IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) 2021 is an annual flagship international conference sharing practical technology-enabled solutions supporting achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) by addressing the needs of underserved communities in resource constrained environments around the world. IEEE GHTC 2021 takes place as a virtual conference from 19 – 23 October.
The program incorporates a scientific program (incorporating sessions related to Healthcare, Disaster Mitigation, Energy, Education, Agriculture, Communications, Water & Sanitation), workshops and plenary sessions. Click here to access the program.
IEEE GHTC 2021 is Sponsored by IEEE Region 6, IEEE Seattle Section and IEEE SSIT, with Technical Co-Sponsorship by IEEE-USA, IEEE PELS, and (expected) IEEE CTS, IEEE EMBS, IEEE MTT, IEEE PES, and IEEE Smart Village Initiative.
Registration to participate in the Scientific Program is available at https://ieeeghtc.org/registration/
Opportunity to participate in plenary sessions – Register by 17 October
- Meet the Editors: Thinking About Publishing for a Transdisciplinary Outlet: What do you need to know? Katina Michael and Roba Abbas, the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1500 – 1545 (PT), 1800 – 1845 (ET), 2200 – 2245 (GMT))
- Widening Access to Applied Machine Learning with TinyML Vijay Janapa Reddi, Associate Professor at Harvard University, VP and a founding member of MLCommons (Wednesday, Oct. 20, 900 – 940 (PT), 1200 – 1240 (ET), 1600 – 1640 (GMT))
- Internet Coverage is Not Binary Elizabeth M. Belding, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (ICTD)(Wednesday, Oct. 20, 945 – 1030 (PT), 1245 – 1330 (ET), 1640 – 1730 (GMT))
- Lessons Learned from MOVE Grayson Randall, Operations Lead, IEEE MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle)(Wednesday, Oct. 20 1400 – 1430 (PT), 1700 – 1730 (ET), 2100 – 2130 (GMT))
- Public Interest Tech: Educating Impact-focused Scholars and Practitioners Deborah Estrin, Professor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech (Thursday, Oct. 21, 900 – 940 (PT), 1200 – 1240 (ET), 1600 – 1640 (GMT))
- Making Sense of Sensing Applications for Agricultural Applications Anna Förster, Sustainable Communication Networks group, University of Bremen (Thursday, Oct. 21, 945 – 1030 (PT), 1245 – 1330 (ET), 1640 – 1730 (GMT))
- Hearing Aids and Internet-of-Things Ecosystem Octav Chipara, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Iowa (Friday, Oct. 22, 900 – 940 (PT), 1200 – 1240 (ET), 1600 – 1640 (GMT))
- Innovations and challenges in developing Medical Devices Dr Farid Farahmand, Chair, Engineering Science Department (Friday, Oct. 22, 945 – 1030 (PT), 1245 – 1330 (ET), 1640 – 1730 (GMT))
- Federal Policies, Programs and Funding Opportunities on Humanitarian Engineering Aline McNaull, Energy, Space, Defense and Research policy at IEEE-USA (Friday, Oct. 22 1410 – 1500 (PT), 1710 – 1800 (ET), 2110 – 2200 (GMT))
See https://ieeeghtc.org/program/keynote-speakers-2021/ for more details
Register to participate in plenary sessions at https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/284304 up to 17 October
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