FRC Comcast Bootcamp 2021, Hosted by FRC 272 The Cyber Crusaders

FIRST General Forum
#1

(Hi all I am posting this on behalf of 272)

Dear FRC Teams,

Comcast NBCUniversal and FRC 272 the Cyber Crusaders are once again teaming up to offer their Annual FRC Bootcamp Conference. This year the event will be held virtually over three evenings: December 14th - 16th from 5:30-7:30 pm est. The Comcast FIRST Robotics Virtual Bootcamp, created in collaboration with FIRST Robotics Team 272, Landsdale Catholic (with contributing lectures from 1640 Sabotage, 433 Firebirds, 1712 Dawgma and 5401 Fightin’ Robotic Owls).

The event is kicked off with a keynote talk by Comcast’s own Sherita Ceasar, a Cable industry leader and SVP of the Technology Environments and Strategy (TES) department at Comcast. Hear about her award-winning career, how she became an engineer, and the critical role TES plays in Comcast’s success. A Q&A session follows her presentation.

The schedule for the event is:

  1. December 14th, 5:30PM EST - 6:30PM, Keynote speaker, SVP of Technology Environments and Strategy, Sherita Ceasar (30 minutes with Q&A)
  2. December 14th, 6:30PM EST - 7:30PM, Utilizing the Mock Kickoff Preparation - Hannah Farrell, Team 433 Firebirds
  3. December 15th, 5:30PM EST - 7:30PM, Preparing for Safety Judging for FRC Teams - Team 5401 Fightin’ Robotic Owls
  4. December 15th, 6:30PM EST - 7:30PM, Prototyping - Sean Lavery - Team 1712 Dawgma
  5. December 16th, 5:30PM EST - 6:30PM, Programming Beta Testing - Jason Soley and Team 433 Firebirds
  6. December 16th, 6:30PM EST - 7:30PM, Swerve Drive - Team 1640 Sabotage

These 6 sessions are packed with useful information for FIRST Robotics teams! The event is free for all.

Please feel free to pass this along to all of your members.

To register, use this link and links to the sessions will be e-mailed to you on Monday, Dec 13th:

Register for Comcast First Robotics Bootcamp

Come prepared to ask questions! Every session, including the Keynote has a moderated Q&A session after the presentation.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you,

FRC Team 272 Cyber Crusaders

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#2

What will this talk cover now that the safety award is no longer a thing?

#3

Great Point! Someone from 5401, please correct me if I am wrong but I think the presentation has been refocused to be more about promoting safety within a general team culture. I will ask the organizers about possibly renaming the session.

#4

Thank you so much for offering these! Will the sessions be recorded and made available to registered attendees afterwards?

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#5

Hi! The presentation is really about on how to create a safety culture on your team…so not sure why we gave it that name. Regardless–it’s a GREAT presentation and I suggest you tune in if you can. Especially now that it seems like Judges are going to be taking safety into account for ALL of the awards now. If you have any other questions about this presentation, let me know. :slight_smile:

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#6

Yes, I believe that the plan is for sessions to be recorded and distributed afterward to registered attendees. I think details for how they will be distributed are still being finalized. I will also try to post the recordings here when they become available. If you are interested many past sessions (From Bootcamp 2019) can be found on team 272’s youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Cybercrusaders272/videos