BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240417T175231Z UID:B1FFF56C-514D-4098-A1BF-F517EE2E939A DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T235900 DESCRIPTION:This Student Activities Conference (SAC) is sponsored by IEEE R egion 2 & Region 1 and hosted by Villanova University's IEEE student branc h. All college students from Regions 1 and 2 are welcome!\n\nStudents who attend will get to participate in various competitions and technical event s.\n\nCompetitions include SumoBot\, Ethics\, Brown Bag\, and Research Pap er Competitions\, with cash prizes available for all competitions.\n\nHand on Experience in Arduino\, SumoBot\, Antennas\, Software Defined Radio\, and MangDang Robot Dog workshops.\n\nProfessional Development workshops fo r students to build their professional brand and learn interviewing skills .\n\nLeadership panel discussion for students and a vtools reporting semin ar for Student Branch counselors.\n\nStudents can learn about career oppor tunities and ask professionals questions through the Women in Engineering (WIE) networking panel event. There will also be an exhibition area that s howcases companies\, IEEE societies\, and graduate schools for students to explore future opportunities!\n\nFor full details visit: https://attend.i eee.org/sac-2024/\n\nThis conference will be held from Friday\, April 5th to Saturday\, April 6th\, 2024 at Villanova University in Villanova\, PA. Please note that the conference starts on Friday evening\, April 5th at 6P M with a kickoff of the Hackathon and the IEEE Awards Meetup where you are invited to meet IEEE distinguished guests and other attendees.\n\nLodging will be at the Tru by [Hilton Audubon Valley Forge](https://www.reservati oncounter.com/hotels/show/6256b56/tru-by-hilton-audubon-valley-forge/?cid= sem::TPRC::AW::Reservation_Counter_US_Northeast_Pennsylvania_Eastern_Penns ylvania::US_Pennsylvania_Audubon_Tru_by_Hilton_Audubon_Valley_Forge_did-62 56b56::tru%20by%20hilton%20audubon%20valley%20forge::e&creative=6074023075 03&device=c&AdPos=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=tru%20by%20hi lton%20audubon%20valley%20forge&utm_campaign=Reservation_Counter_US_Northe ast_Pennsylvania_Eastern_Pennsylvania&iv_=__iv_p_1_a_981240611_g_122124545 450_w_kwd-863180339426_h_1025197_ii__d_c_v__n_g_c_607402307503_k_tru%20by% 20hilton%20audubon%20valley%20forge_m_e_l__t__e__r__vi__&gad_source=1&gcli d=Cj0KCQiAh8OtBhCQARIsAIkWb68cpFKHHGv-zpZhCbSOAqvO6DrTsqlSmhw1EtjO45zR48LQ Aejr37UaAkm_EALw_wcB). at 825 Forge Avenue\, Audubon\, PA 19403\, which is a 15-20 minute drive to Villanova.\n\nStudent registration includes all S AC events\, 2 nights of quad room lodging (room assignments will be made b y school counselors)\, light refreshments at Friday night events\, lunch\, and the dinner banquet on Saturday\, April 6th. The hotel provides free b reakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This event will be photographed\ , and your registration at this event includes an agreement that your pict ure may be used for publicity purposes.\n\nStudent counselors/staff/volunt eer registration does NOT include lodging but a discounted rate of $114 is available through this[link](https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/d eeplink/?ctyhocn=PHLAVRU&groupCode=90S&arrivaldate=2024-04-05&departuredat e=2024-04-07&cid=OM\,WW\,HILTONLINK\,EN\,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIREC T). If there are no rooms left\, please get in touch with Barb Frantom at bfrantom@ieee.org to see if any rooms can be added. The room block registr ation link expires on March 15th or when full. Students under the age of 1 8 will need to register with a parent or guardian.\n\n(Student attendees s hould NOT book their own lodging using the above link)\n\nThere will be no registration fee refunds\, all registrations are final!\n\nCompetition Te am & Individual Event Sign Up (After registering in vtools\, sign up there for individual events-first-come\, first-served):\n\nPlease use a link at https://attend.ieee.org/sac-2024/registration/ for paper competition\, co mpetion and workshop sign up.\n\nIMPORTANT REGISTRATION NOTE: Each attende e must be registered\, including Banquet guests. Before submitting registr ation (if registering more than one person)\, make sure to choose "Add Ano ther Guest" to register and pay for additional attendees and then submit a s the final step. Otherwise\, you may also register each person as a new r egistrant.\n\nBldg: Connelly Building\, 800 Lancaster Ave\, Villanova\, Pe nnsylvania\, United States\, 19085 LOCATION:Bldg: Connelly Building\, 800 Lancaster Ave\, Villanova\, Pennsylv ania\, United States\, 19085 ORGANIZER:li.bai@temple.edu SEQUENCE:39 SUMMARY:2024 Region 2 & Region 1 Joint Student Activities Conference (SAC) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/399268 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>This Student Activities Conference (SAC) i s sponsored by IEEE Region 2 &amp\; Region 1 and hosted by Villanova Unive rsity's IEEE student branch. All college students from Regions 1 and 2 are welcome!</p>\n<p>Students who attend will get to participate in various c ompetitions and technical events.</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: un derline\;">Competitions </span>include SumoBot\, Ethics\, Brown Bag\, and Research Paper Competitions\, with cash prizes available for all competiti ons.</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underline\;">Hand on Experience </span>in Arduino\, SumoBot\, Antennas\, Software Defined Radio\, and Man gDang Robot Dog workshops.</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underline \;">Professional Development workshops </span>for students to build their professional brand and learn interviewing skills.</p>\n<p><span style="tex t-decoration: underline\;">Leadership panel </span>discussion for students and a vtools reporting seminar for Student Branch counselors.</p>\n<p>Stu dents can learn about career opportunities and ask professionals questions through the Women in Engineering (WIE) networking panel event. There will also be an <span style="text-decoration: underline\;">exhibition area </s pan>that showcases companies\, IEEE societies\, and graduate schools for s tudents to explore future opportunities!</p>\n<p><strong>For full details visit:</strong> <a href="https://attend.ieee.org/sac-2024/">https://attend .ieee.org/sac-2024/</a></p>\n<p>This conference will be held from Friday\, April 5th to Saturday\, April 6th\, 2024 at Villanova University in Villa nova\, PA. &nbsp\;Please note that the conference starts on Friday evening \, April 5th at 6PM with a kickoff of the Hackathon and the IEEE Awards Me etup where you are invited to meet IEEE distinguished guests and other att endees.</p>\n<p>Lodging will be at the Tru by <a href="https://www.reserva tioncounter.com/hotels/show/6256b56/tru-by-hilton-audubon-valley-forge/?ci d=sem::TPRC::AW::Reservation_Counter_US_Northeast_Pennsylvania_Eastern_Pen nsylvania::US_Pennsylvania_Audubon_Tru_by_Hilton_Audubon_Valley_Forge_did- 6256b56::tru%20by%20hilton%20audubon%20valley%20forge::e&amp\;creative=607 402307503&amp\;device=c&amp\;AdPos=&amp\;utm_source=google&amp\;utm_medium =cpc&amp\;utm_term=tru%20by%20hilton%20audubon%20valley%20forge&amp\;utm_c ampaign=Reservation_Counter_US_Northeast_Pennsylvania_Eastern_Pennsylvania &amp\;iv_=__iv_p_1_a_981240611_g_122124545450_w_kwd-863180339426_h_1025197 _ii__d_c_v__n_g_c_607402307503_k_tru%20by%20hilton%20audubon%20valley%20fo rge_m_e_l__t__e__r__vi__&amp\;gad_source=1&amp\;gclid=Cj0KCQiAh8OtBhCQARIs AIkWb68cpFKHHGv-zpZhCbSOAqvO6DrTsqlSmhw1EtjO45zR48LQAejr37UaAkm_EALw_wcB"> Hilton Audubon Valley Forge</a>. at <strong>825 Forge Avenue\, Audubon\, P A 19403</strong>\, which is a 15-20 minute drive to Villanova.</p>\n<p>Stu dent registration <span style="text-decoration: underline\;">includes </sp an>all SAC events\, 2 nights of quad room lodging (room assignments will b e made by school counselors)\, light refreshments at Friday night events\, lunch\, and the dinner banquet on Saturday\, April 6th. The hotel provide s free breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This event will be photo graphed\, and your registration at this event includes an agreement that y our picture may be used for publicity purposes.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><str ong>Student counselors/staff/volunteer </strong>registration does <strong> NOT </strong>include lodging but a discounted rate of $114 is available th rough this<strong><a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deep link/?ctyhocn=PHLAVRU&amp\;groupCode=90S&amp\;arrivaldate=2024-04-05&amp\; departuredate=2024-04-07&amp\;cid=OM\,WW\,HILTONLINK\,EN\,DirectLink&amp\; fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT"> link </a>.</strong>&nbsp\; If there are no rooms left\, please get in touch with Barb Frantom at bfrantom@ieee.org to see if any rooms can be added.&nbsp\; The <span style="color: #e03e2d\;"><stro ng>room block registration link expires on March 15th </strong></span>or w hen full. Students under the age of 18 will need to register with a parent or guardian.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>(Student attendees<strong> should NOT</strong > book their own lodging using the above link)</p>\n<p>There will be <stro ng>no registration fee refunds</strong>\, all registrations are final!&nbs p\;</p>\n<p><strong>Competition Team &amp\; Individual Event Sign Up (Afte r registering in vtools\, sign up there for individual events-first-come\, first-served):&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>Please use a link at <a href="http s://attend.ieee.org/sac-2024/registration/">https://attend.ieee.org/sac-20 24/registration/</a> for paper competition\, competion and workshop sign u p.</p>\n<p><span style="color: #e03e2d\;"><strong>IMPORTANT REGISTRATION N OTE: </strong>Each attendee must be registered\, <em>including </em>Banque t guests.&nbsp\; Before submitting registration (if registering more than one person)\, make sure to choose "Add Another Guest" to register and pay for additional attendees and then submit as the final step.&nbsp\; Otherwi se\, you may also register each person as a new registrant.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR