Sustainability & Robotics Series: Webinar 2
OnlineAfter exploring why the AI and Robotics community actively needs to work towards sustainability in our first webinar, this second webinar focuses on what sustainability is about. Experts, who have worked or researched extensively in the field of sustainability, will share their knowledge with us. The goal is to get a good basic understanding of sustainability - because knowledge is the first step towards change. This second webinar will be about: What is sustainability? What does research say about sustainability? How does industry outside AI and Robotics deal with sustainability? How can the AI and Robotics community learn from this? Agenda: 15:00 Welcome, introduction about the webinar series by Franziska Kirstein 15:05 Setting the scene: Robotics & Sustainability beyond the SDGs by Patrick Courtney 15:25 Keynote speakers on Sustainability: Simon Weihofen, Viega Group Katrien Vandael, UC Leuven-Limburg, University of Applied Sciences 16:00 Panel discussion with Patrick Courtney, Simon Weihofen, Katrien Vandael 16:25 Closing and takeaways About the Series Sustainability has become a critical challenge in Society and the field of AI and Robotics will not remain unaffected. From environmental to social or economic impacts, roboticists, entrepreneurs, researchers and public authorities are increasingly confronted with the topic. What is Sustainability? Where […]