Speaking

Hod Lipson is a frequent keynoter in both industry and academic events. He speaks about artificial intelligence and robotics, and their implications across sectors ranging from retail to finance, and from art to architecture. Clients include Deloitte, PWC, Accenture, Google, Exxon, Lockheed Martin, Cargill, Baidu, Tencent, Citibank, Lloyds, Credit Swiss, Deutsche Telekom, Singularity, YPO, Entrepreneurs' Organization, and many others (see partial list below). He also speaks at non-profits such as TED, National Academies, ACM and others.

Lipson specializes in explaining complex state-of-the-art AI trends in everyday language to non-experts, covering the essentials that everyone should know.
Available in a range of formats, from an opening keynote to a full day deep-dive course on AI.

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*** The Next AI: Past present and future of AI and Robotics ***

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Sentient Machines

Driverless Cars

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2022

Invited Lecture, “Automating Discovery”, ETH Zurich, Zurich Switzerland, Dec 22, 2022
Keynote, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Entrepreneurial Organization (EO) Delhi Chapter, New Delhi, India, Dec 16, 2022
Invited Speaker, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) executive Briefing, San Francisco CA, Dec 1, 2022
Invited Speaker, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, HSM Summit, São Paulo, Brazil, Nov 23, 2022
Keynote, “The Next AI”, Harman Automotive, Querétaro, Mexico, Oct 25, 2022
Invited Speaker, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, HSM Executive Briefing, São Paulo, Brazil, Oct 24, 2022
Keynote, “AI and Mobility”, Novus Glass Summit 2022, Dallas Fort Worth, TX, October 20, 2022
Invited Speaker, “The Next AI”, Singularity University Executive Program, San Francisco, CA, October 3, 2022
Keynote, “AI and Mobility”, Fix Network Summit 2022, Quebec City, Canada Sep 29, 2022
Seminar, “The Next AI”, U.N. Delegation on education, New York NY September 19, 2022
Invited Speaker, “The Next AI”, Visa Corporation, Campos do Jordão, Brazil, June 28, 2022
Invited Speaker, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Visa Corporation, São Paulo, Brazil, June 24, 2022
Invited Speaker, “The Next AI”, Ventu Cotton, San Francisco, CA, June 17, 2022
Keynote, “Consciousness: The dawn of Machine awareness”, European Commission Science Summit 2022, (online), May 11, 2022, June 14, 2022
Keynote, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, from Creative Collaborations Conference, Ben Gurion University, May 11, 2022, Be’er Sheva, Israel
Seminar Speaker, “Automating Discovery – From Cognitive Robotics to Systems Biology”, ABC Robotics, Ben Gurion University, May 9, 2022, Be’er Sheva, Israel
Invited Speaker, “AI and Robotics”, Kazakhstan YPO, Menlo Park CA, May 3, 2022
Invited Speaker, “Self-Aware Machines”, Machine Learning, AI, Robotics and Space (MARS), Mar 29, 2022 Ojai Valley, CA
Keynote, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Money Management Institute Annual Summit, Palm Beach FL, March 24, 2022
Invited Speaker, “Robotics and AI”, NextEra executive retreat, March 23, 2022 (online)
Keynote, “Automating Discovery – From Cognitive Robotics to Systems Biology”, NSF AI Institute on Dynamical Systems Launch, University of Washington, Mat 16, 2022, Seattle WA
Invited Speaker, “AI and Robotics”, Singularity University Executive Program, Menlo Park CA, March 7, 2022
Invited Speaker, “Automating Discovery – From Cognitive Robotics to Particle Physics”, Distinguished Lectures Seminar Series, University of Southern California, Feb 22, 2022 (online)
Invited Speaker, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Money Management Institute Board of Directors, January 20, 2022 (online)
Invited Speaker, “Trends in AI and Robotics””, RFF Future of Space Operations, Online, January 12, 2022

2021

Invited Speaker, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, SEAS Employee Engagement Speaker, New York NY, Dec 9, 2021
Invited Speaker, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Alsea Board Meeting, Dec 9, 2021 (online)
Invited Talk, “AI and CAD”, Autodesk Advisory Board, Boston MA, Dec 2, 2021
Invited Speaker, “AI and Robotics”, Singularity University Executive Program, Menlo Park CA, Nov 7, 2021
Invited Speaker, “Robotics and AI”, Sony executive retreat, October 19, 2021 (online)
Invited Speaker, “Self-Modeling Systems”, ICCV Simulation Technology for Embodied AI workshop, Oct 16, 2021 (online)
Invited Speaker, “Trends in AI and Robotics”, University of Notre Dame Emerging Tech, Oct 1, 2021 (online)
Invited Speaker, Innovation Salon, Columbia Business School, “Trends in AI and Robotics”, Sep 23, New York, NY
Invited Speaker, “Future of Mobility”, Ernst & Young Disruptive Tech Series, Online, Sep 14, 2021
Invited Speaker, “The Next AI”, Tiger 21 Board meeting, July 7, 2021
Invited Speaker, “Future of Mobility”, Ernst & Young Disruptive Tech Series, Online, June 9, 2021
Invited Speaker and panelist, “Trends in AI and Robotics””, RFF Future of Space Operations, Online, April 27, 2021
Keynote, “Soft Actuators for Soft Robotics”, Robosoft 2021, Online, April 16, 2021
Invited Speaker and panelist, “Self-Aware Machines”, International Workshop on Embodied Intelligence, March 24, 2021
Keynote, “Trends in AI and robotics”, New York Academy of Dentistry, Online, March 11, 2021
Keynote, “3D Printing: The Next 25 Years”, CEO Webcast, Online, March 6, 2021
Keynote, “Future of AI and Robotics”, ARPA-E Annual Fission Meeting, Online, Feb 23, 2021
Keynote, “Future of AI and Robotics”, Arrow EMEA Leadership, Online, Feb 16, 2021
Invited Speaker, “Future of Mobility”, Ernst & Young Disruptive Tech Series, Online, Feb 9, 2021
Keynote, “Artificial Intelligence: The Next 25 Years”, Aditya Birla Group BizlabsNXT Digital AI Conclave, Online, Jan 28, 2021

2020

Keynote, “Automating Discovery”, Design Computing and Cognition (DCC) 2020, Online, Dec 14, 2020
Keynote, “Artificial Intelligence: The Next 25 Years”, CEO Webcast, Online, Nov 30, 2020
Invited Speaker, “Future of Mobility”, Ernst & Young Disruptive Tech Series, Online, Oct 26, 2020
Keynote, “Big Data in Manufacturing”, Michigan Manufacturing Leadership Series, Online, Oct 8, 2020
Keynote, “Deep Learning in Computer Aided Design”, Altair Global ATC, Online, Oct 6, 2020
Invited Speaker and panelist, “Future50: Leadership & Strategy in the age of AI”, RFF, Online, Aug 26, 2020
Invited Speaker, “Can We Learn To Stop Worrying and Love AI?”, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Lab Speaker Series, Online, Aug 25, 2020
Invited Speaker, “Automating Discovery””, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Online, August 7, 2020
Invited Speaker, “Automating Discovery””, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI), Online, July 20, 2020
Invited Speaker, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Citibank Unstoppable Trends, Online, July 29, 2020
Invited Speaker, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Procter & Gamble| Cincinnati, OH, Feb 25, 2020
Invited Speaker, Soft Robotics 2020, “Soft Actuators for Soft Robotics”, Haifa Israel, Feb 5, 2020
Keynote, A360, “Autonomous Vehicles”, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 20, 2020
Invited Speaker, CVC Annual Retreat, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Palm Beach FL, Jan 9, 2020

2019

Keynote, Edge Connex Annual Retreat, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Washington DC, Dec 12, 2019
Invited Speaker, Envision 2020, “AI Ethics”, Princeton NJ, Nov 22, 2019
Invited Speaker, Citibank Singapore, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Singapore, Nov 14, 2019
Keynote, 3D Printing and Beyond, “The four waves of Additive Manufacturing”, Jerusalem Israel, Nov 7, 2019
Invited Speaker, Citibank Singapore, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Singapore, Nov 3, 2019
Keynote, WE Summit, “Self Aware Machines”, Beijing, Nov 2, 2019
Keynote, Columbia Dental School, “Artificial Intelligence in Dentistry”, New York NY, Sep 29, 2019
Invited Speaker, Citibank, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Santa Clara CA, Oct 22, 2019
Invited Speaker, Citibank Singapore, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Singapore, Sep 25, 2019
Keynote, Teacher’s College, “AI in Education”, New York NY, Sep 20, 2019
Keynote, Goldman Sachs investor retreat, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, Sep 19, 2019
Keynote, AkzoNobel Annual Summit, “Autonomous Vehicles”, New Orleans, LA, Sep 18, 2019
Invited Speaker, LG, “Trends in 5G”, Santa Clara CA, Sep 17, 2019
Invited Speaker, YPO Long Island, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Long Island NY, Sep 13, 2019
Keynote, Goldman Sachs investor retreat, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, Sep 12, 2019
Invited Speaker, Moody, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, Sep 10, 2019
Invited Speaker, Citibank Singapore, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Singapore, Aug 26, 2019
Keynote, Epigenetic Robotics, EPIROB 2019, “Cognitive Robotics”, Oslo, Norway, Aug 20, 2019
Invited Speaker, Exxon Mobil, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Luanda, Angola, Aug 16, 2019
Keynote, tech HR, “Artificial Intelligence”, Delhi, Aug 1, 2019
Invited Speaker, US DDI, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Washington DC, July 30, 2019
Invited Speaker, DDI, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Washington DC, July 30, 2019
Keynote, SAP Summit, “Artificial Intelligence”, Philadelphia PA, July 24, 2019
Invited Speaker, Singularity University EIP, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Mountain View CA, July 22, 2019
Keynote, CARSTAR Annual Summit, “Autonomous Vehicles”, Chicago IL, July 10, 2019
Keynote, BBVA Annual Retreat, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2019
Keynote, Cargill Annual Retreat, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Wichita KS, June 24, 2019
Invited Speaker, Italy Singularity Summit, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Rome, Italy, June 18, 2019
Keynote, IBIS Automotive Summit, “Artificial Intelligence and the automotive industry”, Milan Italy, June 10, 2019
Invited Speaker, BWI GmbH, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Berlin Germany, June 4, 2019
Invited Speaker, Singularity University EIP, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Mountain View CA, May 20, 2019
Keynote, World Retail; Congress, “The Six Waves of AI”, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 15, 2019
Keynote, Canadian Assoc of Pharmacy, “The Six Waves of AI”, Carlsbad, CA, May 7, 2019
Invited Speaker, Singularity University WE Family Event, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Mountain View CA, May 4, 2019
Invited Speaker, COBPEA, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Mountain View CA, April 29, 2019
Keynote, EO Global Leaders’ Summit GLC, “The Six Waves of AI”, Maccau, China, April 14, 2019
Invited Speaker, Booz Allen, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Washington DC, March 26, 2019
Invited Speaker, Temaseak, “Smart Cities”, Singapore, March 20, 2019
Invited Speaker, Citibank Wealth Management, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Mountain View CA, March 13, 2019
Keynote, Lockheed Martin Retreat, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, March 6, 2019
Invited Speaker, Finish Posti, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Helsinki Finland, Feb 28, 2019
Keynote, AAWC, “AI in retail”, The World Congress of the International
Advertising Association, Kochi, India, Feb 22, 2019
Colloquium, Duke University Pearsall Lecture, “Automating Discovery”, Durham NC, Feb 13, 2019
Invited Speaker, Elior Group, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Mountain View CA, Feb 6, 2019
Invited Speaker, DoD, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Mountain View CA, Jan 29, 2019
Keynote, Verifacts , “Driverless Cars and the Road ahead”, Toronto Canada, Jan 23, 2019
Colloquium, Washington University, “Automating Discovery”, Seattle WA, Jan 17, 2019
Invited Speaker, Quantonomics / Goldman Sachs, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, Jan 10, 2019

2018

Invited Speaker, YPO Gold , “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Zurich Switzerland, Dec 13, 2018
Invited Speaker, Schindler Exec Retreat, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Lucerne Switzerland, Dec 12, 2018
Invited Speaker, Cargill, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Mountain View CA, Nov 9, 2018
Keynote, the Growth Faculty, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Sydney Australia, Nov 15, 2018
Invited Speaker, Pactual Asset Management, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Mountain View CA, Nov 9, 2018
Keynote, Mexico Singularity Summit, “Machine Creativity”, Puerto Valencia, Mexico, Nov 7, 2018
Invited Speaker, The Entrepreneur Network, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Mountain View CA, Nov 6, 2018
Colloquium, University of Connecticut, “Automating Discovery”, UConn, Nov 5, 2018
Invited Speaker, Citibank 10x Strategy, “Artificial Intelligence in Finance”, New York NY, Nov 1, 2018
Keynote, Entrepreneur Organization, “Machine Creativity”, San Francisco CA, Oct 18, 2018
Keynote, Altair Summit, “Machine Creativity”, Paris, France, Oct 17, 2018
Keynote, Deloitte Mexico, “AI in retail”, Mexico City, Mexico, Oct 10, 2018
Invited Speaker, Jasonville Energy Authority, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Jacksonville FL, Oct 5, 2018
Invited Speaker, Equity Residential, “Machine Learning and Big Data”, Mountain View CA, Oct 3, 2018
Keynote, Italy Summit, “Machine Creativity”, Milan, Italy, Oct 2, 2018
Keynote, Agora Summit, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Tucson Arizona, Sep 28, 2018
Invited Speaker, Exxon Mobil, “Machine Learning and AI”, Houston TX, Sep 27, 2018
Invited Speaker, Raymond India, “Big Data”, Mumbai India, Sep 26, 2018
Keynote, Deloitte Ireland, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Dublin, Ireland, Sep 11, 2018
Invited Speaker, UPM, “Big Data”, Mountain View CA, Aug 27, 2018
Keynote, Asia Pacific Global Impact Challenge, “The Six Waves of AI”, Taiwan, Aug 10, 2018
Invited Speaker, A360, “Trends in Machine Learning and AI”, Mountain View CA, July 30, 2018
Invited Speaker, Singularity University, Executive Program, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Mountain View CA, July 22, 2018
Invited Speaker, CASVI, “Trends in Machine Learning and AI”, Mountain View CA, July 18, 2018
Keynote, FAB14, “Food Printing”, Toulouse, France, July 16, 2018
Invited Speaker, Google/Australia, “Trends in Machine Learning and AI”, Mountain View CA, July 12, 2018
Invited Speaker, Singularity University, Exponential Innovation Program, “Trends in Robotics and AI”, Mountain View CA, July 9, 2018
Invited Speaker, LG Academy, “5G”, Mountain View CA, June 11, 2018
Keynote, Positive Impact, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Milan, Italy, June 20, 2018
Keynote, Accenture, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Frankfurt Germany , June 13, 2018
Invited Speaker, Peoplefund, “Trends in Machine Learning and AI”, Mountain View CA, June 11, 2018
Invited Speaker, Google/Singapore, “Machine Learning and AI”, Mountain View CA, June 7, 2018
Invited Speaker, Exxon Mobil, “Machine Learning and Digital Twins”, Houston TX, June 6, 2018
Keynote, STEP Miami, “Artificial Intelligence”, Miami FL, May 31, 2018
Guest Speaker, Unilever, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Palo Alto CA, May 29, 2018
Keynote, 21 Foundation, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Tokyo Japan, May 24, 2018
Invited Speaker, Barclays Bank, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, London UK, May 18, 2018
Keynote, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), “Autonomous Vehicles and the road ahead”, Washington DC, May 17, 2018
Keynote, Young Professional Organization (YPO), Dallas Chapter, “Artificial Intelligence”, Dallas, TX, May 10, 2018
Guest Speaker, Singularity Executive training program, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Moffet Field CA, May 6, 2018
Keynote, Executive Program Toronto, “AI and Robotics”, Toronto ON, May 1, 2018
Keynote, Young Professional Organization (YPO) of Switzerland, “Artificial Intelligence”, Geneva, Switzerland, April 26, 2018
Guest Speaker, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (LGIMA), “Trends in Data Science”, Chicago IL, April 17, 2018
Guest Speaker, Singularity Executive training program, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Moffet Field CA, March 25, 2018
Guest Speaker, Grupo Salinas Executive retreat, “Artificial Intelligence”, Mexico City, Mexico, March 22, 2018
Keynote, Singularity University Czech Summit, “Curious and Creative Machines”, Prague, Czech Republic, March 6, 2018
Keynote, Latham & Watkins Annual Summit, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, March 2, 2018
Invited Talk, Grupo Bal Retreat, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, San Francisco CA, Feb 28, 2018
Guest Speaker, Citibank Private Bank, “Artificial Intelligence”, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 22, 2018
Colloquium, Iowa State University Food Science Department, “Food Printing”, Des Moines IA, Feb 14, 2018
Invited Talk, Exxon Mobile Executive training, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Houston TX, Feb 20, 2018
Colloquium, Columbia University Astrophysics Department annual Radical Hypothesis Lecture, “Robot Scientists”, New York NY, Feb 14, 2018
Invited Talk, Google/Scandinavia “The four exponentials of Artificial Intelligence”, Mountain View CA, Feb 13, 2018
Keynote, Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC) “The six waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Syracuse NY, Feb 9, 2018
Keynote, Barclays Bank Summit, “The Compounding Exponentials of AI”, London, UK, Feb 8, 2018
Guest Speaker, The Executive Network (TEN), “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Mountain View CA, Feb 6, 2018
Guest Speaker, Singularity Executive training program, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Moffet Field CA, Jan 30, 2018
Guest Speaker, Citibank Private Bank, “Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, Jan 24, 2018
Invited Talk, Singularity University Summit, “Artificial Intelligence”, Brussels, Belgium, Jan 23, 2018
Keynote, Deloitte Future of Retail Summit, “AI and retail”, New York NY, Jan 16, 2018
Invited Talk, SEAS Alumni Event, “the Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, Jan 16, 2018
Invited Talk, Jardine Matheson, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Mountain View, CA, Jan 10, 2018

2017

Keynote, Stuyvesant High School Annual Splash, “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, New York NY, Dec 16, 2017
Invited Talk, Deloitte Partner meeting “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Dallas, TX, Dec 7, 2017
Invited Talk, Raizen “Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Mountain View, CA, Nov 16, 2017
Keynote, NY Annual conference on Manufacturing an Innovation, NEXT 17, “The six waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Syracuse NY, Nov 17, 2017
Invited Talk, Citibank Financial, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Fintech”, Mountain View, CA, Nov 16, 2017
Keynote, Tencent Annual Summit, “AI, Creativity, and Free Will”, Chengdu, China, Nov 8, 2017
Invited Talk, Bridge 37, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Mountain View, CA, Nov 1, 2017
Keynote, Citibank private bank summit, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics”, Shanghai, China, Oct 19, 2017
Invited Talk World Knowledge Fair (WKF 2017), “How 3D Printing will change our Future”, Seoul, Korea, Oct 18, 2017
Invited Talk World Knowledge Fair (WKF 2017), “The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the future of Manufacturing”, Seoul, Korea, Oct 17, 2017
Keynote, AI And Society, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 10, 2017
Keynote, ACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) ‘17, “Self Simulating Systems”, Los Angeles, CA, July 28, 2017
Keynote, Genetic And Evolutionary Computation Conference, “Adversarial Coevolution”, Berlin, Germany, July 19, 2017
Keynote, Earnest Young Compliance & Technology Forum, “Robotics, cognitive computing and machine learning — the fad or the future?”, New York NY, May 17, 2017
Invited Talk, Dyson, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Palo Alto, CA, May 16, 2017
Invited Presentation, Guild 21, “Autonomous Vehicles: Will we need body shops?”, (online), May 11, 2017
Invited Talk, Thales, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Palo Alto, CA, May 4, 2017
Keynote, Deming Forum, “The Six Waves of Artificial Intelligence”, Columbia Business School, New York NY, May 2, 2017
Invited Talk, Inter Dev Bank (IDB), “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Boston MA, April 22, 2017
Keynote, Automotive Dealer Council Meeting, “Driverless Cars and the road ahead”, Miami FL, April 21, 2017
Invited Talk, Singularity University IPP, “Convergence: Driverless Cars and AI”, Dan Francisco, CA March 30, 2017
Keynote, The Rubin Museum of Art, “AIs and Avatars”, New York, NY, March 29, 2017
Invited Talk, Singularity University Executive Program, “Driverless Cars and the future of the city”, Palo Alto, CA March 23, 2017
Invited Talk, Singularity University Executive Program, “Digital Manufacturing”, Palo Alto, CA March 21, 2017
Invited Talk, APS meeting, “The Robotic Scientist”, New Orleans LA, March 17, 2017
Keynote, Tate & Lyle Texturant, “Print and Eat – The story behind food printing”, Chicago IL, March 8, 2017
Invited Talk, Deutsche Telekom, “Artificial Intelligence”, Bonn, Germany, March 3, 2017
Keynote, Cultiv8, “Print and Eat – The story behind food printing”, Monterey, CA, March 1, 2017
Invited Talk, Next Era, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Palm Beach FL, Feb 2, 2017
Invited Talk, Steelcase, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Palo Alto CA, Jan 18, 2017
Keynote, Deloitte Executive Training, “The compounding exponentials of Artificial Intelligence”, New York NY, Jan 17, 2017

2016

Keynote, Turkey Innovation Week, “The compounding exponentials of Artificial Intelligence”, Istanbul, Turkey, Dec 10, 2016
Keynote, Credit Swiss Bank, “The compounding exponentials of Artificial Intelligence”, Zurich, Switzerland, Dec 5, 2016
Colloquium, “Driverless cars and the road ahead”, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, Dec 2, 2016
Keynote, Israel Aerospace Industries, “Additive Manufacturing – The next 25 years”, Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov 24, 2016
Keynote, ASME ICME, “Automating Discovery in Mechanical Engineering”, Haifa, Israel, Nov 21, 2016
Keynote, CTO Forum Rethink Disruption, “The compounding exponentials of Artificial Intelligence”, Half Moon Bay, CA, Nov 4, 2016
Invited panelist, Citibank autumn dialogs, “Artificial Intelligence”, San Francisco CA, Nov 2, 2016
Invited Briefing, Deutsche Telekom Board of directors, “Robotics and AI”, (via skype) Oct 28, 2016
Keynote, Holmes Global PR Summit, “The compounding exponentials of Artificial Intelligence”, Miami, FL, Oct 26, 2016
Invited Talk, Leadership organization of chief executives (YPO), “Exponential Trends in Robotics”, Palo Alto, CA, Oct 24, 2016
Invited Presentation, The Rubin Museum of Art, “'Chasing Consciousness”, New York, NY, Oct 21, 2016
Invited Talk, Global Commercial Real Estate Association (SIOR), “Driverless cars and real estate”, New York, NY, Oct 21, 2016
Colloquium, Purdue University, Mechanical Engineering, “Automating Discovery”, West Lafayette, IN, October 20, 2016
Keynote, Kroger Inc. Strategic retreat, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Cincinnati OH, October 5, 2016
Keynote, Eli Lilly Strategic retreat, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Mexico City, Mexico, September 28, 2016
Colloquium, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, “Automating Discovery”, Brooklyn NY, September 27, 2016
Keynote, Harman International Strategic Management, “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence”, Montreal, Canada, September 20, 2016
Invited Talk, Singularity Summit, “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence”, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 12, 2016
Invited Talk, RWE, “Robotics and Artificial Intelligence”, Essen, Germany, August 22, 2016
Invited Talk, Weber Shandwick, “Trends in AI”, New York NY, August 2, 2016
Invited Talk, Google NY, “Automatic Scientific Discovery”, New York NY, August 1 2016
Panel, Northeast ME Chairs meeting, “Makerspaces in ME Education”, University of Pennsylvania Mechanical Engineering Dept., Philadelphia, PA, July 29, 2016
Invited Talk, “Exponential trends in Robotics”, Hershey, PA, June 28 2016
Invited Talk, “Exponential trends in Artificial Intelligence”, AXA, New York NY, June 14 2016
Invited Talk, “Can a robot turn a canvas into a masterpiece?”, Google Conference on Computer Generated Art, San Francisco CA, June 1, 2016
Invited Talk, “Trends in Additive Manufacturing”, US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Dayton OH, May 26 2016
Colloquium, “Trends in Additive Manufacturing”, ETH Zurich, Zurich Switcherland, May 17, 2016
TX, March 18, 2016
Keynote, “Robotics in Manufacturing”, Singularity University Exponential Manufacturing (ExMan), Boston MA, May 10, 2016
Colloquium, “Automating Discovery: The robot Scientist”, Stanford University Biomedical Engineering Department, Palo Alto CA, May 9, 2016
Colloquium, “Automating Discovery: The robot Scientist”, TCNJ, College of Engineering, April 20, 2016
Plenary, “Can a robot turn a canvas into a masterpiece?”, MIT Conference on Computational Fabrication, Boston MA, April 19, 2016
Invited Talk, “Robotics and AI”, NexGen, Hong Kong, China April 13, 2016
Keynote, “Trends in 3D Printing”, Stratasys event, Denver CO, April 1, 2016
Invited Talk, “Trends in Robotics”, Dutch Royal Airforce retreat, Rotterdam Netherlands, March 31, 2016
Colloquium, “Automating Discovery: The robot Scientist”, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Invited Talk, “Exponential Trends in AI”, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati OH, March 2, 2016
Invited Talk, “Exponential Trends in Robotics”, Walmart Corp, March 1, 2016

2015

Colloquium, “Automating Discovery: The robot Scientist”, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, March 18, 2015
Invited Talk, “Exponential Trends in Robotics”, Singularity University, Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov 17, 2015
Keynote, “Trends in Artificial Intelligence”, Tec De Monterrey, Mexico City, Mexico, December 3, 2015
Invited Talk, “Exponential Trends in Robotics”, Singularity University, Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov 17, 2015
Plenary, “Creative Machines”, MIT Technology Review Annual Conference, Boston MA, November 3, 2015
Keynote, “Food Printing”, Food Vision USA, Chicago IL, October 29, 2015
Invited Talk, “The future of 3D Printing”, Makerbot Industries, Brooklyn NY, Oct 27, 2015
Invited Talk, “Robotics and AI”, Singularity University, Moffet Field CA, Oct 19, 2015
Colloquium, “Automating Discovery”, University of Rochester, Computer Science Department, Rochester NY, October 14, 2015
Keynote, “Additive Manufacturing for Long Term Care”, OnLok Sustainable Long Term Care Conference, UCSF, October 8, 2015
Invited Seminar, “AI And Robotics”, Naspers Media Retreat, San Francisco, CA, Septermber 3, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, Stratasys User Forum, Seoul, Korea, Aug 28, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, Stratasys User Forum, Tokyo Japan, Aug 27, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, Stratasys User Forum, Shanghai China, Aug 25, 2015
Invited Talk, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, USG/CENTRA, Washington DC, Aug 19, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, ASME AM3D, Boston MA, Aug 3, 2015
Invited Talk, “Print and Eat - Challenges and Opportunities in Food Printing”, Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Orlando FL, July 15, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, Select Bio, Boston MA, June 8, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, Potter County School District, June 17, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, Nikkei Global ICT Summit, Tokyo Japan, June 9, 2015
Invited Talk, “Self-Aware Systems”, Northrop Grumman, Los Angeles, June 3, 2015
Invited Talk, “The Future of Robotics and AI”, Barclays Bank retreat, Johannesburg, May 27, 2015
Keynote Speaker, “Automated Modeling of Dynamical Systems”, SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, UT, May 21, 2015
Invited Talk, “The Future of Robotics and AI”, Caterpillar Retreat, Peoria IL, May 20, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing - The next 25 Years”, BBC Executive Forum, New York, NY May 7, 2015
Invited Talk, “Print and Eat - Challenges and Opportunities in Food Printing”, General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, MN, May 5, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing- The next 25 Years”, Materialse Annual User Forum, Brussels, Belgium, April 23, 2015
Keynote, “3D Printing- The next 25 Years”, Shenzhen Innovation Fair, Shenzhen, China, April 19, 2015
Invited Talk, “3D Printing- The next 25 Years”, The DOW Chemical Company, Houston Tx,, April 7, 2015
Colloquium Speaker, “Sentient Robotics”, Georgia Tech Robotics Institute, Atlanta GA, March 4, 2015
Keynote Speaker, “The Next 25 Years of 3D Printing”, Tissue Engineering & Bioprinting: Research to Commercialization Conference, Boston, MA, Feb 9-10, 2015,
Colloquium Speaker, “The Next 25 Years of 3D Printing”, Clarkson University, Mechanical Engineering Sept, Potsdam NY, Feb 6, 2015
Invited Speaker, “Sentient Robotics”, Baidu BIG Talk, San Francisco CA, Jan 30, 2015
Keynote Speaker, “3D printing materials”, Welding, Joining and Additive Manufacturing International Conference (WJAM), Tel Aviv, Israel, January 18-20, 2015

2014

Invited Speaker, “Print and Eat: The future of Food printing”, Food Systems Global Summit, Cornell University, Dec 8, 2014
Invited Speaker, “The Future of 3D Printing”, 3M, St. Paul MN, Nov 7 2014
Keynote Speaker, “3D printing materials”, New Horizons in 3D Printing and Digital and Additive Manufacturing, Stony Brook, Long Island, NY, Sep 30, 2014
Invited Speaker “The Robot Scientist”, Annual meeting of the NAE, Mechanical Engineering Section, Washington DC, September 29, 2014
Colloquium Speaker, “Automated discovery”, Princeton University ME Dept, Princeton NJ, Sep 19, 2014
Keynote Speaker, “The Future of 3D Printing”, DoD workshop on Multifunctional Materials, Arlington VA, Aug 18, 2014
Keynote Speaker, “The next 225 Years of 3D Printing”, Solid Freeform fabrication (SFF) 14, Austin TX, Aug 5, 2014
Invited Plenary Speaker, “The Robotic Scientist”, Unconventional Computation & Natural Computation (UCNC) 2014, London ON, Canada, July 15, 2014
Invited Speaker, “3D printing materials”, Wyss Symposium: Adaptive Bioinspired Materials, Boston MA,
Plenary Beacon Lecturer, “Food Printing”, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA June 23, 2014
Invited speaker, “Printing electronics”, Futurapolis, May 17, Toulouse France
Invited Speaker, “The Future of 3D Printing”, Science and Engineering Festival, Washington DC, April 24, 2014
Invited Speaker, “3D Printing: The promise and Peril”, James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA, April 24, 2014
Invited Speaker, “3D printing in Nanotechnology”, Nano 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel, March 25, 2014
Colloquium Speaker, “Food printing”, Hebrew University, Food Science Dept, Israel, March 23, 2014
Keynote Speaker, “The future of 3D printing in Education”, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), Jacksonville, FL March 18, 2014
Annual Winegard Visiting Lecturer, “The future of 3D printing: Principles and technologies”, University of Guelph, March 13, 2014, Guelph ON, Canada
Invited Speaker, “Additive Manufacturing as a Transformative Manufacturing Technology”, 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, Feb 13-17, 2014

2013

Colloquium Speaker, “Additive Manufacturing as a Transformative Manufacturing Technology”, Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, Pittsburg PA, Nov 22, 2013
Congress Wide Plenary, “The future of 3D printing”, ASME 2013 Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, San Diego, California, November 15-21, 2013
Keynote Speaker, “Thinking outside the CAD box: Geometric design in the age of 3D printing”, SIAM Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling (GD/SPM 13), Denver, Colorado, November 11 – 14, 2013.
Keynote, “The future of 3D printing: Principles and technologies”, Juniata College, Nov 6, 2013, Huntingdon, PA
Invited Speaker, “The future of 3D printing: Principles and technologies”, BP Headquarters, Oct 30, 2013, Houston TX
Invited Speaker, “What do robots dream of? What we can learn from how machines view themselves”, Industry Leader forum, Oct 29, 2013, New York NY
Keynote Speaker, “Automating Scientific Discovery: Distilling Natural Laws from Experimental Data, from particle physics to computational biology”, Volen Center for Complex Systems retreat, Woods Hole, MA, Oct 18, 2013
Keynote Speaker, “The future of 3D printing: The promise and peril of a machine that cam make (almost) anything”, Toulouse, France, Oct 12, 2013
Invited Speaker, “Automating Scientific Discovery: Distilling Natural Laws from Experimental Data, from Robotics to Material Science”, AIRBUS, Toulouse, France, Oct 11, 2013
Colloquium speaker, “The future of 3D Printing”, Columbia School of Architecture and Design, September 27, 2013.
Colloquium speaker, “Automating Discovery”, Columbia Mechanical Engineering Department, September 27, 2013.
Keynote, “The future of 3D printing”, Maker Faire, Toronto ON, Canada, Sep 21, 2013
Colloquium, “The future of 3D Printing”, Mechanical Engineering Department, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, June 28, 2013
Invited Speaker, “The future of 3D Printing”, 2013 International Forum on New Industry Revolution & Additive Manufacturing, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, Beijing, China, June 26, 2013
Invited Speaker, “The future of 3D Printing”, American Chamber of Commerce-China, Beijing, June 25, 2013
Keynote Speaker, “Digital Fashion”, 1st International Conference on Digital Fashion, London College of Fashion, London, UK, May 16 – 17, 2013.
Invited Speaker, National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology, and Law (CSTL), Washington, DC, May 13, 2013.
Invited Colloquium, “Scientific Data Mining”, Complex Systems, University of Alaska Anchorage, Feb 15, 2013
Invited Colloquium, “Scientific Data Mining”, Complex Systems, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY, Feb 11, 2013

2012

Invited Colloquium, “Accelerating Discovery”, Electrical Engineering Department, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Dec 12, 2012
Invited Review Lecturer, Israel Physical Society Conference, “Accelerating Discovery”, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Dec 9, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Jamming Matter for robotics applications”, US-Israel Emerging Technology Discussions, Boson MA, Nov 28, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Matter Compilers”, DMC 2012, Orlando FL, Nov 26, 2012
Invited Speaker, “The Future of 3D Printing”, NEXT: The Event for Technology, Manufacturing & Innovation, Syracuse, November 8, 2012.
Invited Speaker, “Citizen Science ", AAAI Fall meeting, Washington DC, Nov 2, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Jamming Robotics ", U of Chicago, Oct 28, 2012
Invited Colloquium, “Scientific Data Mining”, Stockholm University, Sweden, Oct 9, 2012
Invited Colloquium, “Scientific Data Mining”, EPFL, Lausanne Switzerland, Oct 8, 2012
Invited Speaker, “The Robotic Scientist", Northwestern, Chicago IL. Oct 1, 2012
Plenary Gilberth Speaker, “Programmable Matter―The Shape of Things to Come", National Academy of Engineering, Washington DC, Sep 30, 2012
keynote Speaker, “Digital Matter", Betascape 2012, Sep 22, 2012
Invited Colloquium, “Scientific Data Mining”, Harvard University Applied Physics Dept, Boston MA, Sep 21, 2012
Invited Colloquium, “Scientific Data Mining”, Harvard University Systems Biology Dept, Boston MA, Sep 20, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Self Reflecting Robotics", Annual Academy of Management meeting, Boston MA, Aug 4, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Evolutionary Robotics", Institute for Advanced Studies summer school in Theoretical Physics, Princeton NJ, July 19, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Digital Matter", Singularity University 2012, San Jose CA, Jun 26, 2012
Invited Speaker, “The new world of 3D printing", IdeaCity 2012, Toronto ON, Jun 13, 2012
Invited Speaker, “The Robotic Scientist", Stanford SLAC, Palo Alto CA. June 4, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Design in the age of 3D printing", Architectural Design Symposiyum, London UK, May 11, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Biologically Inspired Robotics", USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF), Washington DC, April 27, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Design in the age of 3D printing", Design for Manufacturing Forum, Brooklyn NY, April 26, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Eureqa!", Microsoft Think Next, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 22, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Matter Compilers – Design in the age of 3D printing", Congress on the future of Engineering Software (COFES), Scottsdale AZ, April 13, 2012
Invited Symposium X Speaker, “Programmable Matter―The Shape of Things to Come", MRS Annual meeting, San Francisco CA, April 12, 2012
Seminar Speaker, “The Robotic Scientist", Caltech Astronomy Dept, Pasadena CA. April 11, 2012
Colloquium Speaker, “Automating Scientific Discovery", Brandeis University CS Dept, Waltham MA, April 5, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Automating Scientific Discovery", Signal processing and inference for the physical sciences, Royal Society, London UK, March 26, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Symbolic Data Mining", NECSI, Cambridge MA, Feb 17, 2012
Invited Speaker, “Bioinspired Robotics", Forum Informatik, Aachen, Germany, Jan 23, 2012
Invited Speaker, “My Robot is Smarter Than Yours: Cognitive Robotics and AI", Swissnex, San Francisco CA, January 19, 2012

2011

Colloquium Speaker, “Programmable Matter", Rochester Inst. Of Technology, Rochester NY, Oct 26, 2011
Colloquium Speaker, “Machine Science", Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ, Oct 25, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Data mining biological Systems", New Frontiers in Systems Biology, Rehovoth, Israel, Oct 3, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Frontiers in Additive Manufacturing", NAE US Frontiers of Engineering, Palo Alto, CA, September 19, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Programmable Matter", Perimeter Institute, Hawking wing opening ceremony, Waterloo ON, September 18, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Fab@Home", Maker Fair, Queens, NY, September 17, 2011
Colloquium Speaker, “Machine Science", Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, Sep 8, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Machine Science", Acceleration Discovery: Human Computer Symbiosis 50 Years On, Park City, UT, July 25, 2011
Invited Speaker, "Reverse Engineering Stochastic Systems", Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI11), Barcelona, Spain, July 16, 2011
Invited Plenary, “Reverse Engineering Dynamical Systems", International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS 2011), Cambridge MA, June 27, 2011
Keynote Speaker, “Analysis by Synthesis", 2011 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2011), New Orleans, LA, June 9, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Bioinspired Robotics", World Science Fest (WSF11), New York NY, June 4, 2011
Invited Plenary, “Soft Robotics", European Commission Future and Emerging Technologies (FET11), Budapest Hungary, May 5, 2011
Invited Panelist, “3D Printing Technologies", 3D/DC, Washington DC, April 28, 2011
Colloquium Speaker, "The Robotic Scientist", Union College CS Dept., Schenectady NY, April 21, 2011
Colloquium Speaker, "Reverse Engineering Dynamical Systems", University of Chicago Computation Institute, Chicago IL, March 7, 2011
Keynote Speaker, “Self Reflective Systems", Int. Workshop on Self Organizing Systems, Karlsruhe, Germany, February 24, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Bioprinting", American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS11), February 21, 2011
Invited Speaker, “Self Reflective Robotics", American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS11), February 19, 2011
Invited Speaker, “The Limits of Science”, Science on Saturday Lecture Series, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, January 29, 2011
Colloquium Speaker, “Self Reflective Machines", Psychology Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington IN, January 24, 2011

2010

Colloquium Speaker, “Distilling Natural Laws from Experimental Data", Physics Dept., Weizmann Inst, of Science, Rehovoth, Israel, Dec 30, 2010
Colloquium Speaker, “Digital Materials", Pixel Club, Computer Science Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa Israel, Dec 28, 2010
Invited Seminar, "Reverse Engineering Dynamical Systems", Los Alamos National Labs, Albuquerque NM, Dec 8, 2010
Keynote Speaker, “Mining Dynamical Systems - From Cognitive Robotics to Computational Biology”, European Conference on Machine Learning (ECML 2010), Barcelona, Spain, September 22, 2010
Invited Speaker, “Automating Science”, Philosophical Society of Washington, Washington DC, September 10, 2010.
Colloquium Speaker, “Analysis by Synthesis", Computer Science Dept, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Lausanne, Switzerland, September 5, 2010
Keynote Speaker, “Analysis by Synthesis", 9th International Conference on Evolvable Systems (ICES 2010), York, UK, September 6, 2010
Plenary Speaker, “Soft Evolutionary Robotics”, 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE XII), Odense, Denmark, August 20, 2010
Invited Speaker, “Rapid Assemblers”, Fab6, Amsterdam, Netherland, August 18, 2010
Invited speaker, “Automating Scientific Discovery”, Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton NJ, 15 April 2010
Invited speaker and panelist, “Self Reflective Architecture”, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, New York NY, 12 April 2010
Invited Speaker, “3D Printing for biological applications,” in Biofabrication: Biomedical Application of Rapid Prototyping, University of South Carolina, Charleston SC, March 19, 2010
Keynote Speaker, “The Robotic Scientist” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky MT, March 8, 2010
Colloquium Speaker, “A factory in your classroom”, University of Virginia School of Education "Tea and Technology" seminar Series, Charlottesville VA, March 4, 2010
Invited Plenary Speaker, “The Robotic Scientist”, Simposium Internacional de Sistemas Computacionales y Tecnologías de Información (SISCTI ’10), Monterrey, Mexico, February 26, 2010
Invited Speaker, “The robotic Scientist”, The Perimeter Institute, Waterloo ON, Canada, February 3, 2010
Invited Plenary Speaker, “Automated Design and Control of experiments”, 16th Lab Automation Conf., Palm Springs CA, January 25, 2010
Invited Speaker, “The robotic Scientist”, Foresight Institute, Palo Alto, CA, January 16, 2010
Invited keynote speaker, “A factory in your classroom”, National Tech Leadership Summit, Punahou School, Honolulu HI, January 7-8, 2010

2009 and earlier

Colloquium Speaker, “Self-reflective Systems”, Harvard Graduate School of Architecture, Cambridge MA, November 12, 2009
Invited Speaker, “Robot Evolution”, Quantum to Cosmos Festival, The Perimeter Institute, Waterloo ON, Canada, October 22, 2009
Invited Keynote Speaker, “Reverse Engineering Dynamical Systems”, Fourteenth Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2009, Aveiro, Portugal, October 12, 2009
Invited Keynote Speaker, “From Analog to Digital 3D printing”, Fourth International Conference on Advanced research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, VRAP 2009, Leiria, Portugal, October 10, 2009
Invited Colloquium, “Self-reflective and self-fabricating robotic systems”, Robotics Institute, Tufts University, Boston MA, September 24, 2009
Invited Keynote Speaker, “Self-reflective Systems”, EuropeanConferebce on Artificial Life (ECAL 2009), Budapest, Hungary, September 14, 2009
Invited talk, “Self-reflective machines”, Idea City ‘09, Toronto, Canada, June 18, 2009
Invited talk, “Bioinspired Robotics”, Emerging Technologies Pavilion, International Robots, Vision & Motion Control exhibition, June 10, Chicago IL, 2009
Invited speaker, UPE Cool Math & Computing Seminar, “Mining Experimental Data from Dynamical invariants – From Cognitive Robotics to Computational Biology”, Department of Computer Science, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, May 8, 2009
Invited Seminar, “3D Printing for Tissue Engineering Applications”, South Carolina bioengineering symposium, Columbia SC, April 14, 2009
Invited speaker, The Goldstein Lecture Series, “Self-Reflection and Self-Fabrication in robotic systems”, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, March 25, 2009
Invited Seminar, “Self-Reflection and Self-Fabrication in robotic systems”, Ben Gurion University, Be’er Sheva, Israel, March 24, 2009
Invited Seminar, “Robotic self-reflection and self-assembly”, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg PA, February 6, 2009
Invited Beckman Series Speaker, “Mining experimental data for dynamical invariants, from cognitive robotics to computational biology”, Caltech, Pasadena CA, Nov 20, 2008
Invited Colloquium, “Mining experimental data for dynamical invariants, from cognitive robotics to computational biology” Department of Computer Science, Austin TX, Nov 7, 2008
Invited Colloquium, “Evolutionary Robotics” Computer Science Dept, Wells College, Aurora NY, October 31, 2008
Keynote presentation, “A Factory in Your Kitchen: On multi-material 3D-printing and the future of personal fabrication” International Workshop on Microfactories, Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois, October 6, 2008
Invited Colloquium, “Mining freeform naturals laws in dynamical data” Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, October 1, 2008
Invited Colloquium, “Mining freeform naturals laws in dynamical data” Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, October 1, 2008
Invited SHARP Seminar Speaker, “What do robots dream of? On cognitive machines and other self-modeling systems”, NYU, NY, Sep 24, 2008
Invited CS/BME Colloquium Speaker, “Mining experimental data for dynamical invariants – from robotics to biomechanics and computational biology”, USC, Los Angeles CA, Sep 8, 2008
Invited talk, Foundation of Nanoscience 2008, "Dynamically reprogrammable self-assembly at macro and micro scales", Snowbird, Utah, April 2008
Invited Colloquium, Santa Fe Institute, "Mining experimental data for physical laws", Santa Fe, NM, March 2008
Invited talk, “The future of personal fabrication”, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of management, Philadelphia PA, January 2008
Invited talk, NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Annual Meeting, Top advances and Emerging Areas, “Resilient machines”, January 2008, Knoxville TN
Invited talk and panel, NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Annual Meeting, “Working with the Media”, January 2008, Knoxville TN
Invited presentation, Light in Winter 2008, “What do robots Dream of”, January 2008, Ithaca NY
Colloquium Speaker, Chicago University, Physics Dept, “Cognitive Robotics and other self-modeling systems”, December 2007
Colloquium Speaker, Delaware University Biomechanics Dept Colloquium, “Biologically inspired robotics”, November 2007
Invited Plenary Address, “Emergent Self Models in Machines”, Epigenetic Robotics 2007, November 2007, Rutgers NJ
Colloquium Speaker, Cornell University Cognitive Science Colloquium., “Biologically inspired robotics”, October 2007
Invited seminar, “Biologically inspired robotics”, Free University of Brussels CS Dept., Brussels, Belgium, Sep 2007
Invited seminar, “Emergent Self Models in Machines”, University of Malaga CS Dept., Malaga, Spain, Sep 2007
I Invited Speaker, “Multimaterial Freeform Fabrication”, Symposium on Digital Fabrication, MIT, Cambridge MA, May 2007
Invited Plenary Address, “Emergent Self Models in Machines”, Annual meeting of The Human Behavior and Evolution Society, May 2007, Williamsburg, Virginia
Colloquium Speaker, Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering Dept., “Biologically inspired robotics”, February 2007
Invited 4-lecture series, “Evolutionary Robotics”, Spring school on cognitive science and artificial intelligence, Günne at Lake Möhne, Germany, March 2007
Invited plenary speaker, “Robotics Innovations”, TED / Technology & Design, Monterey, CA, March 2007
Invited Speaker, “Machine Minds”, International Symposium on Creating Brain-Like Intelligence, Honda Research Institute Europe, Hohenstein, Germany, February 2007
Invited talk, “Reverse engineering biological networks”, Computational & Theoretical Biology Symposium, Rice University, December 2006
Colloquium, “Biologically Inspired Robotics”, Computer Science Dept, Harvard University, November 2006
Invited speaker, “Biologically Inspired Robotics”, Evolving Life Life Evolving, Namur, Belgium, December 2006
Colloquium Speaker, “Biologically Inspired Robotics”, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept, Vanderbilt University, October 2006
Invited Colloquium Speaker, “Emergent Self-models in Machine Minds”, Sage Center, University of California at Santa Barbara, October 2006
Invited Keynote Speaker, “Evolutionary Robotics”, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Annual retreat, Boston, October 2006.
Invited Speaker, “Multimaterial Freeform Fabrication”, Symposium on Digital Fabrication, Pretoria, South Africa, June 2006
Invited Speaker, “Evolutionary Robotics and Evolutionary Design “, 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, Monte Verita, Switzerland, July 2006
Invited Keynote Speaker, “Biologically Inspired Robotics”, Robocup 2006, Bremen, Germany, June 2006
Invited Keynote Speaker, “Co-evolutionary Learning in Embodied Cognitive Agents”, Artificial Life X, Bloomington, Indiana, USA June 2006
Invited Keynote Speaker, “Co-evolutionary embedded systems”, The 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9), Tokyo Japan, March 2006
Invited Speaker and Panelist, “Automating Discovery”, W.M.Keck Institute Roundtable on future directions in science, Los Angeles CA, May 2006
Colloquium Speaker, “Biologically Inspired Robotics: From evolving to Self-Replicating Machines”, College of Engineering, University of Vermont, April 2006
Colloquium Speaker, “Automating Discovery”, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Feb 2006
Special Seminar Speaker, “Biologically Inspired Robotics: From evolving to Self-Replicating Machines”, Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, January 2006
Invited Presenter and Panelist, “Science & Technology Revolutions”, Renaissance Weekend, Charleston SC, Dec 2005
Invited Plenary Keynote Speaker, “Print Anything: The future of rapid prototyping”, Annual retreat, Lexmark Inc., Lexington, KY, Nov 2005
Invited Colloquium, “Co-evolutionary Methods in System Design and Analysis”, Exxon-Mobile Upstream Research Company, Huston TX, Nov 2005
Invited Colloquium, “Evolving Engineering Systems”, Rockefeller University, New York NY, Nov 2005
Invited Speaker, “3D Printing Functional Systems”, Symposium on Digital Fabrication, Tromso, Norway, August, 2005
Invited Plenary Speaker, “Evolving Engineering Systems”, Int. Conference of Systems Biology, Boston MA, October 2005
Invited Plenary Speaker, “Biologically Inspired Robotics”, Robotics festival and exhibition, Venice, Italy, July 2005
Invited Speaker, DARPA/ISAT workshop "Beyond Video", Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria VA, June 2005
Invited speaker, Microsoft Faculty Summit, “3D Tablet Application”, Redmond WA, June 2005
Invited Speaker, “Coevolutionary methods in Locomotion”, Locomotion Workshop, Robotics Science and Systems, MIT, June 2005
Invited Speaker, “Stochastically reconfiguring systems”, Modular robotics Workshop, Robotics Science and Systems, MIT, June 2005
Invited Colloquium Speaker, “Biology and Machines”, Physics Dept, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, December, 2004
Invited Lecturer, “Computational Evolution” (Three lectures series), Winter school in theoretical physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, December, 2004
Invited colloquium speaker, “Evolved Engineering Systems”, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Michigan State University, October, 2004
Invited Seminar, “Co-evolution for model inference”, Seminar Series in Bioinformatics, Weisman Inst of Science, October, 2004
Invited Speaker, DARPA-sponsored workshop on Parallel Assembly, Lansdowne, VA, June 2004
Invited speaker, “Innovation in evolutionary processes”, In Search of Innovation – A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective, Stanta Fe, NM, June, 2004
Invited Colloquium Speaker, “Modularity, Regularity and Hierarchy in Evolved Systems”, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, March 29, 2004
Invited speaker, Founders workshop, “Innovation in evolutionary processes”, Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems, StantaFe, NM, USA, Jan 15 2004
Invited plenary speaker, Meeting of the National Academies, “Modularity, Regularity and Hierarchy in Evolved Engineering Systems”, Irvine, CA, USA, Nov 15 2003
Invited speaker, Microsoft Faculty Summit, “3D Ink”, Redmond WA, June 28, 2003
Invited speaker, “Design Automation for Complex Systems”, Advanced Systems Office of the NASA Office of Space Flight, NASA JPL, Jan 14, 2003
Invited speaker, Mechanical Engineering Colloquium series, California Institute of Technology, May 7, 2002
Invited plenary speaker, NASA Workshop on Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts For Human/Robotic Exploration Of The Solar System, Hampton VA, November 2001
Invited speaker, Workshop on Nanophysics and Bio-Electronics, Dresden, Aug 20-24, 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, Boston University, May 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, Cornell University, May 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, University of Illinois at Urbana Champain, Apr 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, University of Washington, Apr 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, Stanford University, Apr 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, March 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Feb 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Feb 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, Rice University, Austin, TX, Jan 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, Tufts University, Medford, MA, Jan 2001
Invited speaker, “Evolutionary Design”, Northwestern University, Chicago IL, Jan 2001
Invited Colloquium, “Evolutionary Design”, Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH, Jan 2001
Invited plenary speaker, (“New and Notable”) Annual Biophysical Society meeting, February 20, 2001, Boston, MA, USA
Invited Talk, “Evolutionary Robotics”, IEEE Robotics and Automation, Boston Chapter, 2001
Invited Speaker, International Firefighting robot competition, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 2001
Plenary speaker, Volen Center for Complex Systems Annual Retreat, February 21, 2001, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Colloquium Speaker, “Automated Design and Fabrication of Robotic Lifeforms”, Mechanical Engineering Department, Technion, Israel, Jan 2001
Invited talk, EXPO’2000 Shaping the future, Hannover, Germany, Aug 1-3, 2000
Plenary talk, “Automated Design Concepts, Methods, and Algorithms”, CIRP Design Seminar, Haifa Israel, May 16, 2000
Invited talk, “High order Neurons”, Workshop on Hybrid Neural Systems, NIPS 98, Brekenridge, CO, December 4-5, 1998

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