2025 Forum

 

8:00 A.M.

Breakfast

8:45 A.M.

Welcome Remarks

 
Corinne Peek-Asa, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, UC San Diego
 
Bill Lin, Associate Dean for Research, Jacobs School of Engineering
 
Henrik Christensen, Director, Contextual Robotics Forum 

9:00 A.M.

Physical Intelligence

 

Quan Vuong, Co-founder
Physical Intelligence

9:45 A.M.

Industrial AI

 
Dimitry Fisher, Senior Vice President of Data Science
Aicadium

10:30 A.M.

Coffee Break

11:00 A.M.

Commercializing Medical Robotics

 

Bob Webster, Senior Associate Provost for Commercialization and Technology Transfer
Richard A. Schroeder Professor of Mechanical Engineering Commercialization
Vanderbilt University

11:30 A.M.

Dr. Robot Will See You

 
Michael Yip, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
UC San Diego

12:15 P.M.

Lunch

1:00 P.M.

Generative AI

 

Xiaolong Wang, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 UC San Diego

1:30 P.M.

ALERTCalifornia: Engineering for the Extremes

 
Falko Kuester, Professor of Structural Engineering 
UC San Diego

2:00 P.M.

Soft Robotics

 
Nick Gravish, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
UC San Diego

2:30 P.M.

Coffee Break, Transition to Franklin Antonio Hall

3:00 P.M.

Lab Open House and Contextual Robotics Institute Showcase

 
Franklin Antonio Hall

4:30 P.M.

Networking Reception