2026 IEEE Rochester NY JOINT CHAPTERS MEETING
Join the Rochester Section at one of our outstanding annual events.
The IEEE Rochester NY Section Joint Chapter Meeting is
March 26th, 2026
Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to meet and network with people from all engineering disciplines and learn more about the activities of the different IEEE Society Chapters in the Rochester area.
The IEEE Rochester Joint Chapters Meeting (JCM) features:
- 6 technical presentations from IEEE Society Chapters (in 3 parallel tracks),
- Student poster session with Best Grad and Best Undergrad poster prizes!!! 1st=$200, 2nd=$100.
- Professional networking with crudités and a cash bar,
- An "ALL-AMERICAN BUFFET" dinner featuring Roasted Salmon, Chicken French, Grilled Vegetable Napoleon (vegan), and more.
- Keynote presentation by TBD
Registration is required.
Registration Pricing: BEFORE MAR 8 12:00 AM
- $30 IEEE Member or IEEE Member's significant other
- $40 Non-member
- $10 IEEE Student Member
- $20 Non-IEEE Student Member
- $20 IEEE Life Member or IEEE Fellow
Registration Pricing: AFTER MAR 8 12:00 AM - add $5
Please come back to this site for updates on the JCM presentations.
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Location
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- RIT Inn & Conference Center
- 5257 W Henrietta Rd, Henrietta, NY 14467
- Henrietta, New York
- United States 14467
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- Starts 12 October 2025 04:00 AM UTC
- Ends 26 March 2026 04:00 AM UTC
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Speakers
GRSS Speaker: Dr. Grover Swartzlander of RIT
Earth Cup - A Stepping Stone Toward Earth Shading
Runaway global warming is projected to accelerate desertification and loss of habitat in the coming decades. Few options are available to reverse the natural release of stored greenhouse gases (e.g., from wildfires and tundra thawing) that were initially triggered by human causes. What is more, few geoengineering approaches provide sustainable worldwide cooling. Sunshades placed at the Earth-Sun Lagrange point (L1) provide a controlled method to cool the planet by directing heat-generating sunlight away from the Earth. The Earth Cup initiative seeks to build the technical readiness of sunshades via a series of worldwide challenges, first involving student-led teams that will participate in solar sailing races to low Earth orbit, followed by cis-lunar orbits and beyond. The eventual placement of a large constellation of solar sails in halo orbits about the L1 point requires planning and action now, e.g., the building of enthusiasm, infrastructure, and a workforce. The Earth Cup race to LEO is the first step of that multi-decadal process.
Earth Cup is led by concerned individuals having combined experience with large-scale social projects, diplomacy, education, space systems, digital twinning, and global warming modeling. Dr. Grover Swartzlander leads the Education Committee and serves on the Technical Committee.
Biography:
Dr. Grover Swartzlander
Professor, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Email:
Address:Rochester, New York, United States, 14623
Signal Processing Speaker: Flip Phillips of RIT
Title TBD
Abstract TBD
Biography:
Dr. Flip Phillips
Professor, School of Film and Animation, RIT
Email:
Address:Rochester, New York, United States, 14623
Session 1 Speaker. Room B
Session 1 Speaker. Room B
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Session 1 Speaker. Room B
Address:New York, United States
Session 2 Speaker. Room A
Session 2 Speaker. Room A
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Session 2 Speaker. Room A
Address:New York, United States
Session 2 Speaker. Room B
Session 2 Speaker. Room B
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Session 2 Speaker. Room B
Address:New York, United States
Session 3 Speaker. Room A
Session 3 Speaker. Room A
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Session 3 Speaker. Room A
Session 3 Speaker. Room B
Session 3 Speaker. Room B
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Session 3 Speaker. Room B
Agenda
IEEE Rochester Section Joint Chapters Meeting Agenda
3:00 – 7:00 PM Registration
4:15 – 4:00 PM Chapter Technical Presentations - Session 1
- Salon A: TBD
- Salon B: TBD
4:00 – 4:45 PM Chapter Technical Presentations - Session 2
- Salon A: Grover Swartzlander (RIT), "Earth Cup - A Stepping Stone Toward Earth Shading"
- Salon B: TBD
4:45 – 5:30 PM Chapter Technical Presentations - Session 3
- Salon A: Flip Phillips (RIT) "Title TBD"
- Salon B: TBD
5:30 – 7:00 PM Student Poster Session, Visit Information and Sponsor Tables
7:00 – 8:00 PM Buffet Dinner and Poster Awards
8:00 - 9:00 PM Keynote Presentation
9 PM - End
This event is open to the general public.