The Future Symbiosis of Robotics & Prosthetics

Ryan Alicea is the co-founder and CEO of Powered Orthotics, a medtech startup developing MotionMate, an assistive hand orthosis, to help people with upper-limb motor impairments regain hand movement in daily life. He is leading the company from prototype through validation and market entry.

Alexander Gerfer is Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Würth Elektronik eiSos group, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of electronic and electromechanical components. He graduated from the engineering school of communications engineering at the Rheinische Akademie Köln and studied electrical engineer (FH) at the Rheinische Fachhochschule.

Lorenzo Masia is Executive Director of the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence and Professor of Intelligent Bio-Robotic Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). His research focuses on robotics, exosuits, and robot-assisted rehabilitation.

Jennifer Wilton is an award-winning German journalist and served most recently as editor-in-chief of the German national newspaper WELT. Prior to that, she headed the group’s investigative and features desks, built new departments like the digital storytelling unit and oversaw key projects spanning online, print, and television.