professor and Co-Founder and CEO of Walden Robotics, on how robots learn new tasks, what they can do on a factory floor today, and what is still out of reach.
[Keynote]
[Models Scale]
What Robots Can Learn, and How Fast
Russ Tedrake, MIT professor and Co-Founder and CEO of Walden Robotics, on how robots learn new tasks, what they can do on a factory floor today, and what is still out of reach.
[Keynote]
[Models Scale]
Show, Don't Code
Startups on teaching robots new tasks from data and demonstration instead of code.
[Panel]
[Models Scale]
Show, Don't Code
Startups on teaching robots new tasks from data and demonstration instead of code.
[Panel]
[Models Scale]
David Watkins
Tutor
AI and Robotics Researcher
David Watkins
Tutor
AI and Robotics Researcher
Michael Healy
LabyrinthAI
CEO & Co-Founder
Michael Healy
LabyrinthAI
CEO & Co-Founder
Robin Walters
Braid Robotics
Founder
Robin Walters
Braid Robotics
Founder
Gabriela Torres V.
MA AI Hub
Director of AI Innovation Ecosystem Development
Gabriela Torres V.
MA AI Hub
Director of AI Innovation Ecosystem Development
Software for the Factory Floor
Founders building the software behind factory automation, from machine control to motion planning, on what AI changes on the plant floor.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Software for the Factory Floor
Founders building the software behind factory automation, from machine control to motion planning, on what AI changes on the plant floor.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Josef Waltl
Software Defined Automation
CEO
Josef Waltl
Software Defined Automation
CEO
Peter Howard
Realtime Robotics
Co-Founder & Chairman
Peter Howard
Realtime Robotics
Co-Founder & Chairman
Alex Tilita
MatterWave
Co-Founder & CEO
Alex Tilita
MatterWave
Co-Founder & CEO
Michael Kenworthy
VulcanForms Inc.
CTO
Michael Kenworthy
VulcanForms Inc.
CTO
Coming Home
Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot, on how building robots for the home is different than for the factory floor.
[Keynote]
[Deployments Multiply]
Coming Home
Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot, on how building robots for the home is different than for the factory floor.
[Keynote]
[Deployments Multiply]
Manipulation
Hands, grasping and assembly. Why handling the physical world is still one of the hardest problems in robotics, and who is making progress.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Manipulation
Hands, grasping and assembly. Why handling the physical world is still one of the hardest problems in robotics, and who is making progress.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Simulation, Data and World Models
The simulators, synthetic data and world models used to build and test robots before they meet the real world.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
Simulation, Data and World Models
The simulators, synthetic data and world models used to build and test robots before they meet the real world.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
Adam Chikha
Asynchronics
CEO & Founder
Adam Chikha
Asynchronics
CEO & Founder
Mike Flaxman
Sand Technologies
Chief Science Officer
Mike Flaxman
Sand Technologies
Chief Science Officer
Cecilia Liu
IntuitiveMotion
Founder
Cecilia Liu
IntuitiveMotion
Founder
Sriram Krishnan
Istari Digital
Vice President Strategy
Sriram Krishnan
Istari Digital
Vice President Strategy
Introduction to Robotics with ROS2 on AMD
This intermediate, interactive session focuses on deploying an end-to-end Vision-Language-Action (VLA) pipeline using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robotic arm. Participants will work through the steps to build and deploy a system that responds to physical inputs with real-world actions. Prior familiarity with ROS 2 and VLA concepts is recommended.
[Workshop]
Introduction to Robotics with ROS2 on AMD
This intermediate, interactive session focuses on deploying an end-to-end Vision-Language-Action (VLA) pipeline using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robotic arm. Participants will work through the steps to build and deploy a system that responds to physical inputs with real-world actions. Prior familiarity with ROS 2 and VLA concepts is recommended.
[Workshop]
A Matter of Trust
Daniela Rus, Director of MIT CSAIL, on AI that acts in the physical world, and what it will take for people to trust it.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
A Matter of Trust
Daniela Rus, Director of MIT CSAIL, on AI that acts in the physical world, and what it will take for people to trust it.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
Reliable Autonomy in the Field
What it takes to make autonomous robots dependable outdoors and in unstructured settings.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Reliable Autonomy in the Field
What it takes to make autonomous robots dependable outdoors and in unstructured settings.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Eddie Bernardon
AIPEX Racing
Chief Racing Officer
Eddie Bernardon
AIPEX Racing
Chief Racing Officer
Christopher Metzler
University of Maryland
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Christopher Metzler
University of Maryland
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Pablo Berlanga Boemare
Robot Everest
Project Lead
Pablo Berlanga Boemare
Robot Everest
Project Lead
Autonomous Labs
A conversation on laboratories that run their own experiments, from cell culture by robot to AI that designs the next test.
[Fireside]
[Models Scale]
Autonomous Labs
A conversation on laboratories that run their own experiments, from cell culture by robot to AI that designs the next test.
[Fireside]
[Models Scale]
Arjun Bindu Sunil
Founder & CTO of Sahas Labs
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University
Arjun Bindu Sunil
Founder & CTO of Sahas Labs
Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University
Bingda Li
Whelix
Co-Founder & CEO
Bingda Li
Whelix
Co-Founder & CEO
Anna Marie Wagner
Transfyr
Co-Founder & CEO
Anna Marie Wagner
Transfyr
Co-Founder & CEO
Chase Olle
Robot on Rails
Founder & CEO
Chase Olle
Robot on Rails
Founder & CEO
Every Task Counts
Robots at work on real production lines, from food to manufacturing, and how the data from every task they run makes the next one better.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
Every Task Counts
Robots at work on real production lines, from food to manufacturing, and how the data from every task they run makes the next one better.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
Alon Kosowsky
Tutor
Co-Founder & CTO
Alon Kosowsky
Tutor
Co-Founder & CTO
Emily Spector
Tutor
Founding Business & Operations
Emily Spector
Tutor
Founding Business & Operations
Anand Lalwani
Cardinal Robotics
Co-founder
Anand Lalwani
Cardinal Robotics
Co-founder
John Fisher
Boston Baking
R&D Pastry Chef
John Fisher
Boston Baking
R&D Pastry Chef
Bruce Welty
Locus Robotics & Quiet Logistics
Founder & former CEO
Bruce Welty
Locus Robotics & Quiet Logistics
Founder & former CEO
Can Video Games Help Train Robots?
A Conversations in Action lightning podcast on what decades of building game worlds can teach us about training robots in simulation.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
Can Video Games Help Train Robots?
A Conversations in Action lightning podcast on what decades of building game worlds can teach us about training robots in simulation.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
New Data, New Compute
New sources of robot data and new kinds of computing beyond silicon, including biological systems, and what they mean for how machines learn.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
New Data, New Compute
New sources of robot data and new kinds of computing beyond silicon, including biological systems, and what they mean for how machines learn.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
Mateo Sanchez Lopez Negrete
Vertlet
Founder
Mateo Sanchez Lopez Negrete
Vertlet
Founder
Sanjar Atamuradov
Humanola
CEO
Sanjar Atamuradov
Humanola
CEO
Annie Kathuria
Co-Founder of Organotics
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University
Annie Kathuria
Co-Founder of Organotics
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University
In the Loop with DeepMind [11:30am-1pm]
A working session led by Peter Danenberg of Google DeepMind, following the one he ran at the Silicon Valley summit: part build, part open conversation on where AI is going and what it means for the people building it.
[Workshop]
In the Loop with DeepMind [11:30am-1pm]
A working session led by Peter Danenberg of Google DeepMind, following the one he ran at the Silicon Valley summit: part build, part open conversation on where AI is going and what it means for the people building it.
[Workshop]
The Physical AI Stack
From the compute that trains the models to the autonomy and networks that put them to work, what physical AI needs to scale, and where new kinds of computing come in.
[Panel]
[Models Scale]
The Physical AI Stack
From the compute that trains the models to the autonomy and networks that put them to work, what physical AI needs to scale, and where new kinds of computing come in.
[Panel]
[Models Scale]
Vijay Gadepally
Senior Staff at MIT Lincoln Lab
Co-Founder at Radium
Vijay Gadepally
Senior Staff at MIT Lincoln Lab
Co-Founder at Radium
Sertac Karaman
Director at LIDS
Professor at MIT
Sertac Karaman
Director at LIDS
Professor at MIT
Ramesh Raskar
Founder ProjectNanda
Assoc. Prof. MIT Media Lab
Ramesh Raskar
Founder ProjectNanda
Assoc. Prof. MIT Media Lab
Massimiliano Versace
Analog Devices
Global Head of Emergent AI
Massimiliano Versace
Analog Devices
Global Head of Emergent AI
Remote Control
Robots working at sea, in the air and on secure sites, and what it takes to run and rely on machines no one is standing next to.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Remote Control
Robots working at sea, in the air and on secure sites, and what it takes to run and rely on machines no one is standing next to.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Startup Showcase
Early-stage companies present what they are building in physical AI.
[Startups]
[Convergence]
Startup Showcase
Early-stage companies present what they are building in physical AI.
[Startups]
[Convergence]
Eunice Juarez Garcia
Vitalion
CEO & Founder
Eunice Juarez Garcia
Vitalion
CEO & Founder
Manoj Bharadhwaj
Atri AI
CEO
Manoj Bharadhwaj
Atri AI
CEO
Charles Mbata
MyMonitor.Ai
Founder & CEO
Charles Mbata
MyMonitor.Ai
Founder & CEO
Jeremiah de Sesto
Rocket Alumni Solutions
VP, Revenue & Growth
Jeremiah de Sesto
Rocket Alumni Solutions
VP, Revenue & Growth
Koneshka Dey
Neobotics Foundation
Founder & CEO
Koneshka Dey
Neobotics Foundation
Founder & CEO
Malay Kundu
Vizi AI
CEO
Malay Kundu
Vizi AI
CEO
Hür Köser
Scalables
Founder & CEO
Hür Köser
Scalables
Founder & CEO
Matteo Rinaldi
Zepsor Technologies
Co-founder and CEO
Matteo Rinaldi
Zepsor Technologies
Co-founder and CEO
Hiten Sonpal
RISE Robotics
CEO
Hiten Sonpal
RISE Robotics
CEO
Ansh Mehta
Neobotics
CTO
Ansh Mehta
Neobotics
CTO
Past the Pilot
What it takes to move autonomy from a first demo to daily work on public roads, factory lines and open water.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Past the Pilot
What it takes to move autonomy from a first demo to daily work on public roads, factory lines and open water.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Rylan Hamilton
Blue Water Autonomy
CEO & Co-Founder
Rylan Hamilton
Blue Water Autonomy
CEO & Co-Founder
Waël Hassan
Zoox
Autonomous Systems & AI Safety Executive
Waël Hassan
Zoox
Autonomous Systems & AI Safety Executive
Mikell Taylor
General Motors
Director, Robotics Strategy, Autonomous Robotics Center
Mikell Taylor
General Motors
Director, Robotics Strategy, Autonomous Robotics Center
Heather Carroll
Path Robotics
CRO
Heather Carroll
Path Robotics
CRO
Massachusetts Builds
A few minutes before lunch with the people building the region's physical AI ecosystem, on what Massachusetts has and what comes next.
[Announcement]
[Convergence]
Massachusetts Builds
A few minutes before lunch with the people building the region's physical AI ecosystem, on what Massachusetts has and what comes next.
[Announcement]
[Convergence]
Ryan Durkin
Massachusetts AI Coalition
VP AI & Community Engagement at WHOOP
Ryan Durkin
Massachusetts AI Coalition
VP AI & Community Engagement at WHOOP
Tom Ryden
MassRobotics
Executive Director
Tom Ryden
MassRobotics
Executive Director
Georgina Campbell Flatter
Greentown Labs
CEO
Georgina Campbell Flatter
Greentown Labs
CEO
Robots in Medicine
Robots and AI in hospitals and care, and what it takes to bring them safely to patients.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Robots in Medicine
Robots and AI in hospitals and care, and what it takes to bring them safely to patients.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Raju Rhee
Harvard T H Chan School
Physician Entrepreneur
Raju Rhee
Harvard T H Chan School
Physician Entrepreneur
Chayan Sarkar
Senior Scientist at TCS Research
Head of Pittsburgh Medical Robotics Center
Chayan Sarkar
Senior Scientist at TCS Research
Head of Pittsburgh Medical Robotics Center
Debbie Theobald
Vecna Technologies
CEO
Debbie Theobald
Vecna Technologies
CEO
Startup Showcase
Early-stage companies present what they are building in physical AI.
[Startups]
[Convergence]
Startup Showcase
Early-stage companies present what they are building in physical AI.
[Startups]
[Convergence]
Ted Finn
Innovative Wellness Systems
Founder & Chairman
Ted Finn
Innovative Wellness Systems
Founder & Chairman
Shreeya Dasa Lakshminath
University of Maryland
Student Inventor
Shreeya Dasa Lakshminath
University of Maryland
Student Inventor
Yury Shpektor
RRS Inc.
Advisor to the Board
Yury Shpektor
RRS Inc.
Advisor to the Board
Rohan Piple
AŠVA
CEO & Founder
Rohan Piple
AŠVA
CEO & Founder
Wilbert Kragten
KVD
Partner
Wilbert Kragten
KVD
Partner
Prashanth J.
Pranatree
Founder & CEO
Prashanth J.
Pranatree
Founder & CEO
Sergio Charles
Darwin Robotics
Co-Founder & CEO
Sergio Charles
Darwin Robotics
Co-Founder & CEO
Nash Gadre
Egg Run
Founder
Nash Gadre
Egg Run
Founder
Ravi Kaushik
ROPHAI
Founder & CEO
Ravi Kaushik
ROPHAI
Founder & CEO
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Beyond Human
Bionic limbs, soft machines and devices that conform to the body, and what happens to human ability as intelligence, biology and machines converge.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Beyond Human
Bionic limbs, soft machines and devices that conform to the body, and what happens to human ability as intelligence, biology and machines converge.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Canan Dagdeviren
MIT Media Lab
Associate Professor
Canan Dagdeviren
MIT Media Lab
Associate Professor
Jamie Paik
EPFL
Vice-Dean of School of Engineering
Jamie Paik
EPFL
Vice-Dean of School of Engineering
Hugh Herr
MIT Media Lab
Professor
Hugh Herr
MIT Media Lab
Professor
Bertrand Duplat
Robeauté
Co-Founder & CEO
Bertrand Duplat
Robeauté
Co-Founder & CEO
Soft and Wearable Robots
Researchers and builders making robots people wear, and machines soft enough to work safely with the body.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Soft and Wearable Robots
Researchers and builders making robots people wear, and machines soft enough to work safely with the body.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Patrick Slade
Harvard
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Patrick Slade
Harvard
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Conor Walsh
Harvard University
Professor of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Conor Walsh
Harvard University
Professor of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Ilayda Samilgil
Llume
Co-Founder & CEO
Ilayda Samilgil
Llume
Co-Founder & CEO
Deployment for the Real World
What it takes to get robots working reliably in factories and warehouses, from first pilot to daily operations.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Deployment for the Real World
What it takes to get robots working reliably in factories and warehouses, from first pilot to daily operations.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Afternoon Demos
Boston Dynamics: two Spot robots live on the floor. Darwin Robotics: robots that learn assembly and maintenance tasks from demonstration, starting with AI hardware and data centers. DIDGE.ai: autonomous robots that capture live construction site data, with AI that flags risks and predicts issues. Gaia AI: a world model for nature built from 242,000 individually measured trees. Ras Labs: humanlike Tactile Fingertip touch sensing for robot grippers, cobots and humanoids. Scalables: Daisy, a modular lab robotics platform that lets AI run physical experiments. Vizi AI: a robot arm driven from a single camera, no headset, no leader arm. Zepsor: zero-power MEMS chips that detect presence, motion and gestures with no standby draw.
Afternoon Demos
Boston Dynamics: two Spot robots live on the floor. Darwin Robotics: robots that learn assembly and maintenance tasks from demonstration, starting with AI hardware and data centers. DIDGE.ai: autonomous robots that capture live construction site data, with AI that flags risks and predicts issues. Gaia AI: a world model for nature built from 242,000 individually measured trees. Ras Labs: humanlike Tactile Fingertip touch sensing for robot grippers, cobots and humanoids. Scalables: Daisy, a modular lab robotics platform that lets AI run physical experiments. Vizi AI: a robot arm driven from a single camera, no headset, no leader arm. Zepsor: zero-power MEMS chips that detect presence, motion and gestures with no standby draw.
Introduction to Robotics with ROS2 on AMD
This intermediate, interactive session focuses on deploying an end-to-end Vision-Language-Action (VLA) pipeline using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robotic arm. Participants will work through the steps to build and deploy a system that responds to physical inputs with real-world actions. Prior familiarity with ROS 2 and VLA concepts is recommended.
[Workshop]
Introduction to Robotics with ROS2 on AMD
This intermediate, interactive session focuses on deploying an end-to-end Vision-Language-Action (VLA) pipeline using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robotic arm. Participants will work through the steps to build and deploy a system that responds to physical inputs with real-world actions. Prior familiarity with ROS 2 and VLA concepts is recommended.
[Workshop]
The Industrial Race
What it takes for a country to make and field physical AI at scale, and how the US and China compare on manufacturing, humanoids and industrial capacity.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
The Industrial Race
What it takes for a country to make and field physical AI at scale, and how the US and China compare on manufacturing, humanoids and industrial capacity.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
Elisabeth Reynolds
Former White House Policymaker
Professor at MIT
Elisabeth Reynolds
Former White House Policymaker
Professor at MIT
Harry Asada
MIT
Ford Professor of Engineering
Harry Asada
MIT
Ford Professor of Engineering
Juan Enriquez
Excel Venture Management
Managing Director
Juan Enriquez
Excel Venture Management
Managing Director
Shin-pei Tsay
City of Boston
CIO
Shin-pei Tsay
City of Boston
CIO
Raising an Early Round
Early-stage investors on valuations and what founders need ready before they raise.
[Technical Talk]
[Convergence]
Raising an Early Round
Early-stage investors on valuations and what founders need ready before they raise.
[Technical Talk]
[Convergence]
Kleida Martiro
Glasswing Ventures
Managing Director
Kleida Martiro
Glasswing Ventures
Managing Director
Chris Droussiotis
Kinisis Ventures
Senior Partner & Managing Director
Chris Droussiotis
Kinisis Ventures
Senior Partner & Managing Director
Vivjan Myrto
Hyperplane
Founder & Managing Partner
Vivjan Myrto
Hyperplane
Founder & Managing Partner
Kerty Levy
Techstars
Managing Director
Kerty Levy
Techstars
Managing Director
Physical AI-Native Platforms
Companies built around physical AI from day one, and the platforms they are creating for others to build on.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Physical AI-Native Platforms
Companies built around physical AI from day one, and the platforms they are creating for others to build on.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Side by Side
Jobs, skills and the workplace as machines take on more physical work: what people gain, what they give up and who stays in control.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Side by Side
Jobs, skills and the workplace as machines take on more physical work: what people gain, what they give up and who stays in control.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
David Dixon
MIT Open Learning
Head of AI Education & Innovation
David Dixon
MIT Open Learning
Head of AI Education & Innovation
Aleksandra Przegalinska
Kozminski University
Vice-President
Aleksandra Przegalinska
Kozminski University
Vice-President
Peter Danenberg
Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer
Peter Danenberg
Google DeepMind
Senior Software Engineer
Alp Uguray
OpenAI
Applied AI Architect
Alp Uguray
OpenAI
Applied AI Architect
Frontiers of Physical AI
Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, leads a session on the far edge of physical AI, where computing meets the material world.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Frontiers of Physical AI
Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, leads a session on the far edge of physical AI, where computing meets the material world.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Enterprise AI Meets the Physical World
How the AI already running inside companies, from software agents to business data, starts to direct machines on the floor.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Enterprise AI Meets the Physical World
How the AI already running inside companies, from software agents to business data, starts to direct machines on the floor.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Out of the Lab
A short talk and a conversation on how machines learn to predict and act in the physical world, and what it takes for that learning to hold up in the real world.
[Keynote, Fireside]
[Models Scale]
Out of the Lab
A short talk and a conversation on how machines learn to predict and act in the physical world, and what it takes for that learning to hold up in the real world.
[Keynote, Fireside]
[Models Scale]
Sea, Air and Street
Autonomous aircraft and sidewalk robots that share space with the public, and the hard questions that follow on safety, security, accountability and civil liberties.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Sea, Air and Street
Autonomous aircraft and sidewalk robots that share space with the public, and the hard questions that follow on safety, security, accountability and civil liberties.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Jill Wittels
Nexteon Technologies
CEO & COO
Jill Wittels
Nexteon Technologies
CEO & COO
Sanjiv Singh
Near Earth Autonomy
CEO
Sanjiv Singh
Near Earth Autonomy
CEO
Greg Lynn
Piaggio Fast Forward
CEO
Greg Lynn
Piaggio Fast Forward
CEO
Kade Crockford
ACLU of Massachusetts
Director, Technology & Justice Programs
Kade Crockford
ACLU of Massachusetts
Director, Technology & Justice Programs
Robots That Build
Robots and AI in construction, from factory-built homes to automation on the building site.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Robots That Build
Robots and AI in construction, from factory-built homes to automation on the building site.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Making the Machines
Two short talks on how robots get made, from their bodies to the factories and materials that produce them at scale.
[Keynote]
[Deployments Multiply]
Making the Machines
Two short talks on how robots get made, from their bodies to the factories and materials that produce them at scale.
[Keynote]
[Deployments Multiply]
Funding Deep Tech
From climate to defense, where the science is hard, the timelines are long, and the checks are large.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Funding Deep Tech
From climate to defense, where the science is hard, the timelines are long, and the checks are large.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Isha Yerramilli-Rao
Bessemer Venture Partners
Investor
Isha Yerramilli-Rao
Bessemer Venture Partners
Investor
Abe Murray
AlleyCorp
General Partner
Abe Murray
AlleyCorp
General Partner
Georgina Campbell Flatter
Greentown Labs
CEO
Georgina Campbell Flatter
Greentown Labs
CEO
Kristina Nilsson
J.P. Morgan
Global Co-Head of AI Investment Banking
Kristina Nilsson
J.P. Morgan
Global Co-Head of AI Investment Banking
Cyber Defense
Securing robots and connected machines when a breach has physical consequences, from the factory to national security.
[Technical Talk]
[Data Compounds]
Cyber Defense
Securing robots and connected machines when a breach has physical consequences, from the factory to national security.
[Technical Talk]
[Data Compounds]
Introduction to Robotics with ROS2 on AMD
This intermediate, interactive session focuses on deploying an end-to-end Vision-Language-Action (VLA) pipeline using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robotic arm. Participants will work through the steps to build and deploy a system that responds to physical inputs with real-world actions. Prior familiarity with ROS 2 and VLA concepts is recommended.
[Workshop]
Introduction to Robotics with ROS2 on AMD
This intermediate, interactive session focuses on deploying an end-to-end Vision-Language-Action (VLA) pipeline using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robotic arm. Participants will work through the steps to build and deploy a system that responds to physical inputs with real-world actions. Prior familiarity with ROS 2 and VLA concepts is recommended.
[Workshop]
The Big Bets
Investors on the bets that will shape the next decade of physical AI: what they are backing, what they are passing on and what would change their minds.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
The Big Bets
Investors on the bets that will shape the next decade of physical AI: what they are backing, what they are passing on and what would change their minds.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
UBS Global Wealth
CIO Global Equities
Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi
UBS Global Wealth
CIO Global Equities
Nick Grossman
Union Square Ventures
General Partner
Nick Grossman
Union Square Ventures
General Partner
Jim Adler
Toyota Ventures
Founder & General Partner
Jim Adler
Toyota Ventures
Founder & General Partner
Rudina Seseri
Glasswing Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner
Rudina Seseri
Glasswing Ventures
Founder & Managing Partner
Sensing the Planet
Founders using AI to measure the physical world, from farms to forests, and turning what machines sense into decisions people can act on.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
Sensing the Planet
Founders using AI to measure the physical world, from farms to forests, and turning what machines sense into decisions people can act on.
[Panel]
[Data Compounds]
Humanoid and Service Robots
Builders of humanoid and service robots on what it takes to put them to work in everyday places.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
Humanoid and Service Robots
Builders of humanoid and service robots on what it takes to put them to work in everyday places.
[Technical Talk]
[Deployments Multiply]
The Billion-Robot Future
Some expect a billion humanoid robots. What it would take to build, fund and deploy them at that scale, and what the world looks like if it happens.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
The Billion-Robot Future
Some expect a billion humanoid robots. What it would take to build, fund and deploy them at that scale, and what the world looks like if it happens.
[Panel]
[Deployments Multiply]
Off World, Off Grid
Machines built for places people cannot reach, starting with the Moon.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
Off World, Off Grid
Machines built for places people cannot reach, starting with the Moon.
[Fireside]
[Convergence]
Mind and Hand
How training has to change to produce the people who will make and run physical AI.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Mind and Hand
How training has to change to produce the people who will make and run physical AI.
[Panel]
[Convergence]
Predictions for 2035
The hosts draw the day together and look ahead.
[Hosts]
[Convergence]
Predictions for 2035
The hosts draw the day together and look ahead.
[Hosts]
[Convergence]
