2008 IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics

SSRR 2008

Aoba Memorial Hall, Tohoku University Aobayama Campus, Sendai, Japan
October 21-24, 2008

Program

Technical Program

The program in detail is here.

Program Overview

Oct. 21 (Tue) Oct. 22 (Wed) Oct. 23 (Thu) Oct. 24 (Fri)
11:30
-13:00
Registration 9:00
-11:30
Regular
Session
9:00
-11:30
Regular
Session
9:30- Demonstration
and
Laboratory
Tour
13:00
-13:10
Opening
Ceremony
11:30
-13:00
Lunch 11:30
-13:00
Lunch
13:10
-14:50
Regular
Session
13:00
-16:40
Invited
Lecture
13:00
-13:50
Keynote
Lecture
15:20
-17:30
Regular
Session
15:00
-16:40
Invited
Lecture
14:20
-16:50
Regular
Session
17:30
-18:30
Welcome
Reception
17:30
-19:30
Banquet 16:50
-17:00
Closing
Ceremony

Invited Lectures (October 22, Wednesday)

13:00
-13:50
Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue in Mine Disasters (tentative) Robin Murphy, Texas A&M University
13:50
-14:40
NBCR Disasters and Role of Robots with a Focus on Antiterrorist Efforts Tadao Inoue, NPO The Institute for NBCR Defense
15:00
-15:50
History of Equipment and Robots for Search and Rescue in FireDepartments in Japan Hisanori Amano, National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster
15:50
-16:40
Risk Management of International Sports Events Kazuhiko Noguchi, Mitsubishi Research Institute

Keynote Lecture (October 23, Thursday)

13:00-13:50 RoboCupRescue Robot League: Progress Update and Future Directions
    Adam Jacoff, National Institute of Standards and Technology