2008 GCER Schedule

Outlined conference events are free and open to the public.


July 7
9:00 am-5:00 pm Preconference Workshops

July 8
8:00 am-5:00 pm Registration
8:00 am-2:30 pm Open Practice Tables
10:00 am-11:30 am Session A: STEM Education: Classroom Activities
1:00 pm-2:30 pm Session B: STEM Education: Outreach and Outcomes
3:00 pm-5:00 pm Robot Achievement and Trivia Contest
6:30 pm-8:30 pm Opening Session and Featured Speaker
Lynne Parker
Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

July 9
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 Session C: Winners of the X PRIZE Lunar Rover Botball Design Challenge
10:30 am-11:30 am Session D: Programming for Success
12:45 pm-1:15 pm Open Practice Tables
1:30 pm-5:30 pm Beyond Botball and Botball Seeding Rounds
7:00 pm-8:00 pm Featured Speaker Gregg Maryniak
Vice President, Aerospace Science
Director James S. McDonnell Planetarium
8:00 pm-9:30 pm Robot Showcase and Poster Session

July 10
8:00 am-9:00 am Open Practice Tables
9:15 am-10:15 am Sessions E: Assistive Robotics
Jason Ramsey - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
9:15 am-10:15 am Sessions F: Nuts and Bolts Robotics
10:30 am-11:30 am Featured Speaker Hunter Heyck
Associate Professor of the History of Science
University of Oklahoma
1:00 pm-2:00 pm Featured Speaker Kevin E. Jones
Industry Development Manager
Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
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 11
8:00 am-9:00 am Open Practice Tables
9:15 am-10:15 am Session G: Robotics Education - an International View
9:15 am-10:15 am Session H: Getting Create-ive with Programming
10:30 am-11:30 am

Featured Speakers

  • Dr. Deborah Trytten
    Acting Associate Director and Associate Professor
    University of Oklahoma
  • Dr. Scott Wilson
    Associate Director Star Schools Project
    University of Oklahoma
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