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07/18/2025

Are you interested in learning about robotics engineering and other STEM opportunities?

Then consider joining Team DADLIBOTS as we prepare for 2025 to represent Antigua and Barbuda in the annual FIRST Global Challenge happening in Panama with our annual TechByte Robotics Camp.

Registration is FREE and anyone who would like to support the students as team Mentors or Volunteers are also welcomed to join us.

This is all possible thanks to the support of our amazing innovation partners!!!

Registration Link - www.techbytecamp.com

01/06/2025

Hey YOU >>> yes YOU... Are you a 13 - 16 years old student?

Interested in Technology? Get ready for "Tech Taster Day"

Date: Tuesday 21st January 2025
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Venue: ABIIT Campus
Location: Jabberwork Road, Coolidge, Antigua
Cost: Absolutely FREE (Space is Limited)

PLEASE NOTE: Selected participants will be notified in advance for transportation arrangements

Are you ready to learn a bit more about coding, having a go at some competitive Esports or thinking through what privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) means for you in the digital world?

THIS EVENT MIGHT BE FOR YOU!!! - Let your teacher know if you are interested in attending and let us know too by signing up here: https://studentjournal.app/techtasterday

Also, we need a better name than "Tech Taster Day" - If you can think of a better name for this event, tell us here: https://tinyurl.com/YC7RZRYT

12/29/2024

🚨🌟 Hey Youth Leaders! Ready to Level Up? 🌟🚨

Kick off 2025 with the FIRST NYPAAB training seminar! 🎉

📅 Date: January 18 2025
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM111
📍 Location: Details coming soon!

Learn how Artificial Intelligence Technology can boost:
🤖 Administration
🤝 Youth Mobilization
🌍 Community Work

✨ FREE Registration! Spots are limited—sign up now 👉 https://www.studentjournal.app/nypaab

Don’t miss this chance to lead, grow, and make an impact! 💥

09/01/2024

DADLIBOTS – ANNOUNCES THE 2024 FGC GREECE ROBOTICS TEAM

DadliBots is set to raise the national flag of Antigua and Barbuda boldly in the birthplace of competitive sports, when 190+ countries unite in Athens, Greece from 26 – 29 September for the 2024 FIRST Global Challenge (FGC); where robotics and athletics will merge under the theme: “Feeding the Future”.

The FIRST Global Challenge is an olympics-style, international robotics competition that takes place annually; where nations are invited to send a team to build and program a robot to compete. Teams work together to complete tasks in a game themed around one of the greatest challenges facing our planet, including the 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering, in an effort to foster understanding and cooperation among the youth of the world as they use their abilities to solve the world’s problems.

FIRST Global strives to convince the various governments and organizations of the world to embrace STEM education, and to support it by investing in their young adults that will soon begin to make their marks in the world. FIRST Global believes that by making science and technology as exciting as any other sport, we can inspire the world’s two billion youth to pursue STEM fields and be the leaders who collectively solve our planet’s most pressing problems.

Sustainable food production is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. This year’s FGC theme challenges FIRST Global teams of students from around the world to learn about and address the obstacles and opportunities to provide the global population with equitable, safe, nutritious, and environmentally responsible food.

DadliBots is the national robotics team that began competing in the FIRSTGlobal Challenge since 2018. Every year it continues to inspire many students across Antigua and Barbuda to consider becoming engineers; so they can play their part in helping to build a brighter future.

The competition team for 2024 even came together thanks to the (B)oosting (R)enewables and (I)nfrastructure (G)lobally by (H)arnessing (T)echnology - (BRIGHT) Hack Challenge – an ongoing school STEM hackathon organized by team mentor Mr. Elijah James and partners such as The LocaL App that is geared at helping young minds explore creative ideas on how robotics, along with other technologies can be used to solve problems in our community.

DadliBots spent the summer preparing for competition by actively promoting “Robotics as a Sport” and the FGC theme “Feeding the Future” amongst hundreds of our peers in STEM Camps such as “TechByte” at American Corner Antigua and “STEM InFuSed” with the Ministry of Education.

Students that are interested in STEM education that is provided for FREE by DadliBots can register at - www.antiguabarbudarobotics.org or follow via social media channels:

Individuals, Businesses and Organizations that are interested in supporting the work of DadliBots and its efforts in developing the potential of youth across Antigua and Barbuda can assist the national team that is currently in the process of fundraising to cover the costs for hosting workshops and participating in the annual competition including student uniforms, team registration, accommodation and travel.

Donations can be made online here - https://first.global/2024-nations/antigua-and-barbuda-2024/
or otherwise via email to: [email protected]

To learn more about the 2024 FIRST Global Challenge
Website: www.first.global
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05/24/2024

The SIDS SMART FUTURES FESTIVAL (May 24 - 26, 2024) is a lead-up to the UN Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) being hosted in Antigua and Barbuda

This year also marks the first ever UN Summit of the Future.

In the long term view, many island nations are concerned that some parts of their islands will be underwater by the end of this century.

What will be left of them for future generations?

In the short term, issues of food security and another global pandemic loom in the shadows.

What is the future we want?

How will we share our future?

These questions will drive the three (3) days of conversations, reasonings and gathering of insights to help us action the agreements that governments will make in Antigua and Barbuda.

Join the dialogue. Share your story.

Dr. Claire A. Nelson Ph.D
Lead Futurist & Chief Visionary Officer
The Futures Forum

Questions / Feedback - [email protected] or +1 (202) 907-6140

Learn more - https://www.thefuturesforum.org/sids-futures-festival-home

Registration Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/SIDSFuturesRegister

05/24/2024

Register Now: www.brighthack.org

BRIGHT: (B)oosting (R)enewables and (I)nfrastructure (G)lobally by (H)arnessing (T)echnology

🌱 What is the future that YOU want?

🌱 Let's Innovate Together and Make It Happen!

🌱 Are you a student in high or secondary school, between the age of 14 - 18 years old?

🌱 Are you interested in learning about robotics engineering and other STEM opportunities?

🌱 Would you like to win a spot on team DadliBots to travel to Athens, Greece in September 2024 to represent Antigua and Barbuda at the annual FIRST Global Challenge (FGC)?

If you answered YES to any of these questions then join us and compete in the BRIGHT Hack Agriculture Challenge by pitching your idea (online or in person) to answer the question:

🌱 How Can We Improve FOOD Infrastructure?

Registration is FREE and we encourage you to invite your friends / family to support you pitching your innovative idea!!!

Date: Sunday 26th May 2024

Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Modality: Hybrid (Compete Online via ZOOM or Face to Face in Person)

Location: Antigua and Barbuda International Institute of Technology (ABIIT) Conference Room, Coolidge, Antigua

Hackathon Announcement: 🌱 What is the future that YOU want? 🌱 Let's Innovate Together and Make It Happen! BRIGHT: (B)oosting (R)enewables and (I)nfrastructure (G)lobally by (H)arnessing (T)echnology 🌱 Are you a student in high or secondary school, between the age of 14 - 18 years old? 🌱 ...

04/12/2024

Register Today! - www.brighthack.org/kahoot

Hackathon Announcement: Calling All GIRLS!!! - It's time to Kahoot!

Join the Fun - Daily (5:30 pm - 6:30 pm) from April 15 - 19, 2024

Win prizes as you learn about the education system and brainstorm solutions to problems faced by stakeholders.

BRIGHT: (B)oosting (R)enewables and (I)nfrastructure (G)lobally by (H)arnessing (T)echnology

The Challenge - How Can We Improve Learning Infrastructure?

Admission: FREE

04/12/2024

Register Today! - www.brighthack.org

BRIGHT: (B)oosting (R)enewables and (I)nfrastructure (G)lobally by (H)arnessing (T)echnology

The Challenge - How Can We Improve Learning Infrastructure?

Admission: FREE

Hackathon Announcement: Calling all GIRLS!!! - come join us, get ready to showcase your leadership, innovation and creativity as you compete in the BRIGHT Hack - Ed Tech Challenge for Antigua and Barbuda International Girls in ICT Day 2024!!!

Registration Deadline: April 22, 2024

02/18/2024

CALLING ALL STUDENTS - GET READY TO WIN LOTS OF PRIZES!!!

Grab your smartphone, download the Tide Turners app and join us online all week long to compete for cash, gift cards, electronics and more in the BRIGHT Hack Plastics Challenge - Kahoot Games...

Player Login: www.brighthack.org/kahoot
Date: Monday 19th - Friday 23rd February, 2024
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

How Can You Play?
- Learn all about plastic pollution with the Tide Turners app
- Players login by 5:15 pm daily to secure a spot
- The BRIGHT Hack games begin promptly at 5:30 pm
- Answer multiple choice questions with your smartphone
- Correct answers will keep players on the game leader board
- Prizes will be awarded to the TOP 3 students each day

NOTE: Players must be enrolled as a student (8 - 19 years) in a public or private school in Antigua and Barbuda to WIN!!!

Students can also WIN up to $3,000 for their school!

BRIGHT an acronym for (B)oosting (R)enewables and (I)nfrastructure (G)lobally by (H)arnessing (T)echnology is a hackathon event being hosted by the The Caribbean Youth Environment Network ( "CYEN" – www.cyen.org ) with support from The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean ( “the BCRC-Caribbean” ) www.bcrc-caribbean.org which is executing the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project, entitled “Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS)” which seeks to address the sound management of chemicals and waste in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Students across the island are being encouraged to form teams and register for the BRIGHT Hack Plastic Challenge at - www.brighthack.org and to download The Tide Turners App that is available in the Android (Google) and iOS (Apple) mobile stores to learn how they can help reduce plastic pollution utilizing robotics for a chance to win Cash, Gift Cards, Electronics and More...

The deadline for submissions to the BRIGHT Hack Plastic Challenge is February 26, 2024 / 11:59 pm (AST), with students being afforded the chance to use what they learnt from the Tide Turners App to play kahoot games using their smart devices and compete virtually the week prior to help brainstorm ideas.

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