This is a post by the Emoti-Con Steering Committee.

Emoti-Con! is almost here, and time is running out to register!  Registration is first-come, first-served, and will close on Friday, May 18.  Register at http://emoticon2012.eventbrite.com–please note that you’re not registered yet if you haven’t registered at this link!

We already have some fantastic student projects signed up to compete at Emoti-Con!, ranging from 3-D printing projects to assistive technology to games designed for mobile devices, and more!  In addition to the project competition, we have a panel of amazing speakers lined up for the day:

• Mike Edwards is a fabulous developer and designer for Huffington Post.
• Ayah Bdeir is a Ted Fellow and founder of littlebits.cc.
• Jeffrey Yohalem is the lead writer for the Assassin’s Creed video game series.

On May 23, we will also be holding a webinar to help participating institutions learn how to issue Emoti-Con! badges through the new badging app developed to tie into Mozilla’s Open Badge Infrastructure, and to answer any questions you may have about the Emoti-Con! Challenge.  Register here for the webinar.

If you have any questions, please email emoticon.nyc@gmail.com or check out our FAQ on Facebook!  You can also like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and watch us on YouTube.

We can’t wait to see you at Emoti-Con! on June 2!