​Join us for our next meetup at Hanwha AI Center! We'll be covering different topics in robotics in science.

​🤖 Bring physical demos for open mic!

​Shout-out to our venue partner Hanwha AI

​​Hanwha AI Center (HAC) is a hub in San Francisco uniting entrepreneurs, researchers, and visionaries to shape the future through AI innovation. They host collaborative events, fostering exploration of AI’s societal and technological impacts.

​​We have a great lineup of speakers:

• ​Shanin is Sr. Director of Business Development at Opentrons, driving strategic partnerships across biotech and lab automation. Her background in life sciences spans Thermo Fisher, Fluidigm, and forensic DNA technologies.

• ​Keltoum is a Senior Laboratory Automation Engineer at BigHat Biosciences with a robotics engineering background from Sorbonne University, She builds lab automation platforms across academia and startups. Her work focuses on integrating automation both physically into lab workflows and digitally across software and data systems

• ​Aldair is a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he designs and deploys autonomous research systems and self-driving labs to accelerate scientific discovery. His work spans machine learning, robotics, and advanced manufacturing, with applications in materials science, chemistry, and the life sciences.

​Agenda

• ​​​6:00-6:30p - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments

• ​​​6:30-6:45p - Welcome and introduction

• ​6:45 7:30p - Guest Talks

• ​​​7:30-8:00p - Community open mic
  Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they're working on.

• ​​​8:00-9:00p - Mix + mingle

​​​Thank you to our community partners!

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​​​​​If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to michael (at) hardwaremeetup (dot) com for sponsorship inquiries.
​​See you soon!

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