2026 Speakers

May 27 - 28, 2026 · Boston, MA

Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

The 2026 event showcases robotics industry leaders who will share insights on developing commercial robots.

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2026 Featured Speakers

Noland Arbaugh

The World's First Neuralink User

Anders Beck

VP, AI Robotics Products | Universal Robots

John Black

Chief Technology Officer | Brain Corp

Dave Coleman

Founder & Chief Product Officer | PickNik Robotics

Ariana Eisenstein

Founder & CTO | Pickle Robot

Brian Gerkey

Board Chair, Open Robotics & CTO, Intrinsic

Joshua Joseph

AMR Deployment Engineer | Tesla

Anthony Jules

Co-Founder and CEO | Robust AI

Gavin Kenneally

Co-Founder and CEO | Ghost Robotics

Axel Krieger

Chief Robotics Officer & Co-founder | Semaphor Surgical 

Andy Lonsberry

Chief Executive Officer | Path Robotics

Chris Matthieu

VP, Developer Ecosystem | RealSense

Hamid Montazeri

Sr. Vice President, Software & AI | Locus Robotics

Chris Morgan

Senior Director of R&D | Bastian Solutions

Teddy Ort

Senior Vice President of Robotics Software & AI | Symbotic

Aaron Parness

Director of Applied Science | Amazon Robotics

Aaron Prather

Director, Robotics & Autonomous Systems Programs | ASTM International

Alberto Rodriguez

Director of Robot Behavior, Atlas | Boston Dynamics

Joyce Sidopoulos

Co-Founder and Chief of Operations | MassRobotics

Andrew Stout

Roboticist and Machine Learning Engineer | The AI Institute

Mikell Taylor

Director, Robotics Strategy | General Motors

Rohit John Varghese

Director of Systems Engineering and Product | Contoro Robotics

Pras Velagapudi

Chief Technology Officer | Agility Robotics

John Wall

President | QNX

Conor Walsh

Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences | Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Jan Zizka

Co-Founder and CEO | Brightpick

Bhavana Chandrashekhar

Senior Manager of Applied Science | Amazon Robotics

Al Makke

Head of Humanoid Robotics for North America | Schaeffler

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Greg Lynn

Co-Founder & CEO | Piaggio Fast Forward

2026 Speakers

Jennifer Apicella

Executive Director | Pittsburgh Robotics Network

Noland Arbaugh

The World's First Neuralink User

Omar Asali

CEO & Chairman | Ranpak

Benji Barash

Co-founder & CEO | Roboto AI

Anders Beck

VP, AI Robotics Products | Universal Robots

John Black

Chief Technology Officer | Brain Corp

John Blitch

President | Blitz Solutions

Robert Brooks

CEO | ForceN

Giovanni Campanella

General Manager, Industrial Automation and Robotics | Texas Instruments

Dave Coleman

Founder & Chief Product Officer | PickNik Robotics

David Crabb

Founder & CEO | Rovex Technologies

Steve Crowe

Chair | Robotics Summit

Eugene Demaitre

Editorial Director - Robotics | WTWH Media

Ariana Eisenstein

Founder & CTO | Pickle Robot

Nic Fischer

CTO | Agtonomy

David Galati

Co-founder & CTO | TITAN Robotics

Brian Gerkey

Board Chair, Open Robotics & CTO, Intrinsic

Ben Hallworth

Systems Engineer, Robotic Drive Systems | maxon

Joshua Joseph

AMR Deployment Engineer | Tesla

Anthony Jules

Co-Founder and CEO | Robust AI

Gavin Kenneally

Co-Founder and CEO | Ghost Robotics

Spencer Krause

President & CEO | SKA Robotics

Axel Krieger

Chief Robotics Officer & Co-founder | Semaphor Surgical 

Ted Larson

Co-Founder and CEO | OLogic

YJ Lim

Principal Technical Product Lead | MathWorks

Andy Lonsberry

Chief Executive Officer | Path Robotics

Chris Matthieu

VP, Developer Ecosystem | RealSense

Marita McGinn

Director of Growth | MassRobotics

Greg Meyne

Vice President of Automation, Robotics, Consulting | enVista

Hamid Montazeri

Sr. Vice President, Software & AI | Locus Robotics

Chris Morgan

Senior Director of R&D | Bastian Solutions

Roch Nakajima

CMO | Noitom Robotics

Juan Necochea

Director of Strategic Partnerships | MassRobotics

Russell Nickerson

Partner Engagement Liasion | MassRobotics

Tyler Niday

Co-Founder & CEO | Bonsai Robotics

Mike Nielsen

Chief Marketing Officer | RealSense

Eugene Niselson

Sales Engineering Manager | Harmonic Drive

Mike Oitzman

Senior Editor of The Robot Report | WTWH Media

Teddy Ort

Senior Vice President of Robotics Software & AI | Symbotic

Aaron Parness

Director of Applied Science | Amazon Robotics

Jacob Perrin

Engineering Manager | dSPACE

Dave Petrosky

CEO | RedZone Robotics

Darren Porras

Senior Market Development Manager for Healthcare and Robotics | Real-Time Innovations

Aaron Prather

Director, Robotics & Autonomous Systems Programs | ASTM International

Alberto Rodriguez

Director of Robot Behavior, Atlas | Boston Dynamics

Enzo Ruedas

Machine Learning Engineer | NXP Semiconductors

Peter Seiff

CEO ST Engineering | Aethon

Joyce Sidopoulos

Co-Founder and Chief of Operations | MassRobotics

Andrew Stout

Roboticist and Machine Learning Engineer | The AI Institute

Mikell Taylor

Director, Robotics Strategy | General Motors

Rohit John Varghese

Director of Systems Engineering and Product | Contoro Robotics

Pras Velagapudi

Chief Technology Officer | Agility Robotics

John Wall

President | QNX

Conor Walsh

Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences | Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Brianna Wessling

Associate Editor of The Robot Report | WTWH Media

Jan Zizka

Co-Founder and CEO | Brightpick

Cheri Ackerman

Co-Founder & CEO | Concerto

Laith Alhussein

Co-Founder & CEO | Hesy Tech

Isabelle Blanchot

Chief Revenue Officer | Enchanted Tools

Jon Bond

General Manager Fused Filament Fabrication | Markforged

Diego Brihuega

SVP of Technology | Globant

Kevin Brisebois

Founding Partner | BrightLNK

Mai Bui

Co-Founder & CEO | Quarter20

Bhavana Chandrashekhar

Senior Manager of Applied Science | Amazon Robotics

Daniel Chiaravalli

North American Managing Director | ALBA Robot

Ram Devarajulu

VP Deep Tech Innovations | Cambridge Consultants

Steve Ding

Co-Founder | Haply Robotics

Eric Elmlas

Co-Founder | Kickmaker

Roman Fayerberg

Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig

Eric Feinstein

CEO | Clarapath

Brian Geisel

Chief Innovation Officer, Geisel Software | Founder & CEO, Symage

Evan Hochstein

Business Manager | Stratasys

Silviu Homoceanu

Founder & CTO | Deltia

Dan James

Sr Program Manager, Tech | Uber

Konstantinos Kandylas

CEO | Terra Robotics

Matthew Kang

Co-Founder | Revolve Surgical

Jim Kennedy

VP of Engineering | VividCloud

Suntae Kim

Co-Founder & CTO | NdotLight

Yong-Jae Kim

Co-CEO & CTO | WiRobotics

Bingda Li

Co-Founder & CEO | Whelix

Al Makke

Head of Humanoid Robotics for North America | Schaeffler

Hengchun Mao

Founder & CEO | Quantentech

Gabriella Mason

North America Marketing Manager | COMAU

Drew Millecchia

Principal Software Engineer & Cloud Solution Architect | VividCloud

Nureldin Mohamed

Founder | Lupa Robotics

Rob Murphy

Account Manager | Hawk Ridge Systems

Chase Olle

CEO & Founder | Robots on Rails

Bart Pascoli

USMCA Project Coordinator, Machines Italia | Italian Trade Agency

Utsav Patel

CEO & Co-Founder | Inception Robotics

Kevin Picard

Application Engineer | Kollmorgen

Jacob Pollard

Senior Software Engineer | VividCloud

Eric Ragan

Director of Robotic Systems and Automation | Goddard Product Development

Lenore Rasmussen

CTO & Founder | Ras Labs

Steve Ricketts

Vice President of Business Development | Fictiv

Brian Rosnov

SVP, Strategy & Partnership | Apricity Robotics

Genki Sano

CTO | Telexistence

Parna Sarkar-Basu

Founder | B&B Consulting

Anthony Smith

Engineering Director | Thomson

Hyungmok Son

Co-Founder & CEO | Config

Vibhor Sood

VP of Engineering & Co-founder | Burro

Vivek Thankachan

Co-Founder & CEO | Zeus Robotics

Matthew Theurer

CEO | HyperSpectral

Andrew Tibbetts

Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig

Saideep Tiku

Principal Systems Architect | Micron Technology

Mikayla Tinus

Human Factors Engineer | Goddard Product Development

Florian Weisshardt

Head of Synapticon Intelligence

Jay Wong

CEO | Luminous 

Sarah Wynn

Senior Editor (Digital) | Packaging OEM

Ryan Young

Global Head of Engineering OEM Sensors | HBK

Sjoerd van der Zwaan

Chief Product Officer | Solid Sands

Speakers

Greg Lynn

Co-Founder & CEO | Piaggio Fast Forward

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