Program

9:00-9:10 Welcome and introduction by the organizers

Terrestrial robotics session

9:10 - 9:35 Prof. Ulrik Lundquist - University of Southern Denmark [Drone Technology]
Drones for Nature Conservation – Challenges and Results from the WildDrone Project

9:35 - 10:00 Dr. Blaire Costelloe - Max Planck Institute [Behavioral Ecology]
Scaling up wildlife ecology with drones and computer vision

10:00 - 10:25 Dr. Janine Schweier - WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL [Forest Management]
Intelligent Robotics in Sustainable Forest Management

10:25 - 10:55 Coffee break

The Role of Robots in Land Restoration

10:55 - 11:20 Prof. Christoffer Heckman - University of Colorado [Robot Perception]
Challenges and Opportunities in Degraded Rangelands

11:20 - 11:45 Prof. Aaron Johnson - CMU [Robot Design]
Autonomous Soil Characterization with Ground-Based Robotic Systems

11:45 - 12:15 Prof. Katharina Keiblinger - BOKU University Vienna [Soil Research]
Unlocking Soil Secrets with AI for Sustainable Agriculture.

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch

Current and Future of Robotics as a Climate Technology

13:30 - 13:55 Prof. Alan Papalia - University of Michigan [Robot Autonomy]
Towards Low-Cost Underwater Navigation and Ubiquitous Ocean Observation

13:55 - 14:20 Dr. Jenna Lawson - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology [Biodiversity]
TBD

14:20 - 14:50 Poster flash presentations

14:50 - 15:25 Interactive poster session that extends to coffee break

15:25 - 15:55 Coffee break

Novel Designs for Climate Robotics

15:55 - 16:20 Prof. Donato Romano - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa [Bio-inspired Robotics]
Novel Biorobotic Paradigms to Protect Ecosystems in a Changing Environment

16:20 - 16:45 Prof. Jan Peters - TU Darmstadt [Robot Autonomy]
Soft robotics for autonomous robots

16:45 - 17:30 Round Table
Moderated by Patrik Meier, PhD. Founder of Climate Robotics Network

17:30 Social event right after workshop

Location TBD