brunobonnell

We are excited to announce the preparation of a new 2011 event to discuss one of today's most important and life changing domain: robotics! The "Robolift" conference will take place on 23-25 March in Lyon, during the first edition of inno-robo, the European trade show dedicated to robotic technologies organized by the French Robotics Association Syrobo.

Our job at Lift will be to build the Robolift conference program, and animate the participants community. Since our first edition in 2006, robotics, artificial intelligence, smart algorithms and networked objects have always been at the center of our interests. With robots set to become mainstream and impact everyone of us, it makes great sense to gather the thinkers and doers of this field to talk about the developments and innovations ahead.

Robolift will also be a an occasion to work with our longtime mentor and friend Bruno Bonnell, who has been accompanying us since his talk at Lift08 - and Lift Asia that same year (video). More information on the program - and the ticket shop - will go online mid september.

Bruno Bonnell is a legendary french entrepreneur, founder of Infogrames and former CEO of Atari . Today Bruno has launched a new venture in the robotic market: Robopolis. In his speech at Lift Asia 08 "From Robota to Homo Robotus" (with remarkable energy and great performance the morning after a legendary Karaoke Night ;) Bruno revises Asimov's laws of robotic and highlights the differences between the Asian and Western approach to robotics.

We're pleased to announce a new speaker: game-industry veteran Bruno Bonnell. Founder and CEO of video game publisher Infogrames Entertainment for 24 years, he recently started a new venture in robotics.

Bruno will give a talk in the "stories session", describing his perspectives and projects about mass-market robotics.