Cafe Neu Romance 2014: Special offers

We have prepared some special offers for professionals, institutions, tourists, visitors and participants during the days of Cafe Neu Romance.

For professionals it is possible to book a 15-20 minutes meeting with:
Bernie Stern (USA), Fernando Orellana (SLV), Filippa Malmegaard (SWE), Edgar Dutka (CZE), Ivo Kristián Kubak, Jiri Barta (CZE), Jozef Kelemen (SVK), LEGO Education (DNK) Louis Armand (AUS), Lucy Burns (USA), Marc-Andre Bazergui (CAN), Martin Samek, CTU (CZE), Martin Saska, CTU (CZE),  Matthias-Paul Scholz (GER), Michael Brandl (AUT), Michael Valásek, CTU (CZE), Nigel Ackland (GBR), Olga Pek CZE), Opificio sonico (ITA), Rupert Young (GBR), Sara Dittrich (USA) Vít Bohal (CZE), ::vtol:: (RUS), Sascha Schulze (GER), Stanley Povoda (CZE), Terri Ogle (GBR), Václav Hlavác, CTU (CZE), Zuzana Husárová (SVK), Zwax (AUT) - or, with the main organizer of Cafe Neu Romance.

Write to info@cafe-neu-romance.com before November 19 with your inquiry on the person(s) you would like to talk with.

For the institutions we can offer this for:
Preschool:
- Discover LEGO MINDSTORMS robots in action and meet some of the builders and designers
- Golem workshop & Golem Fun Bots: Come and draw your own personal Golem, and be photographed with a Golem Fun Bot.
- Meet "the bionic arm man" Nigel Ackland (GBR).
- Watch the robot short movies Desire & Gumball Wars by Red Echo Post (USA) and robot commercials from Gruponove (BRA).

Primary & High schools + College:
- Discover LEGO MINDSTORMS robots in action and meet some of the builders and designers.
- Meet LEGO Education, Czech First LEGO League (FLL) & a school team demonstrate how they are using LEGO - MINDSTORMS robots in FLL competitions.
- Participate in LEGO MINDSTORMS workshops by Marc-Andre Bazergui (CAN) & Matthias Paul Scholz (GER)
- Participate in the robot competition Tour the Stairs: The LEGO MINDSTORMS Tour (NB! Registrate your robot before November 1 to info@cafe-neu-romance.com)
- Meet leading researchers from the Czech Technical University talk and demonstrate robots, and join them on a guided Lab Tour.
- Meet "the bionic arm man" Nigel Ackland (GBR).
- Robot concerts and performances with Opificio Sonico & Toa Mata Band (ITA), Stanley Povoda (CZE) & ::vtol:: (RUS)
- Golem workshop & Golem Fun Bots: Come and draw your own personal Golem, and be photographed with a Golem Fun Bot.
- Watch the Robot movies and videos: A Robot Walks Into a Bar (USA), Bibo (RUS), In Safe Hands: my Robot helper (GBR), FIRA robotics (GBR), HENRi (USA), Shelved (NZL), and the Golem short movies by Jiri Barta (CZE), Old Prague Legends (CZE) & Engineering Arts, Ltd. (GBR).
- Guided Cafe Neu Romance exhibition tour (NB! Registrate your class before November 15 to info@cafe-neu-romance.com if you wants to be sure of a free guided tour)

Universities:
- Discover LEGO MINDSTORMS robots in action and meet some of the builders and designers.
- Participate in LEGO MINDSTORMS workshops by Marc-Andre Bazergui (CAN) & Matthias Paul Scholz (GER)
- Participate in the robot competition Tour the Stairs: The LEGO MINDSTORMS Tour (NB! Registrate your robot before November 1 to info@cafe-neu-romance.com)
- Participate in the service robotics competition Tour the Stairs (NB! Registrate your robot before November 1 to info@cafe-neu-romance.com)
- Meet leading researchers from the Czech Technical University talk and demonstrate robots, and join them on a guided Lab Tour.
- Participate in the arduino workshop Ready made hack by Fernando Orellana (SLV)
- Listen to the lectures / presentations with Bernie Stern (USA), Fernando Orellana (SLV), Filippa Malmegaard (SWE), Ivo Kristián Kubak, Jiri Barta (CZE) & Edgar Dudka (CZE), Jozef Kelemen (SVK), Louis Armand (AUS) Lucy Burns (USA), Marc-Andre Bazergui (CAN), Martin Samek, CTU (CZE), Martin Saska, CTU (CZE), Matthias-Paul Scholz (GER),  Michael Valásek, CTU (CZE), Nigel Ackland (GBR), Olga Pek (CZE) & Zuzana Husárova (SVK), Opificio sonico (ITA), Rupert Young (GBR), Sara Dittrich (USA) Vít Bohal (CZE), ::vtol:: (RUS), Sascha Schulze (GER), Terri Ogle (GBR), Václav Hlavác, CTU (CZE).
- Watch the Robot movies and videos: A Robot Walks Into a Bar (USA), Sleep Dealer (USA), Bibo (RUS), In Safe Hands: my Robot helper (GBR), FIRA robotics (GBR), Lisa (USA), HENRi (USA), R.U.R.: Genesis (USA), Shelved (NZL), Francesca Da Rimini: Ballet meets robots (USA), and the Golem short movies by Jiri Barta (CZE), Old Prague Legends (CZE) & Engineering Arts, Ltd. (GBR).
- Guided Cafe Neu Romance exhibition tour (NB! Registrate your class before November 15 to info@cafe-neu-romance.com if you wants to be sure of a free guided tour)

Especially for tourists, visitors and participants we can offer:
Monday 24 November
Excursion to the DIY-mechanical underground Cross Club. Meeting point: Galerie NTK at 7pm.

Wednesday 26 November
Excursion to Skoda Auto, where you can discover industrial robots in action. Meeting point: Galerie NTK at 10:30am.

Saturday 29 November (Only for participants & special invited people)
Dinner at the half-mechanical The Pub. Meeting point: Galerie NTK at 7pm

Sunday 30 November
Robot Guided Tour in Prague. Meeting point: At the entrance to the National Theater at 9am.

NB!: Please note that this is a preliminary program and subject to change.

[image source: Hiroshi Ishiguro Lab, ATR]
[source: Vive Les Robots!]

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LOGO VIVE LES ROBOTS

The Danish "robot" marking and event firm Vive Les Robots! is the main organizer of Cafe Neu Romance.

LOGO NTK

The Gallery of the National Technical Library in Prague, Galerie NTK, is co-organizer of Cafe Neu Romance.