Program Overview

Last updated: March 6, 2026.

DAY 1 | Sunday, March 29
DAY 2 | Monday, March 30
DAY 3 | Tuesday, March 31
DAY 4 | Wednesday, April 1

Sunday, March 29

Time
Schedule
8:00 a.m.
-
8:45 a.m.
Registration
Gallery Foyer
8:45 a.m.
-
9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the Haptics Symposium
Topaz 2
9:00 a.m.
-
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.
-
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.
-
2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.
-
3:00 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 Session
Mar González-Franco (Google)
Hasti Seifi (Arizona State Univ.)
Topaz 2
3:00 p.m.
-
3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:35 p.m.
-
5:30 p.m.
Cross-cutting Challenges
Touch, Embodiment, and Multisensory Future
Panel Presenations and Discussion
Eva Chen (Stanford Univ.)
Marie Holm (Kolding School of Design)
Elyse Chase (Rice Univ.)
Yujie Tao (Stanford Univ.)
Topaz 2
Poster and Demo Session
Sage
6:00 p.m.
-
7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
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7:30 p.m.
-
9:30 p.m.
Demonstrations and Exhibits Setup
Bundox Bocce

Monday, March 30

Time
Schedule
8:00 a.m.
-
8:45 a.m.
Registration
Gallery Foyer
8:45 a.m.
-
9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the Haptics Symposium
Topaz 2
9:00 a.m.
-
10:30 a.m.
Oral Session 1
Haptic Sensing, Rendering, and Authoring Methods
Topaz 2
10:30 a.m.
-
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.
-
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.
-
12:30 p.m.
Work-in-Progress and Transactions on Haptics Poster Teasers
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12:30 p.m.
-
2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.
-
3:45 p.m.
Demonstrations and Exhibits
Coffee will be served
Bundox Bocce
3:45 p.m.
-
5:15 p.m.
Work-in-Progress and Transactions on Haptics Poster Session
Sage

Tuesday, March 31

Time
Schedule
8:00 a.m.
-
9:00 a.m.
Registration
Gallery Foyer
9:00 a.m.
-
10:40 a.m.
Oral Session 3
Human Perception and Multisensory Haptics
Topaz 2
10:40 a.m.
-
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.
-
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.
-
2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.
-
3:45 p.m.
Demonstrations and Exhibits
Coffee will be served
Bundox Bocce
3:45 p.m.
-
5:00 p.m.
Industrial and Academia Forum
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6:00 p.m.
-
9:00 p.m.
Banquet
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Wednesday, April 1

Time
Schedule
8:00 a.m.
-
9:00 a.m.
Registration
Gallery Foyer
9:00 a.m.
-
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.
-
11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.
-
12:15 p.m.
Closing Ceremony
Awards
Future Conferences
Topaz 2
12:15 p.m.
-
1:45 p.m.
Lunch