Program Overview

Last updated: March 4, 2026.

Sunday, March 29

Time Schedule
8:00 a.m.
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8:45 a.m.
Registration

Gallery Foyer
8:45 a.m.
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9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the Haptics Symposium

Topaz 2
9:00 a.m.
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11:15 a.m.
Cross-cutting Challenges
The Sense of Touch in Contact-Rich Dexterous Robot Manipulation


Organizers:
Jee-Hwan Ryu (KAIST), Ed Colgate (Northwestern Univ.), Michael Wiertlewski (TU Delft)

Keynote Talks
Ed Colgate (Northwestern University)
Pulkit Agrawal (MIT)
Jeremy Fishel (Sanctuary AI)
Mike Lambeta (Meta)

Topaz 2
11:15 a.m.
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12:30 p.m.
Cross-cutting Challenges
The Sense of Touch in Contact-Rich Dexterous Robot Manipulation


Interactive Posters
Coffee will be served

Sage
12:30 p.m.
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2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.
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4:15 p.m.
Cross-cutting Challenges
Touch, Embodiment, and Multisensory Future


Organizers:
Marie Holm (Kolding School of Design), Anna Queiroz (Univ. of Miami), Yujie Tao (Stanford Univ.)

Keynote Talks
Mar González-Franco (Google), Hasti Seifi (Arizona State Univ.),
Eva Chen (Stanford Univ.), Marie Holm (Kolding School of Design), Elyse Chase (Rice Univ.), Yujie Tao (Stanford Univ.)

Topaz 2
4:15 p.m.
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5:30 p.m.
Cross-cutting Challenges
Touch, Embodiment, and Multisensory Future


Interactive Posters
Coffee will be served

Sage
6:00 p.m.
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7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception

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7:30 p.m.
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9:30 p.m.
Demonstrations and Exhibits Setup

Bundox Bocce

 

Monday, March 30

Time Schedule
8:00 a.m.
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8:45 a.m.
Registration

Gallery Foyer
8:45 a.m.
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9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the Haptics Symposium

Topaz 2
9:00 a.m.
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10:30 a.m.
Oral Session 1
Haptic Sensing, Rendering, and Authoring Methods


Topaz 2
10:30 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.
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12:00 p.m.
Oral Session 2A
Perceptual and Affective Responses to Tactile Stimulation


Topaz 2
Oral Session 2B
Haptics for Training, Guidance, and Teleoperation


Topaz 1
12:00 p.m.
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12:30 p.m.
Work-in-Progress and Transactions on Haptics Poster Teasers

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12:30 p.m.
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2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.
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3:45 p.m.
Demonstrations and Exhibits
Coffee will be served

Bundox Bocce
3:45 p.m.
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5:15 p.m.
Work-in-Progress and Transactions on Haptics Poster Session

Sage

 

Tuesday, March 31

Time Schedule
8:00 a.m.
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9:00 a.m.
Registration

Gallery Foyer
9:00 a.m.
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10:40 a.m.
Oral Session 3
Human Perception and Multisensory Haptics


Topaz 2
10:40 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.
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12:30 p.m.
Oral Session 4A
Soft and Mid-Air Haptic Actuation and Sensing


Topaz 2
Oral Session 4B
Haptic Sensing and Perception


Topaz 1
12:30 p.m.
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2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.
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3:45 p.m.
Demonstrations and Exhibits
Coffee will be served

Bundox Bocce
3:45 p.m.
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5:00 p.m.
Industrial and Academia Forum

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6:00 p.m.
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9:00 p.m.
Banquet

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Wednesday, April 1

Time Schedule
8:00 a.m.
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9:00 a.m.
Registration

Gallery Foyer
9:00 a.m.
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10:30 a.m.
Oral Session 5A
Control, Dynamics, and Interaction in Haptic Systems


Topaz 2
Oral Session 5B
Haptic Rendering, Prototyping, and Evaluation


Topaz 1
10:30 a.m.
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11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.
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12:15 p.m.
Closing Ceremony
Awards
Future Conferences

Topaz 2
12:15 p.m.
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1:45 p.m.
Lunch