Gear Up with FTC!


Photo by Sherry Schons
The FIRST progression of programs is an amazing community of passionate students, mentors, coaches, and volunteers.  Collectively, this community has over 25 years of accrued knowledge and expertise in the areas of science, math, engineering, and especially building robots. As our FIRST community has grown, this knowledge has spread out over eighty countries and between hundreds of thousands of people.  Sometimes finding information is not always easy – even withthe internet.


This has produced an opportunity we can’t resist, with a very modern solution: the first FTC Virtual Conference. This event is designed to bring members of the FTC community together to share ideas, tips, resources, and FTC enthusiasm with other members of the community through an easy-access live conference that will be recorded and available for watching after the event.

We’re now taking presentation proposals for this community-driven summer virtual conference.  If you have a wealth of FTC knowledge or an awesome story and want to share it with the community, submit your proposal for the Gear Up With FTC! Virtual Conference. Proposals are due by April 1st.

There is no limit to what you could share in a presentation. Have a great fundraising idea? share it! A brilliant strategy for dealing with a common robot issue? share it! Built a relationship across country or cultural boundaries? share it!

Presentations can be short, or long, and include step-by-step demonstrations. For more information, refer to the FTC Virtual Conference 2014 Presentation Packet.

Conference Dates: July 23-24, 2014

Photo by Sherry Schons

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