More Than 5,000 People to Gather in Montreal to Take Part in the First Quebec Robotics Festival
MONTREAL — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 15, 2012 — Bombardier, BMO Financial Group, Youth Fusion, FIRST Robotics Québec and Montreal Hooked on School invite you to the opening ceremony and official launch of the first Quebec Robotics Festival, a two-day event that will bring together more than 5,000 people and will feature high school and elementary school students taking part in significant technological challenges.
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Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal |
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Laurent Beaudoin, Chairman of the Board of Bombardier Inc. |
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L. Jacques Ménard, President of BMO Financial Group, Quebec |
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Christophe Guy, Chief Executive Officer of École Polytechnique de Montréal |
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Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST |
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Jon Dudas, President of FIRST |
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This initiative aims to familiarize students with science and new technologies and to encourage young Quebecers to stay in and succeed at school. The competitions will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17. In the FRC Zone for 14- to 18-year-olds, 37 robots will play basketball in a challenge called Rebound Rumble. In the LEGO® Zone for 9- to 13-year-olds, 60 autonomous robots built using LEGO® Mindstorms NXT technology will take on a series of missions developed with the school program in mind. |
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Friday, March 16, 2012 – Opening ceremony: 8:45 a.m. |
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Uniprix Stadium: 285 Faillon Street West, Montreal |
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