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    Dear Colleagues and Friends,<span></span>
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      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
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      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
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      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
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      Roman",serif"><b>Panel:</b><span> </span>Paolo Dario - SSSA
      (Moderator)<span></span></p>
    <p style="margin:6pt 0in
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      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
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      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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    <p style="margin:6pt 0in
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      Roman",serif">Oussama Khatib, President<span></span></p>
    <p style="margin:6pt 0in
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      Roman",serif">IFRR <span></span></p>
    <p style="margin:6pt 0in
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      Roman",serif"><a href="http://ifrr.org"
        style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://ifrr.org</a></p>
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