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2012 MCA Business Conference Speaker and Presentation List
| Thursday, January 19, 2012 | |
| 8:30 am to 8:45 am |
Official Welcome
Association for Advancing Automation |
| 8:45 am to 9:45 am |
The Outlook for the Global Economy Alan Beaulieu, Institute for Trend Research |
| 10:30 am to 11:15 am |
No Barriers – Only Solutions Neal Petersen, Global Investor and International Speaker |
| 11:15 am to Noon |
Accelerating Flexibility and Agility Through Robotics Terrence Southern, Frito-Lay North America |
| RIA Forum Breakout Session | |
| 1:30 pm to 2:00 pm |
Robots & Job Creation Mike Wilson, British Automation & Robot Association |
| 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm |
Robotics and the National Robotics Initiative Chuck Thorpe, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) |
| 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm |
An Update on New Robotic Safety Standards Jeff Fryman, RIA |
| 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm |
Snake Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Faster, Better, Cheaper Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm |
Automating the Rest: Enabling Widespread Adoption of Robotics Through Advanced Software Neil Tardella, Energid Technologies |
| 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm |
Robot System Integrator Certification - 5W’s
RIA Certified Robot Integrator Program: FAQ |
| AIA Business Conference Breakout Session | |
| 1:30 pm to 1:45 pm |
AIA’s Vision for the Future Jeff Burnstein, AIA |
| 1:45 pm to 2:15 pm |
Trends in Embedded Vision Yvonne Lin, Xilinx |
| 2:15 pm to 2:45 pm |
AIA Standards Update George Chamberlain, Pleora Technologies |
| 2:45 pm to 3:00 pm |
Importance of Industry Standards in Imaging Steve Varga, Procter & Gamble |
| 3:30 pm to 3:45 pm |
North American Machine Vision Market Update Paul Kellett, A3 |
| 3:45 pm to 4:00 pm |
Opportunities for Machine Vision in Mexico Salvador Giro, Infaimon |
| 4:00 pm to 4:15 pm |
Machine Vision Market Update: Brazil Pedro Bocchini, Altec Vision |
| 4:15 pm to 4:30 pm |
Machine Vision Market in China Jianguo He, Daheng Image |
| MCA Business Conference Breakout Session | |
| 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm |
Understanding Rare Earths and Managing Risks Vel Dhinagaravel, Beroe, Inc. |
| 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm |
Motion Control Roadmap at Procter & Gamble Mark Lewandowski, Procter & Gamble |
| 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm |
Panel Discussion of Motion Control - Trends for 2012 - Markets, Technology, Channel John Payne, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. Ken Sweet, Parker Hannifin Corporation Andy Vogl, Kollmorgen- A Danaher Motion Company |
| Friday, January 20, 2012 | |
| 8:00 am to 9:00 am |
Understanding Body Language to Increase Sales Janine Driver, Body Language Institute |
| 9:00 am to 10:00 am |
Essentials of Digital Marketing: Social Media & Hot Technologies: Business as Normal James Spellos, Meeting U |
| RIA Forum Breakout Session | |
| 10:30 am to 11:00 am |
ROS-Industrial - Accelerating Research to Applications Shaun Edwards, Southwest Research Institute® |
| 11:00 am to 11:30 am |
USA-Denmark Partnership Opportunities for Innovative Robotics Businesses Claus Risager Ph.D., Danish Technological Institute |
| 11:30 am to 11:45 am |
Key Future RIA Activities Jeff Burnstein, RIA |
| AIA Business Conference Breakout Session | |
| 10:30 am to 11:45 am |
Ultrafast Time Stretched Imaging and Vibrometry Bahram Jalali, UCLA Polarization Imaging and Multispectral Sensing Using Nanostructures in Modified CMOS Processes Norbert Weber, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS |
| MCA Business Conference Breakout Session | |
| 10:30 am to 11:15 am |
Motion Control Market Update Paul Kellett, A3 |
| 11:15 am to 11:45 am |
Government - Friend or Foe? Rob Boteler, Confluence Energy LLC |
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