BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260319T234547Z UID:0E13E823-BC71-4796-B897-47485B0C1C76 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T235900 DESCRIPTION:The 2026 IEEE R1 R2 Student Activities Conference (SAC2026) is co-sponsored by IEEE Regions 1 & 2 and hosted by Rowan University's IEEE s tudent branch. All college student members from Regions 1 and 2 are welcom e to attend this event and participate in the competitions\, workshops and training activities.\n\nCompetitions include Micromouse\, SumoBot\, Brown Bag\, Mangdang\, Research and Ethics Paper Competitions\, and a mini Hack athon (on the Friday of the event). Prizes will be given out for all compe titions. Hands-on workshops covering Arduino\, SumoBot\, Antennas\, Softwa re Defined Radio\, and MangDang Robot Dog will be offered.\n\nProfessional development workshops will be offered to help students build their person al brand and strengthen interview skills. Leadership panel discussion for students and a vtools reporting seminar for Student Branch counselors. 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 exhibition area that showcases companies\, IEEE societies\, an d graduate schools for students to explore future opportunities!\nFor full details visit: [https://attend.ieee.org/sac-2026/](https://nam10.safelink s.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fattend.ieee.org%2Fsac-2026%2F& data=05%7C02%7Cli.bai%40temple.edu%7Cb2d44020106a4732461a08de03763cf3%7C71 6e81efb52244738e3110bd02ccf6e5%7C0%7C0%7C638952003539387719%7CUnknown%7CTW FpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFO IjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gY%2FzUaA9GC24Ak%2BMwkGP0O LiapKwTIAZeu68zfrE2JI%3D&reserved=0)\n\nThis conference will start at 5pm Friday\, March 20th with the full day on Saturday\, March 21th at Rowan Un iversity\, Glassboro\, New Jersey. Lodging info is available on the confer ence website. Discord will serve as the primary form of communication duri ng the event to relay schedule and other updates. More information can be found on the conference website.\n\nStudent registration includes all even ts\, 2 nights of quad room lodging (room assignments will be made by schoo l counselors)\, light refreshments at Friday night events\, lunch\, and th e dinner banquet on Saturday. The hotel provides free breakfast on Saturda y and Sunday mornings. This event will be photographed\, and your registra tion at this event includes an agreement that your picture may be used for publicity purposes.\n\nFaculty counselors/staff/volunteers registration d oes NOT include lodging but a discounted rate is available through the lin k emailed to registered faculty. The room block registration link expires on February 20th\, 2026 or when full. Students under the age of 18 will ne ed to register with a parent or guardian.\n\n(Student attendees should NOT book their own lodging using the above link). There will be no registrati on fee refunds\, all registrations are final!\nCompetition Team & Individu al Event Sign Up (After registering in vtools\, sign up there for individu al events-first-come\, first-served):\n\nPlease use links on conference si te for paper competition\, competition and workshop sign up.\nIMPORTANT RE GISTRATION NOTE: Each attendee must be registered\, including Banquet gues ts. Before submitting registration (if registering more than one person)\, make sure to choose "Add Another Guest" to register and pay for additiona l attendees and then submit as the final step. Otherwise\, you may also re gister each person as a new registrant. Additionally\, please indicate if you or your guests require any food accommodations.\n\nRowan University\, Glassboro\, New Jersey\, United States LOCATION:Rowan University\, Glassboro\, New Jersey\, United States ORGANIZER:lbai@ieee.org SEQUENCE:1859 SUMMARY:2026 IEEE R1 R2 Joint Student Conference (SAC2026) URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/495484 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div data-ogsc="black" data-olk-copy-source=" MessageBody">The&nbsp\; 2026 IEEE R1 R2 Student Activities Conference (SAC 2026) is co-sponsored by IEEE Regions 1 &amp\; 2 and hosted by Rowan Unive rsity's IEEE student branch. All college student members from Regions 1 an d 2 are welcome to attend this event and participate in the competitions\, workshops and training activities.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black" d ata-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">Co mpetitions include Micromouse\, SumoBot\, Brown Bag\, Mangdang\, Research and Ethics Paper Competitions\, and a mini Hackathon (on the Friday of the event). Prizes will be given out for all competitions. Hands-on workshops covering Arduino\, SumoBot\, Antennas\, Software Defined Radio\, and Mang Dang Robot Dog will be offered.</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black"><br>Professi onal development workshops will be offered to help students build their pe rsonal brand and strengthen interview skills. Leadership panel discussion for students and a vtools reporting seminar for Student Branch counselors. Students can learn about career opportunities and ask professionals quest ions through the Women in Engineering (WIE) networking panel event. There will also be an exhibition area that showcases companies\, IEEE societies\ , and graduate schools for students to explore future opportunities!</div> \n<div data-ogsc="black">For full details visit:&nbsp\;<a id="x_m_-4317254 267375636333OWA49a9813e-2b13-1798-13a4-91546ea9bae1" title="Original URL: https://attend.ieee.org/sac-2026/. Click or tap if you trust this link." h ref="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatt end.ieee.org%2Fsac-2026%2F&amp\;data=05%7C02%7Cli.bai%40temple.edu%7Cb2d44 020106a4732461a08de03763cf3%7C716e81efb52244738e3110bd02ccf6e5%7C0%7C0%7C6 38952003539387719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIw LjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C& amp\;sdata=gY%2FzUaA9GC24Ak%2BMwkGP0OLiapKwTIAZeu68zfrE2JI%3D&amp\;reserve d=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" d ata-linkindex="0" data-ogsc="">https://attend.ieee.org/sac-2026/</a></div> \n<div data-ogsc="black">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">This confer ence will start at 5pm Friday\, March 20th with the full day on Saturday\, March 21th at Rowan University\, Glassboro\, New Jersey.&nbsp\; Lodging i nfo is available on the conference website. Discord will serve as the prim ary form of communication during the event to relay schedule and other upd ates. More information can be found on the conference website.&nbsp\;</div >\n<div data-ogsc="black">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">Student re gistration includes all events\, 2 nights of quad room lodging (room assig nments will be made by school counselors)\, light refreshments at Friday n ight events\, lunch\, and the dinner banquet on Saturday. The hotel provid es free breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This event will be phot ographed\, and your registration at this event includes an agreement that your picture may be used for publicity purposes.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">Faculty counselor s/staff/volunteers registration does NOT include lodging but a discounted rate is available through the link emailed to registered faculty.&nbsp\; T he room block registration link expires on February 20th\, 2026 or when fu ll. Students under the age of 18 will need to register with a parent or gu ardian.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc ="black">(Student attendees should NOT book their own lodging using the ab ove link). There will be no registration fee refunds\, all registrations a re final!&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">Competition Team &amp\; Ind ividual Event Sign Up (After registering in vtools\, sign up there for ind ividual events-first-come\, first-served):&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="b lack">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div data-ogsc="black">Please use links on conference site for paper competition\, competition and workshop sign up.</div>\n<di v data-ogsc="black"><strong data-ogsc="">IMPORTANT REGISTRATION NOTE: Each attendee must be registered\, including Banquet guests.&nbsp\; Before sub mitting registration (if registering more than one person)\, make sure to choose "Add Another Guest" to register and pay for additional attendees an d then submit as the final step.&nbsp\; Otherwise\, you may also register each person as a new registrant. Additionally\, please indicate if you or your guests require any food accommodations.</strong></div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR