**FIRST EMAIL**/Announcing the 2nd Annual FIRST Robotics Conference

[Rich Wong]

Greetings Teams:

The second annual FIRST Robotics Conference will take place April 21-23, 2005 at the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in conjunction with the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival and FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Championship.

We're gearing up for a great conference that will provide current and prospective FRC and FLL teams, coaches, students, and mentors with the technical and non-technical information and advice they need to be the best they can be.

Some conference topics include:

Use of Collaborative Problem Solving to Design FIRST Robots
Overall Robot Design
Writing Killer Autonomous Programs
Advanced LEGO Robotics: Control and Communication Using RoboLabTM
Animation of Practical Robot Mechanisms
Using Conflict Resolution on an FLL Team

Register yourself or a team of five (5) for one day or for all three.

Individual Team of 5

Thursday $20 $75
Friday $25 $100
Saturday $15 $50
Thurs-Sat $50 $175

To see a full listing of topics or to register click on http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2005/cmp_conference.htm. Registration is from March 1, 2005 to Friday, April 15 or when slots fill, whichever comes first.

For more info about the Championship and accommodations, visit www.usfirst.org/robotics/2005/chevents.htm.

Questions? Send an email to firstplace@usfirst.org or call Karen Sullivan at 1-800-871-8326 x427.

We hope to see you at the conference!