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DESCRIPTION:[Binghamton University]\n\nThe IEEE Region 1 Student Conference
  (StuCon) is the premier annual event where student branches from IEEE Reg
 ion 1 - the eight Northeastern United States (CT\, MA\, ME\, NH\, NJ\, NY\
 , RI and VT) - meet to discuss mutual challenges and to compete in regiona
 l competitions.\n\n[Innovative Technologies Complex]\n\n[Click here for th
 e Conference Flyer!](http://sites.ieee.org/r1/files/2019/01/19R1_StuConFly
 er_v7_DRAFT.pdf)\n\nThe conference objective is to encourage lively studen
 t engagement and provide opportunities for students to network and learn f
 rom other students from across Region 1 while applying practical engineeri
 ng knowledge in the various competitions. StuCon also provides a great opp
 ortunity for student members to work in teams and to network with Industry
  Professionals and IEEE Leaders.\n----------------------------------------
 -----------------------\n\nConference Highlights:\n\n- Friday Evening Micr
 oMouse Practice\n- Friday Evening - Saturday Morning Hackathon\n- Saturday
  Morning Regional MicroMouse Competition: [Rules for the competition are l
 ocated here!](http://sites.ieee.org/r1/files/2019/01/2019-R1-Micromouse-Gu
 ideline.pdf)\n- $1\,500 in awards: (1stPlace $800\; 2ndPlace $500\; 3rdPla
 ce $200\n- [Click here to sign up for Micromouse Competition](https://docs
 .google.com/forms/d/1dIffSYVxe_SWKhSLBDXoOlkiX7W-EruaMIqmkXnPTA8)\n\n- Sat
 urday Morning Undergraduate Student Paper Contest\n- [Click here for submi
 ssion and guidelines.](http://sites.ieee.org/r1/region-1-student-conferenc
 e-paper-submission/)\n- $1\,500 in awards: (1stPlace $800\; 2ndPlace $500\
 ; 3rdPlace $200\n\n- Saturday Morning Student Ethics Competition\n- $600 i
 n awards: (1stPlace $300\; 2ndPlace $200\; 3rdPlace $100\n\n- Saturday Aft
 ernoon Drones Workshop\n- Saturday Evening Awards Ceremony and Dinner\n- N
 etworking Opportunities\n- Meet IEEE Leaders and Industry Professionals\n\
 n[STUCON 2018]\n\n[STUCON 2018]\n\n[STUCON 2018]\n------------------------
 ---------------------------------------\n\n[Binghamton Holiday Inn]Hotel R
 egistration Deadline: 27 February 2019!\n\nEarly Conference Registration D
 eadline:  27 February 2019!\n\nHotel Accommodations:\n\nHoliday Inn Bingha
 mton Downtown (2-8 Hawley Street\, Binghamton\, New York13901)\n\nHotel ac
 commodations are included in the registration fee (via a rooming list – 
 do NOT try to book directly with the hotel) on a first come – first serv
 ed basis for those traveling more than 100 miles each way. Students and Te
 ams will be required to share a room (up to 4 students per Room\, up to tw
 o in a bed). Hotel rooms will not be provided for local participants. Thos
 e non-students wanting to reserve a room should contact Dr. Rubenstein (c.
 rubenstein@ieee.org) to obtain a room within our room block at $125/night\
 , taxes included\, registration additional.\n\n[Click here to sign up for 
 your hotel accommodation at the R1 Student conference!](https://docs.googl
 e.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuTw4DUaTUspRtYvgfoQuVbRIS_UBkE5uCQSWL52GRwE3CZg/v
 iewform?vc=0&amp;c=0&amp;w=1)\n\n[IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL PRIVATE ROOMS\, YOU MAY R
 EGISTER FOR THEM HERE ($125/night).](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/1933
 59)\n---------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRe
 gistration:\nFee will include all meals\, breaks and the Award Ceremony an
 d Dinner at the conference.\nLate and On-Site Registration =&gt; (IEEE Member
  = $75 Non-Member = $120)\n\nSteering Committee:\n\n[Charles Rubenstein\, 
 R1 Student Activities Coordinator](mailto:c.rubenstein@ieee.org)[Matthew S
 imiele\, Conference Co-Chair](mailto:msimiel1@binghamton.edu)[Nick Passare
 tti\, NYIT\, IEEE Region 1 Student Rep](mailto:n.passaretti@ieee.org)[Baba
 k Beheshti\, NYIT\, IEEE Region 1 Director](mailto:b.beheshti@ieee.org)\n[
 Bala Prasanna\, Student Leadership Chair and Treasurer](mailto:bprasanna@i
 eee.org)\n[Soon Wan\, Micromouse Competition Chair](mailto:gimsoon@ieee.or
 g)\n[Greg Gdowski\, Student Paper Contest Chair](mailto:greg.gdowski@gmail
 .com)\n[Bruce Hecht\, Ethics Competition Chair](mailto:bruce.hecht@ieee.or
 g)[Vince Socci\, Drones Workshop Chair](mailto:socci@ieee.org)Jaron Rubens
 tein\, Hackathon Lead Judge\n[Denis Nakazawa\, Fund-raising and Exhibits C
 hair](mailto:dnakaza1@binghamton.edu)[Darcy Fauci\, Local Facilities Chair
 ](mailto:dfauci@binghamton.edu)[Jeffrey Bodek\, Webmaster](mailto:jbodek1@
 binghamton.edu)\n\nThe IEEE Region 1 Drones Workshop is sponsored by the I
 EEE Foundation and the IEEE New York Section and hosted by Binghamton Univ
 ersity.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Region 1 and IEEE Binghamton Section\n\nB
 ldg: Innovative Technologies Complex\, Binghamton University\, 85 Murray H
 ill Road\, Vestal\, New York\, United States\, 13850
LOCATION:Bldg: Innovative Technologies Complex\, Binghamton University\, 85
  Murray Hill Road\, Vestal\, New York\, United States\, 13850
ORGANIZER:gimsoon@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:2019 IEEE Region 1 Annual Student Conference on March 8-10th – Bi
 nghamton University (Binghamton\, NY)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/186672
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 250px\;&quot; src=&quot;https://w
 ww.binghamton.edu/communications-and-marketing/img/logos/binghamton/pdf/Bi
 nghamtonU_342.pdf&quot; alt=&quot;Binghamton University&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;s
 pan style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;The IEEE Region 1 Student Conference (StuCon
 ) is the premier annual event where&amp;nbsp\;student branches from IEEE Regio
 n 1 - the eight Northeastern United States (&lt;em&gt;CT\, MA\,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;M
 E\, NH\, NJ\, NY\, RI and VT&lt;/em&gt;) - meet to discuss mutual challenges and
  to compete in&amp;nbsp\;regional competitions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;wid
 th: 250px\;&quot; src=&quot;https://discovere.binghamton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014
 /10/COE.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Innovative Technologies Complex&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sites.ieee.org/r
 1/files/2019/01/19R1_StuConFlyer_v7_DRAFT.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopen
 er&quot;&gt;Click here for the Conference Flyer!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span
  style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;The conference objective is to encourage lively
  student engagement and provide &amp;nbsp\;opportunities for students to netwo
 rk and learn from other students from across Region 1&amp;nbsp\;while applying
  practical engineering knowledge in the various competitions. StuCon also&amp;
 nbsp\;provides a great opportunity for student members to work in teams an
 d to network with Industry Professionals and IEEE Leaders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;hr
  align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;1000&quot; /&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;
 Conference Highlights:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Friday Evening Micro
 Mouse Practice&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Friday Evening - Saturday&amp;nbsp\; Morning Hackatho
 n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Saturday Morning Regional MicroMouse Competition: &amp;nbsp\;&lt;a hr
 ef=&quot;http://sites.ieee.org/r1/files/2019/01/2019-R1-Micromouse-Guideline.pd
 f&quot;&gt;Rules for the competition are located here!&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;$1\,500 in a
 wards: (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Place $800\; 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;Place $500\; 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/su
 p&gt;Place $200&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Micromouse Competition&quot; href=&quot;https://doc
 s.google.com/forms/d/1dIffSYVxe_SWKhSLBDXoOlkiX7W-EruaMIqmkXnPTA8&quot;&gt;Click h
 ere to sign up for Micromouse Competition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Satu
 rday Morning Undergraduate Student Paper Contest\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:
 //sites.ieee.org/r1/region-1-student-conference-paper-submission/&quot; target=
 &quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Click here for submission and guidelines.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
 \n&lt;li&gt;$1\,500 in awards: (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Place $800\; 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;Place $
 500\; 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;Place $200&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Saturday Morning St
 udent Ethics Competition\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;$600 in awards: (1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;Place $
 300\; 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;Place $200\; 3&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt;Place $100&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;/l
 i&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Saturday Afternoon Drones Workshop&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Saturday Evening Awar
 ds Ceremony and Dinner&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Networking Opportunities&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;Meet I
 EEE Leaders and Industry Professionals&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 
 200px\;&quot; src=&quot;http://sites.ieee.org/r1/files/2019/01/IMG_1962-small.jpg&quot; a
 lt=&quot;STUCON 2018&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 200px\;&quot; src=
 &quot;http://sites.ieee.org/r1/files/2019/01/IMG_1686-small.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;STUCON 20
 18&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 200px\;&quot; src=&quot;http://sites
 .ieee.org/r1/files/2019/01/IMG_1950-small.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;STUCON 2018&quot; align=&quot;ri
 ght&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;hr align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;1000&quot; /&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 250px
 \;&quot; src=&quot;https://www.holidayinnbinghamton.com/images/home/slider-1.jpg&quot; al
 t=&quot;Binghamton Holiday Inn&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12p
 t\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hotel Registration Deadline: &lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000\;&quot;&gt;2
 7 February 2019!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span sty
 le=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Early Conference Registration Deadline: &lt;span style
 =&quot;color: #ff0000\;&quot;&gt; 27 February 2019!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #0000ff\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Ho
 tel Accommodations:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Holiday Inn Bin
 ghamton Downtown (2-8 Hawley Street\, Binghamton\, New York13901)&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Hotel accommodations are included in the registration fee (&lt;span 
 style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;via a rooming list &amp;ndash\; &lt;em&gt;do&amp;nb
 sp\;&lt;strong&gt;NOT&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;try&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp\;to book directly with th
 e hotel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) on a first come &amp;ndash\; first served basis for those
  traveling more than&amp;nbsp\;100 miles each way. Students and Teams will be 
 required to share a room (up to 4 students per&amp;nbsp\;Room\, up to two in a
  bed). Hotel rooms will not be provided for local participants. Those&amp;nbsp
 \;non-students wanting to reserve a room should contact Dr. Rubenstein (c.
 rubenstein@ieee.org)&amp;nbsp\;to obtain a room within our room block at $125/
 night\, taxes included\, registration additional.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:/
 /docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuTw4DUaTUspRtYvgfoQuVbRIS_UBkE5uCQSWL5
 2GRwE3CZg/viewform?vc=0&amp;amp\;c=0&amp;amp\;w=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\; color: #ff0000\;&quot;&gt;Click here to sign up for
  your hotel&amp;nbsp\;accommodation at the R1 Student conference!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Additional rooms&quot; href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/
 193359&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;st
 rong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: #ffff00\; color: #ff0000\;&quot;&gt;IF YOU NEE
 D ADDITIONAL PRIVATE ROOMS\, YOU MAY REGISTER FOR THEM HERE ($125/night).&lt;
 /span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;hr align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;1000&quot; /&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span
  style=&quot;color: #ff0000\; font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Registration: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sp
 an style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Fee will include all meals\, breaks and the A
 ward Ceremony and Dinner at the conference. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font
 -size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Late and On-Site Registration =&amp;gt\; (IEEE Member = $75 Non
 -Member = $120)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;Steering Committee:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;m
 ailto:c.rubenstein@ieee.org&quot;&gt;Charles Rubenstein\, R1 Student Activities Co
 ordinator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:msimiel1@binghamton.edu&quot;&gt;Matthew Simiel
 e\, Conference Co-Chair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:n.passaretti@ieee.org&quot;&gt;Ni
 ck Passaretti\, NYIT\,&amp;nbsp\;IEEE Region 1 Student Rep&amp;nbsp\;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a 
 href=&quot;mailto:b.beheshti@ieee.org&quot;&gt;Babak Beheshti\, NYIT\,&amp;nbsp\;IEEE Regio
 n 1 Director&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href
 =&quot;mailto:bprasanna@ieee.org&quot;&gt;Bala Prasanna\,&amp;nbsp\;Student Leadership Chai
 r and Treasurer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;m
 ailto:gimsoon@ieee.org&quot;&gt;Soon Wan\, Micromouse Competition Chair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Greg Gdowski\, Student Pap
 er Contest Co-Chairs&quot; href=&quot;mailto:greg.gdowski@gmail.com&quot;&gt;Greg Gdowski\, 
 Student Paper Contest Chair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;
 &quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:bruce.hecht@ieee.org&quot;&gt;Bruce Hecht\, Ethics Competition C
 hair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:socci@ieee.org&quot;&gt;Vince Socci\,&amp;nbsp\;Drones W
 orkshop Chair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jaron Rubenstein\, Hackathon Lead Judge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 8pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;m
 ailto:dnakaza1@binghamton.edu&quot;&gt;Denis Nakazawa\,&amp;nbsp\;Fund-raising and Exh
 ibits Chair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:dfauci@binghamton.edu&quot;&gt;Darcy Fauci\,&amp;
 nbsp\;Local Facilities Chair&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:jbodek1@bingh
 amton.edu&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt\;&quot;&gt;Jeffrey Bodek\, Webmaster&lt;/span
 &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The
  IEEE Region 1 Drones Workshop is sponsored by the IEEE Foundation and the
  IEEE New York Section and hosted by Binghamton University. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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