Other, Presentation
Introduction to Mental Health First Aid Presenter: Luan Heimlich, FIRST Senior Regional Director – Northern California and Bay Area (3132) Learn more about Mental Health First Aid, a course that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health...
ED&I, Other, Presentation, Sustaining a Team (Intermediate)
Assume They Can: My Experience As A Neurodivergent Student Presenter: Jaye Heimlich, FLL Explore Coordinator for NorCal at Playing at Learning (3132/9584) Neurodiversity is of growing prevalence in today’s students and it should be celebrated that it is becoming...
Listening Session, Other, Presentation
I am all Ears! Ready to Listen & Learn: Hear what FIRST has planned for a new initiative focused on developing and supporting mentors and give us your thoughts! Presenter: Ashley Johnson, Field and Volunteer Support Senior Manager at FIRST In 2023, FIRST finalized...
Marketing, Other, Presentation, Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
FUNdraising Through Cardboard Boats! Presenter: Kyle Hughes, Clarkston Schools Team RUSH 27 Kyle will take you through the RUSH Regatta, which is a unique cardboard and duct tape boat race held annually in Clarkston, Michigan, organized by high school students,...
Presentation, Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
Simplifying material selection and fabrication techniques for FRC mechanisms. Presenter: Miguel Tovar, Frog Force 503 Identifying the correct material and fabrication method for a mechanism can be critical to the success and reliability of your robot. The variety of...
Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Technical
High Fidelity Block CAD Presenter: Orion DeYoe, FRC 3005 3005 has a unique approach to creating block CAD that produces a much higher fidelity model than most existing workflows. The advantages of this method are: It provides more stable CAD models that are tolerant...
Other, Presentation, Roundtable, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
Being Kenough – Finding success on an average team Presenters: Danny Blau, So Extra, LLC Danny Blau has spent the last twenty years mentoring across the various FIRST programs. Taking average to above average is his speciality, working with teams from Minnesota,...
Other, Presentation, Roundtable, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization, Technical
Networking and Strengthening Your Local FRC Community Presenter: Andrew Hartnett, Pearadox FRC 5414 Improving your team and local FRC community hinges on building a strong local network of mentors. Activities like mentor workshops, geographically-based Slack groups,...
Presentation, Project Management, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
Maximize the 1st week of build season Presenters: Allen Gregory, Emilio Parra, Jakob Wittry, Mary Nguyen from Spectrum 3847 Join us to gain actionable insights and ensure your team hits the ground running from day one! Kickstart your team’s success by maximizing...
Presentation, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization, Technical
I Got 99 Problems and Space is Definitely One Presenter: Grace Johnson, Team 5924 Is your team stuck in a small area? Do you feel like it’s always a mess? Same. Follow Team 5924’s journey in optimizing lab space when your space is less than ideal size. We’ll...
Presentation, Project Management, Roundtable, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
From last place to Einstein: Lessons Learned as an FRC Mentor and Coach Presenter: Anupam Goli, FRC Team 9477 In my seventeen years of doing FRC, I have been a student, a student leader, a mentor and a head coach. Join me as I have a conversation with the audience...
Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Scouting & Strategy, Sustaining a Team (Intermediate)
Alliance Match Strategy Preparation and Delivery Presenters: Austin Haddox and Mike Corsetto from Citrus Circuits 1678 Austin and Mike will dive into successful methods for developing effective match strategies that utilize alliance strengths. The presentation will...
Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Scouting & Strategy, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
Adding Generative AI to FRC Mentoring Presenter: Roby Hyde, BreakerBots – Team 5104 This presentation explores the transformative potential of generative AI for FRC teams, emphasizing responsible usage and practical applications. We will examine how generative...
Awards, Other, Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
How to win the Impact Award: Building an Outreach Mission Presenters: Isriah Keila and Meghan Ho, from RoboLancers Team 321 The FIRST Impact Award recognizes a team that demonstrates the greatest measurable progress toward achieving FIRST’s mission of transforming...
Awards, Presentation, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
WPILib Roadmap, Feedback, and Q&A Presenter: Peter Johnson, WPILib In May 2022, WPILib released its first long-term roadmap, and it’s recently been updated for 2024! The roadmap outlines the current and potential future directions the development team is...
Presentation, Project Management, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
How Open Build Blog makes us better Presenters: Emilio Parra, Allen Gregory, Jakob Wittry, Mary Nguyen from Spectrum 3847 How Open Build Blog makes us better Join us for a presentation where we explore how maintaining a build blog doesn’t just help other teams but...
Other, Presentation, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
Preserving FIRST Culture and Ethics Presenters: Kyle Hughes, FRC 27 Team RUSH Championship WFA winner Kyle Hughes will provide a history of FIRST’s culture and ethics, along with a preservation plan. Kyle has competed in the FIRST community since 1997....
Marketing, Presentation, Project Management, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Team Organization
Driving Success: The Power of Escudería PrepaTec Presenter: Francisco Guerra (Paco War), PrepaTec In this workshop I’ll share strategies for managing 31 FRC and 25 FTC teams at PrepaTec. Our approach, branded as “Escudería PrepaTec,” unifies these...
Presentation, Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization, Technical
Integrating First-Year Mentors into a Veteran FRC Team Presenter: Firat Taxpulat and Patrick Brophy, Team 5012: Gryffingear Join us as we explore the integration of first-year mentors into a veteran FRC team. This presentation offers insights from dual perspectives....
Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
Building Strong Student Leaders Presenter: Dr. Sohini Stone, Fremont High Robotics (Sunnyvale) Regardless of whether a team is “student-run” or “mentor-run”, it is universally true that student leadership in FIRST represents an important...
Presentation, Project Management, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Team Organization
A Student-Empowering FRC Team Structure called “Pods” Presenter: Jesse Knight, FRC 8592 Follow Newton’s journey through the proposal of, planning for, and execution of “Pods” as a way to organize students and new mentors on our FRC team....
Panel, Presentation, Project Management, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
FIRST Tech Challenge – More than just an outreach opportunity Presenter: Rachel Moore, Allison Kneisler, FIRST Come learn about upcoming changes to the FIRST Tech Challenge(FTC) program and why you should consider using FTC as part of your FIRST program. Content...
Presentation, Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
Leveraging Logging & Visualization to Debug Robots Presenter: James Kuszmaul, Team 971 The season is full of times when the ability to quickly identify, debug, and resolve issues with a robot is critical. Whether it is early in the development cycle when trying to...
Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
Simulation Driven Design: The Secret to Lightweight, Durable Robots. Presenter: Erik W. Larson, Altair Help your team build lighter, stronger, and more durable robots, by leveraging one of the most user-friendly simulation tools available: Altair Inspire. In this...
Awards, Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate)
Dean’s List: How to Prepare Your Student to be a Winner Presenter: Callie Carbajal, InnovAlda This session will go over all portions of the Deans List process from how to select a well rounded candidate, tips on answering the essay questions, how to prepare your...
Awards, Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
Strategic Planning for FIRST Robotics: Cultivating Strong Team Cultures Presenter: Elise Cronin-Hurley, 4-H Exploding Bacon, Team 1902 Why does strategic planning contribute building team cultures? Because in the process of working together to decide what you are...
Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization
Future-Proof Your Team: Strategies for Building Resilient and Adaptable FIRST Robotics Teams Presenter: Elise Cronin-Hurley, 4-H Exploding Bacon, Team 1902 How is your team going to thrive when you are not there to answer the emails? As mentors, preparing for the...
Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
Scrappy, Not Crappy: 604’s Unique Approaches to Solving Common Resource Constraints Presenter: James Best and Eugene Fang, FRC 604 A case study of how 604 takes unique approaches to solve common resource constraints teams may face. Topics include: manufacturing with...
Presentation, Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Technical
Introduction to the XRP Presenter: Peter Johnson and Brad Miller, XRP and WPILib development teams Join Peter Johnson and Brad Miller from the WPILib development team to learn what’s new about the eXperiential Robotics Platform or XRP for FRC teams. XRP is an...
Other, Presentation
Supporting Students with Autism in Engineering Pathways Presenter: Kanwardeep Singh, Citrus Circuits, Team 1678 This research addresses the underexplored area of supporting high school students with autism in whole class engineering instruction. Drawing on insights...
Other, Presentation, Scaling a Team (Advanced), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate), Team Organization, Technical
Engineers Don’t Just Build Robots Presenter: Michael Leicht, Team 1403 Cougar Robotics This Workshop/Presentation is about the iterative improvement in mentoring styles from when I was a student on an FRC team to how I currently mentor. From my transition from...
Marketing, Presentation, Social Media, Starting a Team (Rookie and Novice), Sustaining a Team (Intermediate)
Social Media and Team Digital Presence Presenter: Tamara Kawa, FRC Team 1967 The Internet is free publicity! Learn about different aspects of social media and tools you can use to improve your team’s media. We will also discuss other forms of team digital...