What is a Botacon?
First ever Botacon!
A Botacon is an exciting get together of robots and the people who are creative near them. Already we’ve got several hundred people interested in this all-day event. (Don’t worry – I’m saving a spot just for you.) It will be at the Brooklyn Lyceum from about 10am until 6pm on December 11, 2010. Right now we’re still taking suggestions for ideas and topics, but the rough outline is:
- A keynote speaker in the morning
- A bunch of small talks and discussions (anywhere from 5-20 minutes each)
- About 2 hours for lunch
- A workshop project
- Some more talks and discussions (also 5-20 minutes each)
- Time for people to get dinner
- A bar drinkup1
However, since we’re still putting together the program for the Botacon we need your input. Please take the time to fill out a super short survey, drop us a line, or leave a comment. We’d love to know:
- Who do you want to hear from as the keynote speaker?
- Who would you like to hear from?
- What kinds of talks would you be interested in?
- What kinds of things would you like to hear about?
- What would you like to see?
And, don’t forget to submit your talk!
I hope you decide to come out. It just wouldn’t be the future without you! 
- Because even roboticists need libation. Hint: If you have a robot, like robots, can spell robots, or have an evil laugh – you count as a roboticist in my book. [↩]
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6 Comments so far
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[...] hear at Botacon? Help us make it awesome by taking a super short survey, sending an e-mail, or leaving a comment on the MakerBot blog. Also, you can even submit your own ideas for a [...]
JohnA
Is it 12/11 ? No date mentioned….
Twotimes
I think you should have a space designated someplace with a lot of tables and a lot of power for bot discussions with other botters with their bots.
Also, You don’t say how much tickets will be.
Bre Pettis
Ok, updated with 12/11 as the date and with a link to the tickets!
Per Östergren
Looking awesome!
Unfortuneatly I already know I cannot attend. However, would very much appreciate if the talks were recorded and published on the wiki/youtube/vimeo. Aggregating the braintrust of Makerbotting like this should really produce some kind of legacy. Maybe you´ve already thought of this?
/per
=ml=
Will Bono act at botacon?
Bring bacon to botacon?
Cant boo botacon
Boot can in botacon?
Take cab onto botacon?
Bon taco at botacon!
Yikes! a boa cont-strictor at botacon
Nab coot outside botacon
Go to banco before botacon
We can’t stop here, it’s bat coon country at botacon