{"slug": "robobusiness-2026-call-for-speakers-closes-soon", "title": "RoboBusiness 2026 call for speakers closes soon", "summary": "RoboBusiness 2026, scheduled for Oct. 20-21 in Santa Clara, Calif., has opened its call for speakers with a deadline of July 8, 2026. The event will feature tracks on Physical AI, humanoids, field robotics, and more, and past presenters include leaders from A3, UC Berkeley, and NVIDIA.", "body_md": "[RoboBusiness](https://www.robobusiness.com/) 2026, which will be on Oct. 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., opened its call for speakers. It has been the premier event for discussions around commercial robotics development and industry trends for 20 years. The deadline for submitting speaker proposals is **July 8, 2026**.\n\nTracks at this year’s event will include:\n\n**Physical AI:** Explore approaches and technologies that help robots learn from sensor data, adapt to dynamic situations, and learn to perform new tasks in less time.**Enabling Technologies:** From motion control to vision and software, learn how advances in enabling technologies are making robots more productive.**Humanoids:** Discussions will focus on designing, developing and deploying humanoid robots for industrial applications.**Field Robotics:** Sessions will share best practices for designing, developing and deploying robots for outdoor applications in agriculture, construction, and more.**Development:** Learn how to make robots more robust with the latest in CAD/CAM, simulation, programming, engineering methodologies, manufacturability, and more.**Business & Deployment:** Insights into investments sources, go-to-market strategies, startup scaling, deployment strategies, and other business challenges.\n\nPast presenters include Jeff Burnstein, president of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3); Ken Goldberg, the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley; and Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA.\n\n## RoboBusiness 2026 speaker benefits and submission deadline\n\nAll speakers receive a complimentary full registration, granting admission to all keynotes, general sessions, panels, and special events. In addition, speakers will get complimentary guest registrations for up to two guests.\n\nThe deadline for submitting speaker proposals is **July 8, 2026**. Please [fill out this form](https://www.robobusiness.com/call-for-presentations/) to enter a talk for consideration at RoboBusiness.\n\nFor questions regarding conference programming, contact Steve Crowe at scrowe[AT]wtwhmedia.com.\n\nRoboBusiness is also looking for investors and emerging startups [to compete](https://www.therobotreport.com/robobusiness-2025-pitchfire-recap/) in the annual Pitchfire Robotics Startup Competition.\n\nFor information about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please contact Colleen Sepich at csepich[AT]wtwhmedia.com. WTWH Media, which produces * The Robot Report, Automated Warehouse, *and RoboBusiness, also produces the\n\n[Robotics Summit & Expo](https://www.therobotreport.com/tag/robotics-summit/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/robobusiness-2026-call-for-speakers-closes-soon", "canonical_source": "https://www.therobotreport.com/robobusiness-2026-opens-call-for-speakers/", "published_at": "2026-07-06 13:26:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 00:42:35.254211+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-startups", "ai-research"], "entities": ["RoboBusiness", "Association for Advancing Automation", "UC Berkeley", "NVIDIA", "Jeff Burnstein", "Ken Goldberg", "Deepu Talla", "WTWH Media"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/robobusiness-2026-call-for-speakers-closes-soon", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/robobusiness-2026-call-for-speakers-closes-soon.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/robobusiness-2026-call-for-speakers-closes-soon.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/robobusiness-2026-call-for-speakers-closes-soon.jsonld"}}