[Speaker Information] March 17th | Our CEO Christophers will be speaking at the "Robot System Integrator Support Seminar" hosted by Sagamihara City
Our CEO, Christopher Chris Francis, will be a lecturer at the "Robot System Integrator Support Seminar" hosted by Sagamihara City, which will be held online on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
The theme of this seminar will be "Creating businesses using remote control technology - iPresence joint development examples," and we will talk about the new business possibilities that remote control technology can bring, including specific examples from our company, such as factory DX, digital twins, and remote-controlled robot systems.
We welcome participation from SIers interested in new business development and manufacturing companies considering factory digital transformation using remote technology.
| Date and Time | Tuesday, February 2026, 3 17:15-00:16 |
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| Venue | Held online (Zoom meeting) |
| Sponsorship | Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture |
| Theme | Creating business using remote control technology - iPresence joint development example - |
| lecturer | iPresence Inc. President and CEO Christopher Chris Francis |
| Entry fee | Free |
| Eligible persons | System integrators interested in new business development, manufacturers interested in factory DX, and other interested manufacturing companies |
*For more details about the seminar, please see the brochure below.
Brochure here (PDF)
Register for a free seminar
*Clicking this link will take you to an external site (Sagamihara Robot Introduction Support Center)
Speaker profile:
Christopher's Chris Francis/ President and CEO of iPresence Inc.
He moved to the UK at the age of 14 and spent three months volunteering in southern India supporting children with disabilities before going on to university. After graduating from the Department of Architecture at the University of Sheffield in the UK, he began his career as a designer/architect. After working as a sales manager at a major recruitment company and a foreign company, he founded iPresence LLC in 2014.
He was also selected as a semi-finalist in the global avatar robot development competition "ANA Avatar XPrize." With his diverse career and desire to contribute to society, he is pursuing new forms of communication by making full use of various technologies, including telepresence avatar robots.
(President and CEO of iPresence Inc.)
