MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ --

WHAT:     Stephen Ciesinski, vice president of strategic business
          development, SRI International, will deliver a keynote speech
          about SRI's innovative robotics technologies during the Robot
          Grand Award Symposium at the International Robot Exhibition.
          Ciesinski's presentation will share how SRI's robotics
          research - from Shakey the robot in the 1960's to medical
          robotics innovations and the recent wall-climbing robot - has
          contributed to improvements in healthcare, security, and
          automation technologies.

WHEN:     Friday, November 27, 2009, 1:15 - 2:00 p.m.

WHERE:    Tokyo International Exhibition Center
          Tokyo Big Sight
          Reception Hall A
          Conference Tower 1F

WHO:      Stephen Ciesinski, vice president of strategic business
          development, SRI International, is responsible for commercial
          R&D business development, international offices, innovation
          programs, corporate energy and automotive sector initiatives,
          strategic marketing, and other corporate programs.

          Ciesinski's professional experience includes a variety of
          industries and businesses-consumer products, semiconductor
          capital equipment, telecommunications, mobile/wireless,
          applications software, Web 2.0, open source, and medical
          devices. Over the course of his career Ciesinski has held
          executive management positions with Applied Materials, Octel
          Communications, Resumix, Inc., and Laszlo Systems.

          Ciesinski is an Entrepreneurial Studies instructor at Stanford
          University's Business School and is an advisor to several
          Silicon Valley-based ventures.

VISUALS:  PowerPoint presentation, videos

For more information, please visit:
http://www.nikkan.co.jp/eve/irex/english/index.html

BOOTH:    SRI International representatives are available at Booth #2-4,
located in the Service Robot Zone

SOURCE SRI International