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Automation

Automation can eliminate repetitive work, but its value depends on choosing the right processes and managing change well. Stellant’s automation speakers explain the spectrum from rule-based RPA to AI-powered systems that handle more complex tasks. They address process discovery, implementation, operating models, workforce impact and the realities of scaling. RPA speakers are a useful fit for technology, operations and executive audiences seeking a balanced view of productivity, cost and quality, and a practical path to freeing people for higher-value work.

Speakers

Automation Speakers

Tom Davenport

Tom Davenport

President's Distinguished Professor, Babson CollegeAuthor of 27 books, including Competing on AnalyticsCo-founder, International Institute for Analytics

Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly

Co-founder and Senior Maverick, WIREDNew York Times bestselling author, The InevitableEditor and publisher, Cool Tools

Matt Beane

Matt Beane

Assistant Professor of Technology Management, UC Santa BarbaraAuthor, The Skill CodeThinkers50 Radar Class of 2021

Nicholas Carr

Nicholas Carr

Author, The Shallows and SuperbloomFormer Executive Editor, Harvard Business Review2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist

Guy Hoffman

Guy Hoffman

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell UniversityHead, Human-Robot Collaboration & Companionship LabTED talk viewed more than 3 million times

Hod Lipson, PhD

Hod Lipson, PhD

James and Sally Scapa Professor of Innovation, Columbia UniversityCo-author, Fabricated and DriverlessNamed among the world's seven most powerful data scientists by Forbes

Daniela Rus

Daniela Rus

Director, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryAuthor, The Mind's MirrorMacArthur fellow and co-founder of Liquid AI

Ayanna Howard

Ayanna Howard

President, Spelman CollegeFormer NASA JPL roboticist; author, Sex, Race and Robots2024 Forbes 50 Over 50: Innovation honoree

Henny Admoni

Henny Admoni

Associate Professor, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon UniversityDirector, Human And Robot Partners (HARP) LabFeatured by WIRED, NPR and Voice of America

Jamie Paik

Jamie Paik

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyFounder and Director, Reconfigurable Robotics LabInventor of Robogami robotic origami

Books

Books on Automation

Keynotes

Conversations on Automation

Paul Daugherty

Human + Machine (Paul Daugherty, Accenture) | DLD Europe 18

  1. Paul DaughertyHuman + Machine (Paul Daugherty, Accenture) | DLD Europe 18
  2. Tom DavenportBeyond Automation: Adding Value to the Work of Very Smart Machines
  3. Ayanna HowardThe Reality of Automation Tech — Emerging Tech Brew Explorations Ep. 2 | Morning Brew
  4. Nicholas CarrThe Glass Cage: Automation and Us | Nicholas Carr | Talks at Google
  5. Neil Thompson, PhD.Neil Thompson | Beyond AI Exposure: Which Tasks are Cost-Effective to Automate with Computer Vision?
  6. Erik BrynjolfssonErik Brynjolfsson, Stanford University & Workhelix, Inc. | UiPath Fusion 2025
  7. Jonathan ZittrainAutomation and Algorithms in the Digital Age | Jonathan Zittrain
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