Dinner  |   Tues 23 June |  7–9pm Central Time  | La Grande Boucherie

The end of rigid automation, a private dinner in Chicago with Toyota fireside chat

An invitation from Inbolt to spend a relaxed evening with peers from across the automation world. No pitch, just dinner, drinks, and good conversation about where automation is heading next.

Take a night off the show floor and spend it the way Chicago is meant to be spent — over fine French food, a good glass of wine, and easy conversation with peers wrestling with the same automation challenges you are.

We’ll kick off with a short fireside chat featuring Nick Potocki, Engineering Leader at Toyota North America, sharing how Toyota is moving beyond rigid, pre-programmed robots toward something more adaptive. Think of it as a conversation starter, not a presentation. After that, the room is yours: networking, dinner, drinks.

Who’s in the room

Plant managers, automation engineers, manufacturing innovation leaders, robotics experts. A small, handpicked group. The evening runs under Chatham House Rule, so the room can speak freely.

The venue

La Grande Boucherie. A two-story Parisian brasserie in River North, set inside Chicago’s Belle Époque building. Custom mosaic marble floors, curved stained-glass windows over Dearborn Street, and a racetrack bar shipped from France. Dinner and drinks on Inbolt.

Seating is strictly limited and allocated first-come, first-served. Register to not miss out!

About your hosts

Inbolt builds AI and 3D vision software for industrial robots, so they can see, adapt and operate without the rigid programming most of automation still relies on. We’re hosting this dinner because we want the same conversation you do: where automation is actually going, and what’s working today.