Europe’s leading robotics experts descend on Bristol

Bot-Hive CEO Jacques Bonfrer will open an afternoon of talks, with the following line-up: Mike Wilson, Chairman of British Association of Robotics & Automation, on the state of UK robotics; Kate Hyslop, Head of Marketing of Automata, on democratising robotics; Jim Davison, Regional Director of Make UK on robotics in manufacturing; Professor Tony Pipe, Assistant Director of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, on autonomous vehicles; and, Karl Foster, Head of Technology at Blake Morgan, on robotics and ethics. 

This will be followed by a panel discussion between: Farid Dailami, Associate Professor of the Research Innovation Facility Bristol; Dominic Keen, CEO of Britbots; Dr Susanne Bieller, General Secretary of the International Federation of Robotics; Paul Grantham, Manufacturing Lead at Natwest; and Ashu Sharma, Robotics Expert, PwC Consulting.

Bot-Hive CEO Jacques Bonfrer, said: “This is a superb opportunity to hear some of the leading lights in the robotics sector talk about the state of play as regards UK industry and automation, where we currently are and what is coming up in the future. UK industry has to automate in order to become competitive within the global market and SMEs need someone to look to for guidance and leadership in these difficult times. I hope that Bot-Talks will play a part in this process.”

Bot-Hive is a startup funded by Britbots and the Startup Funding Club, and based in The Robotics Laboratory, part of The University of the West of England. It is on a mission to help UK industry with its productivity problems. 

Bot-Talks takes place on Wednesday 20th November at the The Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX.

It starts between 1.30pm and 1.45pm, with the conference taking place between 2pm and 5pm, and networking and demonstrations between 5.30pm and 8pm.