March 2018 Archives

We're thrilled to announce our first group of sponsors for ROSCon 2018!

Platinum: Erle Robotics

Gold: Locus, Tier IV, Univeral Robots

Silver: Bossa Nova, Iron Ox

Bronze: The Construct, MathWorks, Northwestern MS in Robotics Program, Piaggio Fast Forward, Yujin Robot

Friend: Blue River, Bosch, Magna

In addition Erle and Locus are both also supporting the Diversity Program.

We're still looking for new sponsors. Please check the prospectus to learn about our sponsorship opportunities and feel free to contact the organizing committee (roscon-2018-oc@osrfoundation.org) with any questions. The exclusive sponsorship levels are starting to sell out, so it's best to act soon.

We'd like to get an idea of what versions of ROS people are using and how long they want those versions supported. If you could fill out this short survey, that would help us to make decisions on where we should focus our efforts for ROS1. We'll leave the survey open for 2 weeks, until April 4, 2018, and post the results shortly after that.

Follow ups will be on the ROS Discourse thread

To help with your planning for ROSCon 2018 in Madrid, here are some key dates to keep in mind (http://roscon.ros.org/2018/#important-dates):

• Call for Proposals circulated: April 23rd, 2018
• Proposal submission deadline: July 2nd, 2018
• Proposal acceptance notification: July 16th, 2018
• Early registration deadline: August 11th, 2018
• Late registration starts: Sepetember 1st, 2018
• ROSCon 2018: September 29th-30th, 2018

We're now soliciting sponsors; please check the prospectus If you're interested in sponsoring, please contact us at roscon-2018-oc@openrobotics.org.

Travel information is coming together on the conference website: http://roscon.ros.org/2018/#location

We hope to see you at ROSCon 2018!

• Your friendly neighborhood ROSCon 2018 Organizing Committee