Agenda - FW-HRC

Future Workforce in Human-Robot Collaboration

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Expert Meeting

Agenda for virtual expert meeting

Monday/Tuesday, Feb 20-21, 2023

Day 1 (Monday, February 20, 2023 – from 11 AM to 4 PM CST)

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM	Opening Statement Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alexandra Medina-Borja NSF Program Officer
Theme 1: Future work (Extraterrestrial Construction)
11:30 PM to 12:30 PM	Presentation Moderators: Dr. Suniti Karunatillake & Dr. Ali Kazemian Presentors: Dr. Scott Perl Dr. Melodie Yashar Dr. Christina Ciardullo
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM	Panel Discussion Questions to answer: How does the construction site environment on Moon and Mars differ from Earth? What are the main characteristics of construction technologies used in extraterrestrial construction on the moon and mars? Is there any robot function in extraterrestrial construction that can’t/shouldn’t be fully automated?
1:30 PM to 2:00 PM	Lunch Break
Theme 2: Future Workers (Extraterrestrial Construction Workforce)
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM	Presentation Moderator: Dr. Yimin Zhu Presentors: Dr. Carol Menassa Dr. Youngjib Ham Dr. Reza Akhavian
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM	Panel Discussion Questions to answer: What are the main anthropic tasks, roles, knowledge, and competencies/skills needed by the future civil workforce in extraterrestrial construction? To collaborate with robots effectively, what skills/knowledge are required for the future workforce? How the identified skills can be framed, categorized, or prioritized?
4:00 PM	Adjourn

Day 2 (Tuesday, February 21, 2023 – from 11:15 AM to 2 PM CST)

11:15 AM to 11:30 AM	Opening Statement
Theme 3: Future Technology (Emerging Technologies for Workforce Training)
11:30 PM to 12:30 PM	Presentation Moderators: Dr. Jennifer Qian & Dr. Shinhee Jeong Presentors: Dr. Jeffrey Pomerantz Dr. Mesut Akdere Dr. Matthew Gombolay
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM	Panel Discussion Questions to answer: What are the strategies and considerations in developing training scenarios in an AI-XR-based training environment for future workforce development? Among the skills and competencies identified before for the extraterrestrial construction workforce, which ones are more suitable to be trained using an AI-XR-based training environment? How the trained skills and competencies using an AI-XR-based training environment can be evaluated in the context of extraterrestrial construction?
1:30 PM to 2:00 PM	Adjourn discussion of the next steps.