LIREC Industry Forums

The LIREC project (LIving with Robots and intEractive Companions) is organising a series of four discussion forums with industries. These forums will cover a selection of topics, crucial in the development of synthetic companion technologies:

• Robots and avatars: companions of our future? (Cancelled)
• Ethics and robotics (2010)
• Living with robots (2011)
• Into the future: new technologies and routes for commercialisation (2012)

Opportunity

The LIREC Industry Forums are an opportunity for companies to:

• Access state of the art research results
• Gain exposure to new ideas
• Network with academics and potential business partners
• Evaluate the relevance of academic research to their business models

Invited participants

All companies with a special interest in robotics and artificial intelligence are invited to take part in the LIREC Discussion Forums. Technology development sectors include:

• Interactive toys, video games;
• Communications technologies;
• Customer care technologies;
• System supports for people with special needs, memory and communication problems;
• Smart cars and systems for the house;
• Educational tools and games.