AGENDA
12:00 – 1:00
 Registration
1:00 – 1:05
 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Wade Roush, Chief Correspondent and Editor, Xconomy San Francisco
1:05 – 1:10 Welcome
Curt Carlson, CEO, SRI International
1:10 – 1:30
 Robotics at SRI and around the Bay Area
 Rich Mahoney, Director of Robotics, SRI International
1:30 – 2:00 Keynote: How to Build a Robotics Cluster
Helen Greiner, Founder and CEO, CyPhy Works, Co-founder, iRobot
2:00 – 2:15
 Profile: Robots on the Moon—The Google Lunar X Prize
Tiffany Montague, Director of Space Initiatives, Google
2:15 – 2:30
 Startup Profile: Grabit
Charlie Duncheon, Founder and CEO, Grabit
2:30 – 3:00
 Keynote: Robots in the Warehouse—The Kiva Systems Story
Mick Mountz, CEO, Kiva Systems 
3:00 – 3:30
 Networking Break
3:30 – 4:00 A Deep Dive with Willow Garage—PR2 and ROS
Steve Cousins, CEO, Willow Garage
Brian Gerkey, Director of Open Source Development, Willow Garage
4:00 – 4:15
 Startup Profile: Liquid Robotics
James Gosling, Chief Software Architect, Liquid Robotics; Creator of Java
4:15 – 4:30 Startup Profile: Meka Robotics
 Aaron Edsinger, Co-founder, Meka Robotics
4:30 – 4:45 Robots and Rehabilitation: Five Questions
Yoky Matsuoka, Vice President of Technology, Nest; former director, University of Washington Neurorobotics Laboratory
4:45 – 5:30
 Panel: Can Silicon Valley Be the Next Capital of Robotics?
John Dulchinos, CEO, Adept Technology
Helen Greiner, Founder and CEO, CyPhy Works
Rich Mahoney, Director of Robotics, SRI International
Mick Mountz, CEO, Kiva Systems
5:30 – 6:30
 Networking Reception
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