2007 NCER Events

July 9
9:00 am-5:00 pm Pre-Conference Workshops
July 10
8:00 am-5:00 pm Registration
8:00 am - 2:30 pm Open Practice Tables
10:00 am - 11:30 am Teacher Track Session 1:
Creative Approaches for Teaching Robotics
1:00 pm-2:30 pm Teacher Track Session 2:
Real-life Fundraising Ideas and Open Forum
3:00 pm-5:00 pm Robot Olympiad and Trivia Contest
6:30 pm-8:30 pm Opening Session Featuring:
* Opening Chant: Waimea Middle School
* Opening Remarks: Linda Lingle
      Governor, State of Hawaii
* Chinese Lion Dance
* Featured Speaker: Estrellina Pacis
      Project Manager, SPAWAR Systems
* Reception hosted by Hawaiian Electric Company
July 11
8:00 am-9:00 am Open Practice Tables
9:15 am - 10:15 am Botball Feedback Session with Botball Leadership
10:30 am - 11:30 am Breakout Session A:
Botball and Math: A Trio of Trig Presentations
10:30 am - 11:30 am Breakout Session B:
How to: Botball
12:30 pm-1:15 pm Open Practice Tables
1:30 pm-5:30 pm Beyond Botball and Botball Seeding Rounds
* Opening Remarks: James R. “Duke” Aiona
      Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawaii
7:00 pm-8:00 pm Featured Speaker:
John Billington - Sr. Product Manager
iRobot
8:00 pm-8:45 pm Robot Showcase and Poster Session
9:00 pm-10:00 pm Open Practice Tables
July 12
8:00 am-9:00 am Open Practice Tables
9:15 am-10:15 am Featured Speaker:
Hidenori Ishihara, Associate Professor
Kagawa University, Japan
10:30 am-11:30 am Breakout Session C:
Agro-Bots
10:30 am-11:30 am Breakout Session D:
How to Make a Better Robot
1:00 pm-2:00 pm Featured Speaker:
Ben Finney, Professor of Anthropology
University of Hawai`i
2:15 pm-3:00 pm Open Practice Tables
3:00 pm-5:30 pm Beyond Botball Double Elimination Rounds
5:30 pm-6:00 pm Robot Olympiad Feedback Session
7:00 pm-9:00 pm Open Practice Tables
July 13
8:00 am-9:00 am Open Practice Tables
9:15 am-10:15 am Breakout Session E:
Streamlining Your Code
9:15 am-10:15 am Breakout Session F:
Girls in Robotics: Open Forum
10:30 am-11:30 am Featured Speaker:
Dave Lavery - Program Executive for
Solar System Exploration, NASA
12:30 pm-1:15 pm Open Practice Tables
1:30 pm-5:30 pm Botball Double Elimination Rounds
7:00 pm-9:00 pm Closing Awards Ceremony
* Opening Remarks: Mark Leon
      Robotics Alliance Project Manager
      NASA Ames Research Center