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Agenda

*Agenda as of 3/22/23; subject to change

TIMEROOMACTIVITYACTIVITY (break-outs)
8:00am – 5:00pmRegistration
10:00am – 10:30amElite ACoffee & Networking in Exhibit Hall
10:30am – 11:00amElite AWelcome/Opening Remarks: Joe Hitt, Executive Director, Wearable Robotics Association
11:00am – 11:20amElite ASpotlight Demo 1: Phoenix Robotics Group, LLC
11:20am – 11:35am Elite ASpotlight Demo 2: Georgia Institute of Technology
11:45am – 12:45pmElite ALunch/Exhibits
Concurrent Breakouts
Elite AINDUSTRY TRACK MEDICAL/REHAB TRACK
1:00pm – 2:00pmB01: Industry Forum
Speakers: Jason Gillette, Iowa State University and Terry Butler, Lean Steps Consulting Inc.
B02: R&D of Medical Exoskeletons
1:00 – 1:30pm: Tomasso Lenzi, University of Utah
1:30 – 2:00pm: Arun Jayaraman,SRAL & Northwestern University
2:15pm – 3:15pmB03: Development and Deployment of Exoskeletons
2:15 – 2:45pm: Jason Wheeler, Sandia National Labs and Aaron Young, Georgia Tech
2:45 – 3:15pm: Brandon Martin, Augspurger Komm Engineering
B04: Sensor Technology – Healthcare
2:15 – 2:45pm: Guillaume Jones, Ora Medical
2:45 – 3:15pm: Steve Xu, Sibel Health
3:15pm – 3:30pmBreak
3:30pm – 4:30pmB05: AExG Forum: Exoskeleton Usage in Industry
3:30 – 4:00pm: Karl Zelik, HeroWear
4:00 – 4:30pm Kaleigh Fleming, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S. and Marvyn Rieger, Ottobock Bionic Exoskeleton
B06: What’s Next in Medical/Rehab Exoskeletons?
3:30 – 4:00pm: Gwen Bryan, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC)
4:00 – 4:30pm: Aaron Young, Georgia Tech
4:45pm – 5:45pmB07: AExG Forum: Panel – Exoskeletons: Perspectives on Past & Future
Panelists: Ryan Porto, General Motors; Matt Marino, Prime Performance; Sam Reimer, Ottobock Bionic Exoskeletons; and Marisol Barrero, Amazon Web Services
Moderator: Rita Vasquez-Torres, New Stone Soup
B08: Medical Robotics – Industry Perspective
4:45 – 5:15pm: Katie Strausser, Ekso Bionics
5:15 – 5:45pm: Tom Illauer and Sebastian Orth, Orthexo
6:00pm – 7:00pmElite ASponsor Reception
TIMEROOMACTIVITYACTIVITY (break-outs)
8:00am – 5:00pmRegistration
8:00am – 9:00amElite ABreakfast & Exhibits
9:00am – 10:00amElite AKeynote Presentation: Dr. John Howard, Head of NIOSH (virtual)
Concurrent Breakouts
INDUSTRY TRACK MEDICAL/REHAB TRACK
10:00am – 11:00amB09: Panel DiscussionWearable Sensors
Panelists: Duncan Treffers, GoX Labs; Marisol Barrero, Amazon Web Services; Ryan Porto, General Motors; and Rob Williams, LifeBooster
Moderator: Borislov (Bobby) Marinov, Exoskeleton Report
B10: Exoskeletons for Health & Wellness (1)
10:00 – 10:30am: Sunil Agrawal, Columbia University
10:30 – 11:00am: Hao Su, North Carolina State University
11:15am – 12:15pmB11: Trade Association Panel
Panelists: Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Joe Hitt, WearRA; Phil Sugar, WearRA; Urs Schneider, Fraunhaufer, IPA
Moderator: Borislov (Bobby) Marinov, Exoskeleton Report
B12: Exoskeletons for Health & Wellness (2)
Speakers: Karen Nolan and Ghaith Androwis, Kessler Foundation
12:30pm – 1:30pmElite ALunch/Exhibit
1:30pm – 2:00pmElite ASpotlight Demo 3: Ergosante
Concurrent Breakouts
INDUSTRY TRACK MEDICAL/REHAB TRACK
2:15pm – 3:15pmB13: Exoworkathlon
Speaker: Urs Schneider, Fraunhaufer IPA
B14: What’s Next in Robotics?
Speakers: Thomas Augenstein and Gray Thomas, University of Michigan
3:15pm – 3:30pmBreak
3:30pm – 4:30pmB15: Occupational Exoskeletons
Speaker: Karl Zelik and Paul Slaughter, Vanderbilt University
B16: Exoskeleton Student Research
Speakers: Rahul Raghuraman, Clemson University; Japman Gill, University of Michigan
4:30pm – 5:00pmElite AClosing Remarks


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