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Registration: 8:45 - 9:25 am
1 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA
Keynote Speaker: 9:30 - 10:15 am
Keynote Hall
Hari Malaichamee
[Title] at Axon
Wired for the Future: Robotics, AI, and the Next Generation of Builders
Location: Horace Mann
Session 1: 10:20 - 11:05 am
4H ALARM Robotics - FRC 2079
XRP Robots: Making FRC Coding Accessible and Scalable
Location: Deborah Sampson
There’s always a challenge in getting more team members involved in programming. The eXperiential Robotics Platform (XRP) is a powerful yet low-cost learning platform from FIRST that enables students to practice Java programming—including command-based programming—a mini FRC robot that can fit in your backpack. This will make FRC programming more scalable, sustainable, and accessible.
Session 2: 11:10 am- 12:00 pm
Daphne Krutulis - FRC 6367
Women + in STEM
Location: Deborah Sampson
A roundtable meant to discuss and affirm the experiences of women and non-binary people in FIRST through group discussion, conversation, and networking.
Build cross-team connections with other women+; Connect through shared experiences; Problem-solve gender-based challenges
Blake Borque - FRC 4909
Agile in FRC: Build Like You Mean It: Repeatability Over Randomness
Location: Abigail Adams
From modular mechanism design to standard work templates for
fabrication and assembly, this session shares the tools, processes,
and mindset shifts that helped us build better, faster, and with fewer
surprises. Learn how repeatability, documentation, and scalable practices
turned chaos into consistency—and how your team can do the same.
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:15 pm
Dining Area
1 Hour Design 1:20-3:15
All Rooms. Presenting Room: Deborah Sampson
Session 3: 3:20 - 4:15 pm
FIRST Alumni Panel
Panelists:
Daphne Krutulis, Namirah Quadir
Moderator:
Aydan H.
Location: Horace Mann
Learn about how FIRST can influence and effect careers. Hear stories about their experiences with FRC and how it helped them after graduating high school.
Abby F., Caterina R., Sara A. - FRC 1768
Unpicked to Einstein: Data, Design, and Strategy for Success
Location: Abigail Adams
Our presentation will focus on how our team approaches scouting, match strategy, alliance building, and decision-making throughout an entire season from strategic robot design to alliance selection. We'll walk through our strategic process, how we prioritize information, and how we collaborate with other teams. We’ll also cover some of our past strategy mistakes as well as successes, and how we learned from them. As an interactive piece, we'll include a group activity using real scouting data, where attendees will create a mock pick list using what they’ve learned and compare it with ours. Afterwards we’ll explain why we made the decisions we did.
Team Social: 4:20 - 4:45
Schedule is subject to change
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