3rd Annual SABER East Conference

Dates: May 27-29, 2026

Location: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Thank you to all who participated and have continued to make SABER East a successful conference and community!

Keynote: 

Embracing the Paradox of Joy to Navigate Uncertainty in STEM Education

Terrell R. Morton, University of Illinois at Chicago

Place-based Seminar: 

Leveraging a Sign Lexicon in the Classroom: Innovations afforded by universal design

Tina Goudreau Collison, Rochester Institute of Technology

2nd Annual SABER East Conference

Dates: May 28-30, 2025

Location: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Thank you to all who participated and have continued to make SABER East a successful conference and community!

Keynote: Open Education in the Age of AI

Autumm Caines 

Lead Instructional DesignerUniversity of Michigan - Dearborn

Place-based Seminar: Helping All People Find Nature

Chris Widmaier

Executive Director Rochester Ecology Partners

Inaugural SABER East Conference

Dates: May 29-31, 2024

Location: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Thank you to all who participated! The meeting was a resounding success with 100 participants, but most importantly 51 of those attendees were first-time SABER meeting participants. Similarly, 44 participants were trainees (undergraduate and graduate students, or post-docs). One of our goals for starting an East Coast regional conference is to expand accessibility and opportunities for attendance to individuals who might not be able to attend the main SABER meeting, and those numbers are a definite positive step in that direction.

This year’s SABER East included 6 workshops and 28 talks, of which 3 were given by community college faculty. Quick, three minute “Shark Tank” talks were a highlight on Day 1, with speakers gaining valuable insight on their proposed projects from our panel of DBER expert “sharks” and Ash Tea winning the prize.

Conference website