Dates

October 4-8, 2026

Location

Catamaran Resort, San Diego, CA

Check out their home page.

Schedules

Schedule??
Note that the last schedule from the recent Spring 26 (Clearwater) meeting can be downloaded from the minutes page for that meeting.

Training Sessions Schedule: The schedule for the Wednesday training/educational sessions will be included in the main schedule.
The schedule will be updated as changes happen (schedule changes will be reflected immediately in the Guidebook and updating the schedule download will lag behind).

Please Note: The Main Committee will be Thursday afternoon instead of Thursday morning. Please plan your travel accordingly.

Guidebook App

As always, we are happy to announce the app for IEEE PES Switchgear Committee Meeting, powered by Guidebook, will be available for our meeting. With this resource, you have access to the most up-to-date schedule, information, and networking tools. To keep track of frequently-changing meeting schedules, use the Guidebook app on your phone or tablet. Schedule updates and room changes will be uploaded and available whenever they are made. Stay up-to-date effortlessly.
We request you only access and download this Conference to ONE device as we pay per device.
The Guidebook schedule will be made available shortly before the meeting. Watch this space.

Registration

Follow this Link to register for the Fall 2026 meeting

Room Rate: $249 (plus taxes)/night.
Resort fee? Waived!

Cancellation Policy: Is shown on the IEEE event registration site.

Hotel Reservations

Catamaran Resort, San Diego, CA (conference hotel)
Reservation link is via the conference registration page (and also here).
Please make sure you select the correct arrival/departure dates from the drop-downs on the reservation page.

Events

Sunday 5:30-6:00pm - First-time Attendees’ Meet & Greet

Sunday Evening 6:00 - 7:30pm: - Welcome Reception - Meet first-timers and greet your colleagues again.
Remember: Companions - free! See schedule for details.

Tuesday Breakfast Presentation: Tentative: Updates from the IEEE Standards Association

Tuesday Luncheon: TBD

Wednesday Training/Educational Sessions
Presentations and a panel discussion run from 8am to noon with the normal morning break at 9:45.
This list is current as of 8/28.
The presentations are 45 minutes and each session has three presentations that run concurrently.
A list of sessions will be postad as soon as it is available.

Wednesday Evening Social: USS Midway

We will tentatively be on-site there from approximately 6:30pm to 9:30pm.

Thursday Presentations: TBD

Transportation & Parking

The Catamaran Hotel is located here just 7 short miles from San Diego International airport. Both Lyft and Uber are available.
We have a special rate from the hotel for parking: $27 per day for self parking and $33 per day for valet parking.

Local Information

The Explore San Diego website has pretty much all the information you need.
The official "Go Visit San Diego site" -- more than you wanted to know!

Committed Supporters for this Meeting:

Updated: April 30, 2026

Switchgear Committee Spring 2026 Meeting