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PRESS RELEASE
Robot and
Innova Holdings Sponsor RoboNexus 2005
Momentum Builds for 2nd
Year International Consumer, Educational
and Business Development Event For Personal,
Service and Mobile Robotics
NORTHBORO, MA,
AND FRAMINGHAM, MA, June 2, 2005 - Robotics
Trends and IDG World Expo today announced that
iRobot and Innova Holdings have secured Founding
and Premier co-sponsorships at
RoboNexus 2005 Conference
and Exposition, the international
consumer, educational and business development
event for personal, service and mobile robotics
(http://www.robonexus.com).
The conference and exposition will be held at
the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA on
October 6-9, 2005.
According to Dan
Kara, conference chairman and President of
Robotics Trends, "We are proud to have iRobot as
a Founding Sponsor and Innova Holdings as
Premier Sponsor of
RoboNexus. The rapidity by which
leading companies and media channels within the
robotics industry are sponsoring RoboNexus
reflects on the success of the
RoboNexus 2004
event and the high expectations for RoboNexus
2005, the largest robotics event in North
America."
"RoboNexus
is an excellent venue for the robotics community
to interact with business leaders, investors and
consumers," said Colin Angle, co-founder and
CEO, iRobot. "As a leader in commercial robots,
iRobot is happy to help promote the emerging
market and showcase how real-world robots are
impacting the industry and people."
Walter Weisel,
Chairman and CEO of Innova Holdings notes,
"Innova Holdings is delighted to support
RoboNexus as a
Premier Sponsor. Innova Holdings provides
software solutions to multiple business segments
- the personal, service and industrial robotics
markets. The RoboNexus
approach of combining a large, shared exposition
floor with five content-rich conferences, will
attract thousands of general attendees and media
representatives, as well as large numbers of
targeted buyers drawn by the high quality and
focused content of the
RoboNexus conferences. The result is
an unparalleled branding, marketing and sales
opportunity for virtually all of our target
markets."
Joining iRobot
and Innova Holdings as corporate co-sponsors are
Gold Sponsors HITEC RCD USA and the Technology
Collaborative, along with Evolution Robotics,
Electronic School Supply, Fred Barton
Productions, LEGO Education, Machine Bus,
OLogic, Openware Robotics, Rogue Robotics, Shop
Bot Tools and Systronix.
RoboNexus
association and media co-sponsors include
Premier Media Sponsor Popular Science, along
with Battery Power Products & Technology,
Circuit Cellar, eDrive, Entertainment
Engineering, Industrial Utility Vehicle, Nuts &
Volts, Popular Mechanics, Robotbooks.com, Servo
Magazine, Vision Systems Design, the Global
Emerging Technology Institute and the Object
Management Group.
For More Information
For more information on sponsorship, exhibiting
and speaking opportunities contact Dan Kara, VP of Sales and Business Development at
dk[at]roboticstrends.com or (508) 529-4197 .
About
Robotics Trends
Robotics
Trends, a division of Trendsmedia, is the
world’s first integrated media firm serving the
burgeoning personal, service and mobile robotics
marketplace. Robotics Trends serves their
clientele through three major business
divisions:
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Publishing,
which produces
www.roboticstrends.com, an online
magazine generating over 450,000 page views
monthly;
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Events,
which produces
RoboBusiness and the
RoboNexus
conferences; and
-
Analyst Services,
which serves the strategic consulting
needs of robotics manufacturers, investors,
business development groups and others .
About
IDG World Expo
IDG World
Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com) produces
technology-focused tradeshows, conferences and
events for professionals seeking world-class
education, peer-to-peer networking and one-stop
comparison shopping. As the leading technology
event management company, IDG World Expo
leverages its experience and knowledge of
technology-focused events and conferences,
enabling technology companies to capture the
attention and loyalty of influential buyers. IDG
World Expo's portfolio of conferences and events
includes Macworld Conference & Expo®, LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo®, Bio-IT World Conference +
ExpoTM, Health-IT World Conference +
ExpoTM, Portable Power Conference &
ExpoTM, and Wireless Sensing
SolutionsTM and RoboNexus. IDG World
Expo is a business unit of IDG, the world's
leading technology media, research and event
company.
About
IDG
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's
leading technology media, research, and event
company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes
more than 300 magazines and newspapers including
Bio-IT World, CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro,
InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The
company features the largest network of
technology-specific Web sites with more than 400
around the world. IDG is also a leading producer
of more than 170 computer-related events
worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference &
Expo®, Macworld Conference & Expo®, DEMO®, and
IDC Directions. IDC provides global market
research and advice through offices in 50
countries. Company information is available at
http://www.idg.com.
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