Eugene Demaitre is editorial director of robotics at Arrowfly, which produces The Robot Report, Automated Warehouse, the Robotics Summit & Expo, and RoboBusiness.
Prior to working for Arrowfly, Demaitre was an editor at BNA (now part of Bloomberg), Computerworld, TechTarget (now part of Informa), and Robotics Business Review. He has participated in conferences worldwide, as well as spoken on numerous webinars and podcasts.
Gene is always interested in learning more about robotics. He has a master’s from the George Washington University and lives in the Boston area.
Robotics is a key enabler of reshoring production to the U.S., but there is little consensus on how to best encourage it. Most industrial automation is made by foreign-owned companies, but can recent policies such as tariffs and FCC import restrictions help build back manufacturing? This expert panel, which includes representatives of leading robot manufacturers and industry analysts, will examine the need for a national robotics strategy and debate industrial priorities.
