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The International Robot Safety Conference (IRSC) brings together robotics safety experts, regulatory authorities, industry professionals, and academics to examine the latest challenges, standards, and best practices in robot safety. Over three days of sessions and workshops, the conference will cover topics including risk assessment, safety standards, mobile robot safety, industrial cybersecurity, and the deployment of collaborative and autonomous robots. For more than 35 years, companies have relied on this conference to improve their team’s knowledge about robots, safety, and risk assessment.

Event Details

Dates: November 3–5, 2025
Location: The Westin Houston, Memorial City, Houston, Texas, USA

Validas AG Participation:
Validas AG will be attending IRSC 2025. Dr. Oscar Slotosch will be on-site in Houston as a visitor and is keen to engage with peers in robot safety, standards, and qualification.

Attendance Instructions:

Advance registration is required via the conference website. For full details of sessions, workshops, pricing, and venue, please refer to the IRSC registration page.

Organizer:
The International Robot Safety Conference is organized by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), North America’s leading automation trade association. A3 represents more than 1,300 organizations involved in robotics, artificial intelligence, vision, motion control, and related technologies. Through events like IRSC, A3 provides education, networking, and standards development to help companies adopt automation safely and effectively.

If your organization is working with robotic systems, whether for industrial automation, collaborative robots, or mobile/AI-enabled platforms and you are navigating safety standards, risk assessment, or tool qualification, this conference will be highly relevant.

In addition to attending the sessions, you can reach out to schedule a meeting with Validas to discuss your specific safety and qualification challenges.

For more detailed information, including the program and speakers, please visit the IRSC 2025 website.