We Robot starts with a day of optional Workshops on April 11. Because We Robot is so interdisciplinary, we’ve found it helpful to offer attendees introductions to basic concepts in a variety of fields so that we can all have a common vocabulary. The workshop day is optional: you can register for it when reserve your place at We Robot 2019 (April 12-13).
Preliminary Schedule (subject to change):
| 9:00-10:00 | This is not Magic: Basic Technical Concepts for the Latest Developments in Robotics & AI | Bill Smart Cindy Grimm |
| 10:00-11:00 | Alexa, What’s a Tort? It Sounds Delicious: Basic Legal Concepts for the Latest Developments in Robotics & AI | Ryan Calo (Woodrow Hartzog moderating) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Break | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better: Basic Economic Concepts for the Latest Developments in Robotics & AI | Rob Seamans (NYU Stern) |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:30-2:30 | Don’t Look at Me Like That: The Latest Developments in Social Science/Philosophy for Robotics & AI | Madeleine Elish Ari Waldman |
| 2:30-3:30 | We’re Not Gonna Take I.T.: Advocacy in Robotics and AI | Jay Stanley (ACLU) Kathrine Pratt |
| 3:30-4:00 | Break | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Get Ready for the Robot Olympics: Japan’s “Robotics 2020” Policy Initiative | Fumio Shimpo, Hideyuki Matsumi, Takayuki Kato (Woody Hartzog moderating) |
| 5:00-6:30 | Robots and Academics: The Nerdiest Trivia of All Time (plus light appetizers) | Rebecca Crootof Howard Chizeck Woody Hartzog |
