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SUMMARY:Society 2.0: Understanding The Human-Robot Connection In Impro
 ving The World
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we discuss the utopian robotic future with Alex
 is Block\, inventor of HuggieBot and Andrew Flett\, partner at Mobilit
 y Impact Partners (full bios below).\n\nBIOS:\nAlexis E. Block receive
 d her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanic
 s and two minors in Math and Engineering Entrepreneurship in 2016 from
  the University of Pennsylvania. The following year\, 2017\, she recei
 ved her master's degree in Robotics\, also from the University of Penn
 sylvania.\n\nAlexis E. Block's doctoral research\, HuggieBot\, focuses
  on social-physical human-robot interaction. She is a Center for Learn
 ing Systems (CLS) Doctoral Fellow. Block currently works in the Comput
 er Science Department at ETH Zürich. Her two ETH co-advisors are Roger
  Gassert (Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory) and Otmar Hilliges (A
 dvanced Interactive Technologies). She is looking forward to rejoining
  her primary doctoral advisor\, Dr. Katherine J. Kuchenbecker\, and th
 e rest of the Haptic Intelligence Department in January 2020.\n\nBlock
  was named a 2018 HRI Pioneer and elected a General Chair for HRI Pion
 eers 2019. She also co-founded the MPI Athena Group to support women i
 n science\, technology\, engineering\, mathematics\, robotics\, intell
 igent systems\, and related fields.\n\n----\n\nAndrew Flett has spent 
 the last two decades investing in the technology industry\; specializi
 ng in mobility\, communications\, security\, software\, and data analy
 tics. At Mobility Impact Partners\, he focuses exclusively on transpor
 tation mobility technologies that underpin the massive shift to electr
 ic and autonomous vehicles. Through Growth Control Capital\, he splits
  his time between primary investment activities in the growth equity s
 pace and mentoring startups in the general technology space with a hea
 vy concentration in connected vehicle technologies.\n\nPrior to Growth
  Control Capital\, Andrew spent 15 years at Investcorp as a Partner in
  the technology growth buyout business having responsibility for all f
 acets of deal-making. His track record includes international transact
 ion experience throughout the United States\, Canada\, Western Europe\
 , and Asia including buyouts\, carveouts\, growth equity\, general M&A
 \, and IPOs\; primarily for control equity situations though less freq
 uently\, substantial minority stakes.\n\nEducation credentials compris
 e a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Victoria and 
 an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
LOCATION:SOSA NYC\, 149 5th Avenue\, 5th Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10010
URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/society-20-understanding-the-human-ro
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 chisawesome
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