Country dossier
Worldwide badge coverage for Philippines, grouped into seeded badges, event editions, add-ons, operational issues, resources, and evidence sources.
Seeded artifacts
Philippine official electronic badge sponsor-placement record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 11 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 21-22, 2017, and the official partnership kit sells logo placement on the official ROOTCON 11 electronic badge.
Philippine official badge and maker-post electronic-badge record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 12 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 27-28, 2018, the official quick guide says registration included an official ROOTCON badge, and Jay Turla / @shipcod3 preserves a public maker post titled ROOTCON 12 Electronic Badge.
Philippine custom programmable conference badge sponsor-placement record
ROOTCON's official archive and quick guide place ROOTCON 13 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 25-27, 2019, while the official sponsor prospectus sells an RC13 Badge add-on and describes ROOTCON as the first Philippine conference with a custom programmable conference badge.
Philippine Recovery Mode conference badge and lanyard kit
ROOTCON's official Recovery Mode quick guide places ROOTCON 14 on October 9-10, 2020 as a virtual event and lists a paid-attendee ROOTCON Survival Kit containing a conference badge, lanyard, and sticker set.
Philippine reboot-edition virtual badge and artwork archive record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 15 on October 13-15, 2021 via Zoom Webinar and Discord, while the official sponsorship overview lists Human Badge benefits as virtual-only and the media server preserves ROOTCON 15 badge and lanyard artwork directories.
Philippine physical identity badge and lanyard inclusion record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 17 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 27-29, 2023, the official conference overview lists Badge, Lanyard + other swags for Human and Human+ tickets, and the official media server preserves lanyard_single.png in the ROOTCON 17 art directory.
Philippine official STL badge artifact record
ROOTCON's official archive places ROOTCON 18 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay on September 25-27, 2024, and the official media server preserves a Badge/STL directory with Rootcon 2024 Buttons and Rootcon 2024 Single Color STL files.
Philippine electronic badge and Type-B fallback record
A ROOTCON 19 badge-distribution record documenting electronic badges distributed first-come at on-site check-in, guaranteed electronic badges for Human+ and Blackcard attendees, and a simpler non-electronic Type-B badge fallback.
ESP32-S3 Meshtastic LoRa badge with Type-B fallback
The ROOTCON 20 con-goers guide documented a September 2026 badge distribution model: electronic badges distributed first-come during on-site check-in while supplies last, with a simpler Type-B non-electronic badge fallback. After the September 23-25 event, ROOTCON's official media server published a post-event ROOTCON 20 drop on September 28, 2026, including rc20-human-fw.bin, a compiled ESP32-S3 firmware image that identifies itself as the ROOTCON 20 Badge and runs a Meshtastic LoRa mesh stack on an SX1262 radio with an SSD1315 OLED, four WS2812B LEDs, and Tetris and Breakout games.
Events
The September 21-22, 2017 ROOTCON edition whose official archive and sponsorship kit documented an official ROOTCON 11 electronic badge with paid sponsor-logo placement.
The September 27-28, 2018 ROOTCON edition whose official archive and quick guide documented the Tagaytay event, registration package, and official ROOTCON badge inclusion, with a maker post preserving the ROOTCON 12 Electronic Badge title.
The September 25-27, 2019 ROOTCON edition whose official archive, quick guide, and sponsor prospectus documented the Tagaytay event and ROOTCON 13 custom programmable conference badge sponsor-placement add-on.
The October 9-10, 2020 ROOTCON Recovery Mode virtual edition whose official quick guide documented a paid-attendee ROOTCON Survival Kit with conference badge, lanyard, and sticker set.
The October 13-15, 2021 ROOTCON 15 reboot edition whose official archive, sponsor overview, and media server documented virtual Human Badge sponsorship benefits plus official badge and lanyard artwork directories.
The September 27-29, 2023 ROOTCON edition whose official archive, conference overview, pocket guide, and media-server art directory documented Human/Human+ badge-and-lanyard inclusions and registration check-in.
The September 25-27, 2024 ROOTCON edition whose official archive and media server preserved a Badge/STL directory with Rootcon 2024 Buttons and Single Color STL files.
The ROOTCON 19 edition whose public registration update documented first-come electronic-badge distribution, Human+ and Blackcard guarantees, and a simpler Type-B badge fallback.
The completed September 23-25, 2026 ROOTCON twentieth edition at Royce Hotel & Casino in Clark, whose con-goers guide promised first-come electronic badges at on-site check-in with a Type-B non-electronic fallback. September 26 through 29 rechecks found the homepage still in pre-event wording, but the September 30 recheck found an official post-event ROOTCON 20 media drop dated September 28, 2026 with TRACK01 and TRACK02 talk-slide archives, speaker bios, lanyard and pouch artwork, the ROOTCON XX Homecoming Edition magazine, and the rc20-human-fw.bin ESP32-S3 Meshtastic badge firmware, so the edition is now marked completed while electronic-badge counts and the Type-B split stay unverified.
Lifecycle
The official ROOTCON 18 Badge/STL directory lists a Rootcon 2024 Buttons.stl file as part of the public badge artifact archive.
The official ROOTCON 18 Badge/STL directory lists a Rootcon 2024 Single Color.stl file as part of the public badge artifact archive.
The official archive and sponsorship kit prove the electronic badge's event and sponsor context, but do not expose component-level hardware, firmware, artwork, or production files.
Jay Turla / @shipcod3's public post preserves the ROOTCON 12 Electronic Badge title, but this pass did not recover a public schematic, firmware archive, BOM, or rights-cleared image.
The official ROOTCON 15 Artwork/badges directory lists rc15_badges.png as the public badge artwork file.
The firmware includes Tetris and Breakout with high scores saved to /prefs/tetris.dat and /prefs/breakout.dat, a GAME OVER screen, and a games-reset option.
The sponsor prospectus describes ROOTCON as the first Philippine conference to have a custom programmable conference badge, while this pass still lacks component-level hardware and firmware archives.
ROOTCON's FAQ and Black Badge policy define electronic, non-electronic, black, and electi badge categories used to frame the RC20 badge record without inventing unpublished hardware details.
ROOTCON 19 attendees who did not receive a limited electronic badge at check-in received a simpler non-electronic Type-B badge.
The RC20 con-goers guide says electronic badges will be first-come at on-site check-in while supplies last and that a Type-B non-electronic badge will be provided as the fallback.
The official pocket guide lists registration check-in during the Human/Human+ conference days, grounding the badge-and-lanyard artifact in on-site attendee operations.
The official ROOTCON 15 Artwork/lanyard directory lists lanyard_front.jpg and lanyard_back.jpg, preserving the event's lanyard artwork trail.
The official ROOTCON 17 Art directory lists lanyard_single.png as public event lanyard artwork.
The RC14 quick guide lists the ROOTCON Survival Kit as an inclusion and names the conference badge, lanyard, and sticker set inside it.
The official firmware carries a Meshtastic-derived mesh stack on an SX1262 radio, with node database, beacon, and hop-scaling logic and a ROOTCON 20 region lock that forces the PH_433 band.
The ROOTCON 13 sponsor prospectus sold an RC13 Badge value-added opportunity for sponsor logo placement on the badge.
The ROOTCON 11 partnership kit sold logo placement on the official ROOTCON 11 electronic badge as an add-on available to elite sponsors.
The official RC17 conference overview lists Badge, Lanyard + other swags for Human and Human+ ticket tiers.
The ROOTCON 12 quick guide says registration included an official ROOTCON badge alongside two-day conference access, meals, free trainings, electronic certificate request, and swag.
The official RC15 sponsorship overview lists Human Badge benefits marked Virtual Only in sponsor packages.
The same guide pairs the paid Survival Kit with two days of conference access via ROOTCON Discord and a digital certificate of attendance by request.
Operational history
The record should not imply every attendee received the same electronic badge; Type-B fallback badge coverage is part of the event artifact history.
The record does not imply every attendee received the electronic version.
The dossier preserves the pandemic-era badge/lanyard artifact without upgrading it into unsupported electronics.
The dossier is modeled as a 3D-printable badge artifact instead of upgrading the record into unsupported electronics.
The dossier preserves ROOTCON 17 as an attendee identity artifact and avoids upgrading the record into unsupported electronics.
Hardware and feature claims are limited to what the ESP32-S3 image header and embedded strings declare, and the record does not describe the board layout or unpublished variants.
The dossier keeps the electronic-badge classification conservative and avoids unsupported hardware or software details until a technical archive or first-hand design writeup is recovered.
The dossier keeps the programmable-badge claim tied to the official sponsor prospectus and avoids unsupported hardware or software details.
The dossier keeps the electronic-badge claim tied to official sponsor-kit wording and avoids unsupported hardware or software details.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying guide imagery, event artwork, screenshots, social-media images, or generated artwork.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying ROOTCON artwork, STL previews, media-server imagery, social media, screenshots, or generated artwork.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying ROOTCON artwork, guide screenshots, social-media images, or generated artwork.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying ROOTCON artwork, screenshots, social-media images, or generated artwork.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying ROOTCON archive imagery, maker-post media, screenshots, social media, or generated artwork.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying ROOTCON archive imagery, sponsor-prospectus artwork, Facebook album photos, screenshots, or generated artwork.
The entry stays text-and-source only until a licensed original photo can be attributed.
The record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying ROOTCON archive imagery, sponsor-kit graphics, logos, or generated artwork.
The entry stays image-free rather than publishing lanyard art, social-media photos, generated art, placeholders, or unlicensed images.
The dossier keeps ROOTCON 15 in the lineage as a pandemic-era virtual badge/artwork artifact instead of implying a shipped electronic badge.
The record should be read as a virtual-edition attendee-kit artifact, not an on-site conference credential used at a physical venue.