Global Conference on Educational Robotics
2009 Schedule
Outlined conference events are free and open to the public.
June 30 | |
| 9:00 am-5:00 pm | Preconference Workshops |
| Preconference is an optional conference event and requires advanced registration | |
July 1 | |
| 8:00 am-5:00 pm | Registration |
| 8:00 am-3:00 pm | Open Practice Tables |
| 10:00 am-11:00 am | Teacher Track Session 1 |
| Enhancing Your Botball Program | |
| 11:00 am-noon | Teacher Track Session 2 |
| Robotics Curriculum Ideas | |
| 1:00 pm-2:00 pm | Teacher Track Session 3 |
| Best Practices in Educational Robotics | |
| 3:00 pm-5:00 pm | Robot Olympiad |
| 7:00 pm-8:30 pm | Opening Session with Featured Speaker |
| Alan Schultz, Naval Research Laboratory | |
| 8:30 pm | Opening Reception |
July 2 | |
| 8:00 am-10:30 am | Open Practice Tables |
| 10:30 am-5:00 pm | International Botball Seeding Rounds |
| 10:30 am-5:00 pm | Beyond Botball Open Practice |
| 7:00 pm-8:00 pm | Featured Speaker |
| Eddie Tunstel, | |
| Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab | |
| 8:00 pm-9:00 pm | Open Practice Tables |
July 3 | |
| 8:00 am-10:00 am | Open Practice Tables |
| 10:00 am-11:15 am | Beyond Botball Seeding Rounds |
| 10:15 am-11:15 am | Breakout Sessions |
| A: Optimizing CBC Programming | |
| B: 2009 Research and Design Topic - Robotics and Prosthetics | |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm | Breakout Sessions |
| C: Advanced Programming Topics | |
| D: Best Practices in Educational Robotics | |
| 1:30 pm-2:30 pm | Breakout Sessions |
| E: CBC Programming in non-C Languages | |
| F: Team Documentation: Best Practices | |
| 1:30 pm-3:00 pm | Beyond Botball Double Elimination Rounds |
| 3:00 pm-4:15 pm | Open Practice Tables |
| 3:00 pm-4:00 pm | Teacher Track Session |
| 4:30 pm-5:30 pm | Featured Speaker |
| Dr. Luther R. Palmer III, Case Western Reserve University | |
| 7:00 pm-8:00 pm | Autonomous Robot Showcase and Poster Session |
July 4 | |
| 8:00 am-9:30 am | Open Practice Tables |
| 9:30 am-2:00pm | International Botball Double Elimination - First Rounds |
| 3:00 pm-4:00 pm | Botball Feedback Session |
| 4:00 pm | Optional trip to the Capital for fireworks (advanced registration required) |
July 5 | |
| 8:00 am-10:00 am | Open Practice Tables |
| 10:00 am-11:00 am | Featured Speaker |
| Matt Mason, Carnegie Mellon University | |
| 12:30 pm-2:00 pm | Open Practice Tables |
| 2:00 pm-6:00 pm | International Botball Double Elimination - Final Rounds and Alliance Matches |
| 7:00 pm-9:00 pm | Awards Ceremony |