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Dear Colleagues and Friends,<span></span>
<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">The Robotics Global Colloquia is a new
series of online live events featuring speakers from academia and
industry. The series, organized by the International Foundation of
Robotics Research (IFRR), is conceived to provide a platform for
open discussion and interaction on diverse themes in robotics -
from research and applications to the field’s social impact and
its ethical issues (<a
href="http://ifrr.org/robotics-global-colloquia"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://ifrr.org/robotics-global-colloquia</a>).
The series’ goal is to engage both scientific and public
communities across the globe in current issues and developments,
with a format alternating between panels on broad themes and
speakers on specific topics. <span></span></p>
<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">The colloquia are bi-weekly events,
scheduled every other Thursday. Times of the colloquia depend on
the region where the event is hosted: Americas - 4:00PM (Pacific
Time), Europe/Africa - 4:00PM (Central European Time), and
Asia/Oceania - 3:00PM (JST). <span></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">This first colloquium will be a panel on the
field of surgical robotics. <span></span></p>
<p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><b>Surgical Robotics Panel <span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><b>When:</b> Thursday June 18 at 4:00-5:00PM
(CET) -- 7:00AM (PT) and 11:00PM (JST). <span></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><b>Panel:</b><span> </span>Paolo Dario - SSSA
(Moderator)<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">Kanako Harada – University of Tokyo
(Panelist)<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif">Catherine Mohr – Intuitive Surgical
(Panelist)<span></span></p>
<p> Tim Luth – Technical University of Munich (Panelist)</p>
<p><span></span> </p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">The colloquia will be accessible subsequently
through the IFRR YouTube channel. We hope you will join us for
this and future Colloquia.<span></span></p>
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Roman",serif"><span> </span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Oussama Khatib, President<span></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">IFRR <span></span></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0in
0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><a href="http://ifrr.org"
style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://ifrr.org</a></p>
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