Announcing the agenda for Robotics+AI — March 3 at UC Berkeley
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Announcing the agenda for Robotics+AI - March 3 at UC Berkeley
We're bringing TC Sessions: Robotics+AI back to UC Berkeley on March 3, and we're excited to announce our jam-packed agenda. For months we've been recruiting speakers from the ranks of the most innovative founders, top technologists and hard-charging VCs working in robotics and AI, and the speaker line-up will capture the remarkable acceleration across the field in the past year.
New for this year, we will be hosting our very first pitch-off competition for early-stage robotics companies. There is still time to submit your application.
And one amazing fact: 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the first use of the word "robot." What better way to mark the occasion than to grab an early-bird ticket ($150 savings) right now and right here before prices increase.
We've still got some key guests to announce, and will be adding some new names to the agenda in the coming days. In the meantime, check out these highlights:
Agenda
10:05 AM – 10:25 AM
Saving Humanity from AI with Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley)
The UC Berkeley professor and AI authority argues in his acclaimed new book, "Human Compatible," that AI will doom humanity unless technologists fundamentally reform how they build AI algorithms.
10:25 AM – 10:50 AM
Investing in Robotics and AI: Lessons from the Industry's VCs with Dror Berman (Innovation Endeavors), Kelly Chen (DCVC) and Eric Migicovsky (Y Combinator)
Leading investors will discuss the rising tide of venture capital funding in robotics and AI. The investors bring a combination of early-stage investing and corporate venture capital expertise, sharing a fondness for the wild world of robotics and AI investing.
10:50 AM – 11:10 AM
Automating Amazon with Tye Brady (