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DESCRIPTION:Nowadays\, we are surrounded by technologies that have the pote
 ntial to transform and positively impact the lives of underserved communit
 ies around the globe. However\, in practice\, the deployment of humanitari
 an technologies needs to consider many factors for a successful achievemen
 t\, such as sustainability\, reliability\, socio-economic situation and en
 vironment risks. The goal of this event is to provide guidelines to make a
  humanitarian technology project sustainable while taking into account loc
 al challenges and the actual social impact.\n\nRecognized speakers will sh
 are examples of real projects already implemented in Canada in order to in
 spire engineers and students to provide “feet-on-the-ground” solutions
  to local community needs. The two main speakers are both outstanding IEEE
  Canada volunteers and heavily involved in humanitarian technology. Moreov
 er\, a representative of Hacking Health\, a non profit organization with w
 hich IEEE SIGHT Montreal has established a collaboration/partnership recen
 tly\, will give an introduction to what they do to create innovative solut
 ions to actual healthcare challenges.\n\nSpeaker(s): Anis Ben arfi\, \n\nA
 genda: \n5:30PM- 5:45PM: Registration and refreshments\n\n5:45PM - 6:00PM:
  Introduction to SIGHT and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals\n\
 n6:00PM - 6:40PM: “SIGHT Events and Projects for your community” by An
 is Ben Arfi\n\n6:40PM - 6:55PM: Introduction to Hacking Health\n\n6:55PM -
  7:35PM: “Communication Technologies for Humanitarian Applications” by
  Xavier Fernando\n\n7:35PM - 8:30PM: Networking\n\nRoom: 2.260\, Bldg: EV 
 Building\, Concordia University\, 1515 saint Catherine St W\, Montreal\, Q
 uebec\, Canada
LOCATION:Room: 2.260\, Bldg: EV Building\, Concordia University\, 1515 sain
 t Catherine St W\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
ORGANIZER:salam.benchikh@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:18
SUMMARY:Sustainable Feet-On-The-Ground Humanitarian Technology
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/196276
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Nowadays\, we are surrounded by technologi
 es that have the potential to transform and positively impact the lives of
  underserved communities around the globe. However\, in practice\, the dep
 loyment of humanitarian technologies needs to consider many factors for a 
 successful achievement\, such as sustainability\, reliability\, socio-econ
 omic situation and environment risks. The goal of this event is to provide
  guidelines to make a humanitarian technology project sustainable while ta
 king into account local challenges and the actual social impact.</p>\n<p>R
 ecognized speakers will share examples of real projects already implemente
 d in Canada in order to inspire engineers and students to provide &ldquo\;
 feet-on-the-ground&rdquo\; solutions to local community needs. The two mai
 n speakers are both outstanding IEEE Canada volunteers and heavily involve
 d in humanitarian technology. Moreover\, a representative of Hacking Healt
 h\, a non profit organization with which IEEE SIGHT Montreal has establish
 ed a collaboration/partnership recently\, will give an introduction to wha
 t they do to create innovative solutions to actual healthcare challenges.<
 /p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>5:30PM- 5:45PM: Registrati
 on and refreshments</p>\n<p>5:45PM - 6:00PM: Introduction to SIGHT and Uni
 ted Nations Sustainable Development Goals</p>\n<p>6:00PM - 6:40PM: &ldquo\
 ;SIGHT Events and Projects for your community&rdquo\; by Anis Ben Arfi</p>
 \n<p>6:40PM - 6:55PM: Introduction to Hacking Health</p>\n<p>6:55PM - 7:35
 PM: &ldquo\;Communication Technologies for Humanitarian Applications&rdquo
 \; by Xavier Fernando</p>\n<p>7:35PM - 8:30PM: Networking</p>
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