NYC LOCAL: Monday 22 January 2007 NYSIA: The State of Robotics, Predictions for 2007

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 Subject: January 22 Events Calendar - NYSIA
 X-URL: http://www.nysia.org/events/calendar_disp.cfm?me_id=523
    
    Monday, January 22, 2007
    NYSIA Monthly Meeting

                           Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
     Location: JPMorgan Chase, 270 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, between 47th &
                                 48th Streets
        Directions: 4, 5, 7 to 42nd Street/Grand Central (exit through
     MetLife); 6 to 51st Street; B, D, F, V to 47-50th Rockefeller Center
       Admission: Free for NYSIA Members, $30 for non-members, $40 for
                             walk-in non-members.
      Registration: REGISTER HERE, or call (212) 475-4503. There is not
                  guaranteed entrance for walk-in attendees.
              Registration closes: Monday, January 22, 12:30 PM

         Two Hot Panels: The State of Robotics, Predictions for 2007
      New York is robot city! Will there be a robot (or many robots) in
    every home? Bill Gates thinks the robotics industry is today where the
      PC industry was 30 years ago - about to take off into exponential
      growth. We've discovered an amazing amount of interesting robotics
                       work going on right here in NYC.
     In addition, we will have display tables with cool robot stuff from
       robotics companies and organizations. And the problem will also
     include the annual "NYSIA WiseGuys and Wise Gals Predictions Panel".
       Two hot panels, eight smart panelists, ten cool robots, 50 great
              predictions... what better way to start the year? 

                                       
                                  Panelists
      * Farshad Khorrami, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
        Director of the Control/Robotics Research Laboratory (CRRL),
        Polytechnic University
      * Brian Peek, creator of "The Finalizer", the first Battle Bot to
        operate using Microsoft .NET, Senior Consultant, ASPSOFT, Inc.
      * Eric Singer, Founder, LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban
        Robots)
      * Elizabeth Sklar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept of Computer and
        Information Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

                          Lightning Round Panelists
      * Andrew Brust, Chief, New Technology, twentysix New York
      * Erik K. Grimmelmann, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Technology
        and Service Operations, Send Word Now Communications Inc.
      * Elizabeth Montalbano, Senior Writer and New York City
        correspondent, IDG News Service
      * Aron Trauring, CEO, Zoteca

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Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
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