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Maintec Reveals 2010 Keynote Speaker Line-Up The keynote speaker line-up for the Summit at Easyfairs Maintec 2010 - set to take place on 2-4 March at the NEC in Birmingham - has now been confirmed. Scheduled for 3 March 2010, the Summit - chaired by Steve Morris, deputy president of the Institute of Asset Management - includes papers and case studies from experts in the fields of best practice, human factors, continuous improvement and sustainable energy. Between them, the speakers will address the key challenges and opportunities impacting on the asset management and maintenance functions going into the next decade. Joining Morris is Sean Hennessy, MEETA and board member of the European Federation of National Maintenance Societies, who will deliver the 2010 industry address. Hennessy will provide an asset management and maintenance overview. Throughout the day, there will be case studies from Wessex Water and Artesis, OEE and Andon Signalling, Chivas Brothers and Idhammer Systems....

Microsoft Joins Robobusiness As Keynote Sponsor Robotics Trends and EH Events have announced that Microsoft has joined the Robobusiness Conference and Exposition as a breakfast keynote sponsor. Tandy Trower, a general manager and founder of the robotics initiative at Microsoft, will deliver the keynote session on the first morning of the 6th Annual Robobusiness Conference and Exposition, which takes place on 15-16 April 2009 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Robobusiness is an international business development event for the personal, service and mobile robotics industry. Tandy Trower's presentation, 'Personal Robotics: Getting Some Perspective', will focus specifically on the most compelling opportunities within the personal robotics market. Trower said: 'There have been many opportunistic projections about the personal robotics market and, while progress is being made, there has been very limited delivery of actual products. 'Robobusin...