Catherine Simon introduced a world tour of robotics initiatives, including presentations from representatives of robotics organizations in Europe, Japan, Korea, Massachusetts, Egypt, Singapore, and France. Chris Bourillon discussed robotics in Europe, while Daniel Theobald explained how Massachusetts aims to become a future leader for robotics. The tour concluded with networking over coffee.

1. Fostering Robotics - World Tour of robotics initiatives
10:00 Introduction by Catherine Simon, President of Innoecho, Founder of Innorobo,
Founder of The Disruptory
10:15 World tour of robotics initiatives.
 Robotics in Europe: Chris Bourillon, euRobotics
 Japan’s Robot Strategy: (more informations)
 Korean Robot Initiative:
 Massachusetts as the future leader for robotics? Explanations by Daniel
Theobald, Mass Robotics.
 Emerging robotics in the Egyptian ecosystem: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, EG
Robotics
 Singapore: from a Smart City to a Smart Nation, Oliver Tian, SIAA
 France: sustaining robotics initiatives, Eric Tardy, Axandus
11:25 Conclusion
11:30 Networking Coffee Break.