Mon, Oct 06
|Queen's Landing, Niagara-on-the-Lake
EDAC 2025 Conference
The Economic Developers Association of Canada is hosting their annual conference in Niagara on the Lake (Oct 6-9). Bern Grush will be delivering a presentation on Wed Oct 8th. This conference is dedicated to the vitality of communities and economic development professionals.
Time & Location
Oct 06, 2025, 6:00 p.m. EDT – Oct 09, 2025, 5:00 p.m. EDT
Queen's Landing, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 155 Byron St, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0, Canada
About the event
URF's executive director, Bern Grush, will be speaking at EDAC 2025 in a session titled: Public-area mobile robots: Economic Impacts and Municipal Readiness (Wed Oct 8th, 9:45am) https://edacconference.ca/in-person-session/public-area-mobile-robots-economic-impacts-and-municipal-readiness/
His presentation explores the Urban Robotics Foundation’s work bridging the critical gap between innovation and implementation of public-area mobile robots (PMRs). As ground-based autonomous systems operating in dynamic, semi-structured environments, The presentation emphasizes that successful PMR integration as a critical element of urban infrastructure for economic development requires balancing technological innovation with regulatory frameworks—illustrated by URF’s principle: “Without standards, no industry; without regulations, no deployment.” This collaborative approach helps municipalities realize PMRs’ potential benefits while addressing complex challenges of integrating autonomous systems into public spaces.