Vision and Robotics for Embodied AI
May 25-29, 2026 – Monte Verità, Switzerland
Detailed Schedule
Monday, May 25th, 2026
| Welcome & Session 1 | |
| 01.00 pm – 01.15 pm | Welcome Remarks |
| 01.15 pm – 01.45 pm | Jitendra Malik |
| 01.45 pm – 02.15 pm | Dima Damen |
| 02.15 pm – 02.45 pm | Vladlen Koltun |
| 02.45 pm – 03.30 pm | Coffee Break |
| 03.30 pm – 04.00 pm | Yuke Zhu |
| 04.00 pm – 04.30 pm | Leslie Kaelbling |
| Poster Session | |
| 04.30 pm – 07.00 pm | Poster Session |
| 06.00 pm – 07.00 pm | Welcome Reception |
| Dinner Break | |
| 07.00 pm – 08.30 pm | Dinner |
Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
| Session 2 – Egocentric Vision and Real Humans | |
| 09.00 am – 09.30 am | Andrea Vedaldi |
| 09.30 am – 10.00 am | Yoichi Sato |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Javier Romero |
| 10.30 am – 11.00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 am – 11.30 am | Judy Fan |
| 11.30 am – 12.00 pm | Siyu Tang |
| 12.00 pm – 12.30 pm | Philip Isola |
| Lunch Break | |
| 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch |
| Session 3 – Building Robots & Robotic Learning | |
| 02.00 pm – 02.30 pm | Jakob Engel |
| 02.30 pm – 03.00 pm | Robert Katzschmann |
| 03.00 pm – 03.30 pm | Wenzhen Yuan |
| 03.30 pm – 04.00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 04.00 pm – 04.30 pm | Cordelia Schmid |
| 04.30 pm – 05.00 pm | Josef Sivic |
| 05.00 pm – 06.00 pm | Panel Discussion 1 |
| Dinner Break | |
| 07.30 pm – 09.00 pm | Dinner |
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
| Session 4 – Robotic Learning | |
| 09.00 am – 09.30 am | Danfei Xu |
| 09.30 am – 10.00 am | Aude Billiard |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Jonathan Tremblay |
| 10.30 am – 11.00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 am – 12.00 pm | Panel Discussion 2 |
| Lunch Break | |
| 12.15 pm – 01.45 pm | Lunch |
| Excursion & Dinner | |
| 02.00 pm – 06.00 pm | Excursion to Verzasca Valley |
| 07.00 pm – 09.00 pm | Dinner at Ristorante Grotto Broggini (for participants who join the excursion) |
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
| Session 5 – Vision and Robotics | |
| 09.00 am – 09.30 am | Yann LeCun |
| 09.30 am – 10.00 am | Pulkit Agrawal |
| 10.00 am – 10.30 am | Edward Johns |
| 10.30 am – 11.00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 am – 11.30 am | Shuran Song |
| 11.30 am – 12.00 pm | Oier Mees |
| Lunch Break | |
| 12.00 pm – 02.00 pm | Lunch |
| Session 6 | |
| 02.00 pm – 02.30 pm | Georgia Chalvatzaki |
| 02.30 pm – 03.00 pm | Li Yi |
| 03.00 pm – 03.30 pm | Coffee Break |
| 03.30 pm – 04.00 pm | Jiajun Wu |
| 04.00 pm – 04.30 pm | Andy Zeng |
| 04.30 pm – 05.30 pm | Panel discussion 3 |
| 05.30 pm – 06.00 pm | Closing remarks |
| Dinner Break | |
| 07.30 pm – 09.00 pm | Conference Dinner |
Please find the program for the Public Event on Friday here.