Stu Shepard, robotics leader who built theme park automation, shares safety and human-robot collaboration tales. Faye Goldstein, CEO building AI agents for industrial sales, explains practical AI for technical workflows. Alex Shikany, A3 exec, and Bob Little, Novanta strategist, present automation adoption trends and workforce impacts. Alex Chausovsky, industry economist, outlines 2026 CapEx timing, geopolitical risk, and data-driven investment urgency.