The Southern Educational Robotics Conference (SERC) has been serving educators and administrators across the Southeast for four years, providing a space for the robotics community to collaborate and learn together. Initially founded as VEX Robotics Conference, SERC became the first and only multi-platform educational robotics conference in the country in 2020, seeing the need to expand beyond a single platform beyond a single platform and allow teachers from all backgrounds and situations to come together around the shared evolution of educational robotics regardless of what platforms teachers and administrators have available. SERC now hosts a diverse group of educators of many backgrounds that share both general concepts to be used in education across platforms as well as deeper dives into implementing specific platforms into your school's curriculum.
WELCOMING LESLIE FISHER
The Southern Educational Robotics Conference in 2024 welcomed Leslie Fisher as our keynote speaker and over 175 educators and administrators to Auburn University's campus for two days of learning and networking.
EXPLORING ROBOTICS WITHIN A DAY
The Southern Educational Robotics Conference in 2023 shifted to a one-day conference. However, still hosted 115 educators to explore educational robotics platforms and how to integrate robotics into their classrooms.
WELCOMING ITS FIRST INDUSTRY KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Southern Educational Robotics Conference in 2022 welcomed its first industry keynote speaker, Ryan Hittie, who inspired educators by showingcasing how robotics is transforming building construction. A total of 174 educators attended this exciting on-campus event.
WELCOMING EDUCATORS BACK
The third Southern Regional VEX Conference in 2021 welcomed educations, administrators, and industry leaders back to Auburn's Campus for another successful conference.
GOING VIRTUAL IN THE CLASSROOM & THE CONFERENCE HALL
Seeing the need for expanding the conference to multiple platorms, SERC 2020 welcomed over 200 educators and administrators to a virtual conference with dozens of engaing & interactive sessions ranging from Fundraising for Robotics to Writing Engineering Notebooks. SERC became the only educational robotics conference in the country to shift the focus away from a single platform and welcome participants to learn about more broad topics as well as implementation of multiple specific platforms in the same space.
EXPANDING SUPPORT FOR ROBOTICS EDUCATORS
The second Southern Regional VEX Conference expanded its reach to include educators from over 7 states across the country coming together for workshops, technical sessions, and more. This year saw several new topics such as increasing diversity in robotics, designing robotics curriculum, creating robotics leagues, and more.