International Robot Safety Conference

Date

November 3

Time

8:00 AM ET

Format

In-Person

Location

Detroit, MI

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A multi-track conference focused on robot safety standards, risk assessment, system design, implementation, emerging technologies, and compliance. Program topics include ANSI/A3 R15.06-2025 and ISO 10218 updates; industrial robot cells; collaborative robot safety; mobile and autonomous mobile robots; functional safety; sensitive protective equipment; industrial cybersecurity; AI, physical AI, humanoids, and other emerging systems; and OSHA and global regulatory considerations. Named sessions include “Why Robot Safety Matters,” “An Introduction to Industrial Robotics & The Standards That Apply,” “What is Risk Assessment and Why It Matters?,” “Conventional Industrial Robot Cells: Use Cases, Common Hazards & Considerations,” “Considerations for Collaborative Applications: Use Cases, Changes & Updates in ISO 10218,” “Updates to ISO 10218 (R15.06) and TR 20218-3 What's New and the Key Differences,” “New Requirements for Robotic Users: R15.06-Part 3 & R15.08-Part 3,” “The Role of Functional Safety in Robotics,” “Physical AI and Robot Safety: Standardization Landscape and Use Cases,” “An OSHA Perspective on Industrial Robot Safety,” “Can You Trust the Software Inside Your Robotics?,” and “From Collaborative Robotics Applications to Physical AI: Advancing Safety Models for Autonomous Machines.”

Speakers(28)

Roberta Nelson Shea

Global Technical Compliance Officer, Universal Robots

Krupal Patel

Senior Regulatory Compliance Engineer, Amazon Robotics

Jerry Perez

CRX Business Development Manager, FANUC America

Kevin Reese

Sr. Director Robotics Safety, Agility Robotics

Patrick Barry

Safety and Regulatory Compliance, Mobile Industrial Robots

Bob Bollinger

Owner, Dynamic Horizons Automation Solutions LLC

Marcellus Buchheit

President & CEO, Wibu-Systems USA

Bill Edwards

Sr. Manager, Collaborative Robotics, Yaskawa America Inc.

Carole Franklin

Director of Standards Development, Robotics, Association for Advancing Automation (A3)

Jeff Fryman

Consultant, Association for Advancing Automation (A3)

Adam Haroz

Director of Engineering, Conversion Technology Inc

Jamison Harrell-Latham

Senior Regulatory Compliance Engineer, Amazon Robotics

Mark Lewandowski

Director - Robotics & Machine Safety, Procter & Gamble

Matt Marcinko

Safety Specialist, OSHA

Riccardo Mariani

VP of Industry Safety, NVIDIA

Steven Marks

Director of Product, Fennec Engineering

Bjoern Matthias

Corporate Research Fellow, ABB

Gianpiero Negri

Fellow, Robotics Functional Safety, NXP Semiconductors

Maren Roush

Manager of Standards Development, Robotics, Association for Advancing Automation (A3)

Craig Salvalaggio

President, Applied Manufacturing Technologies

Paul Schmitt

Director of Engineering, Reynolds & Moore Functional Safety

Stuart C. Shepherd

President, Shepherd Solutions, Inc.

Chris Soranno

Manager of International Safety Standards, SICK PCA

Declan Staunton

Principal Applications Engineer, Analog Devices

Peter Swanson

General Manager, FANUC America Corporation

Federico Vicentini

Safety Policy Architect, Boston Dynamics

Ben Waters

CEO & Cofounder, WiBotic

Thomas Wedlick

Member of Technical Staff, OpenAI

Topics

Cybersecurity
Engineering
Policy

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