Still Time to Celebrate with Robots and Students this Weekend

One more weekend of exciting robot competitions!The SOLIDWORKS community is always looking for a great event to celebrate engineering and design. There are local user group meetings held through the SolidWorks User Group network. Once a year, it is SolidWorks World.

This weekend, there are FIRST robot events happening all over the US and Canada. There may be one near where you live. The events showcase great designs and the work of talented high school students. They are free to attend and children are welcome. The full list of events from now until the end of April are at here. If you can’t attend, many of the events are in a webcast on Friday and Saturday.

Regional		Western Canada Regional	The Olympic Oval	Calgary, AB Canada	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		Windsor Essex Great Lakes Regional	University of Windsor	Windsor, ON Canada	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		Silicon Valley Regional	San Jose State University	San Jose, CA USA	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional	Colorado Regional		Daniel L. Ritchie Center	Denver, CO USA	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		South Florida Regional	Great Fort Lauderdale & Broward County Convention Center	Fort Lauderdale, FL USA	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		Midwest Regional	UIC Pavilion	Chicago, IL USA	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		Bayou Regional	Pontchartrain Center	Kenner, LA USA	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		Chesapeake Regional	University of Maryland	College Park, MD USA	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		Las Vegas Regional	Cashman Center	Las Vegas, NV USA	03-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Regional		New York City Regional	Jacob K. Javits Convention Center	New York, NY USA	04-Apr – 06-Apr-2014
Regional		Lone Star Regional	George R. Brown Convention Center	Houston, TX USA	04-Apr – 06-Apr-2014

New England District Event		Pine Tree District Event	Androscoggin Bank Colisee	Lewiston, ME USA	04-Apr – 05-Apr-2014
Pacific Northwest District Event		PNW FIRST Robotics Oregon State University District Event	Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR USA	04-Apr – 05-Apr-2014

Thank you to all the event organizers, mentors, teachers, parents and students that volunteer their time to put on these events. Marie

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Marie Planchard

Senior Director, Early Engagement, 3DEXPERIENCE Works at Dassault Systemes

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.