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DESCRIPTION:FREE ACCESS to GHTC 2020 PLENARY SESSIONS (Registration require
 d)\n\nThe Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) is the flagship
  IEEE forum for presenting and discussing humanitarian technology innovati
 on and deployment. The technical focus of the Conference is complemented b
 y an integrated understanding of broader contexts—economics\, policy\, c
 ulture\, environment—that impact successful humanitarian technology impl
 ementation.\n\nThe 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IE
 EE GHTC 2020) will share practical technology-enabled solutions addressing
  needs of underserved communities in resource constrained environments aro
 und the world in the context of the [United Nations Sustainable Developmen
 t Goals](https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/) (UN SDGs).\n\nGHTC 2020 t
 akes place from Thursday October 29 through mid-afternoon Sunday November 
 1. See the preliminary program schedule [here](https://ieeeghtc.org/progra
 m/). Time zone is PT (+3 ET) (+8 GMT+1). Note change from PDT to PST on No
 vember 1.\n\nPLENARY PROGRAM\n\n- Conference Overview (Thursday Oct 29 1pm
  PDT)\n\nOverview of GHTC 2020 Virtual Program\, technical sessions and na
 vigation mechanics with Conference Chair\, Paul Cunningham\, Vice Chair\, 
 Ed Perkins\, and Program Chair Pritpal Singh.\n\n- Opening Session with IE
 EE Presidents (Oct 29 3:30pm PDT)\n\nLIVE: Remarks on IEEE&#39;s role in Human
 itarian Activities by 2020 IEEE President [Toshio Fukuda](https://ieeeghtc
 .org/2020/toshio-fukuda/) and 2021 President-elect [Susan (Kathy) Land](ht
 tps://ieeeghtc.org/2020/kathy-land/)\n\n- [Student Poster Contest](https:/
 /ieeeghtc.org/student-poster-competition-2020/) (Oct 29 5pm PDT)\n\nOur 3r
 d Student Poster Contest will be held online Thursday afternoon following 
 the paper sessions. Cash prizes will be awarded. Deadline for submission o
 f abstracts is 19-October.\n\n- Energy Panel: “[Technology-enabled climb
  up the demand-driven energy ladder: Interoperability\, Growth\, All-acces
 s](https://ieeeghtc.org/program/special-sessions/energy-panel/)” (Friday
  Oct. 30 8am PDT)\n\nEnsuring universal\, affordable and sustainable energ
 y access is one of the biggest societal challenges of our time. Decentrali
 zed\, bottom-up approaches\, such as solar home systems and microgrids\, h
 ave emerged as a response to shortcomings of the centralized grid approach
 \, but affordability\, scalability\, path to growth and long-term sustaina
 bility remain a challenge.\n\n- [IEEE HAC Panel on COVID-19](https://ieeeg
 htc.org/program/special-sessions/panel-on-covid-19/) (Saturday Oct. 31 10a
 m PDT)\n\nHow HAC/SIGHT responded to the COVID pandemic – vision and pro
 cess improvements with examples of some funded projects and building colla
 boration opportunities.\n\n- [GHTC 10th Anniversary](https://ieeeghtc.org/
 program/special-sessions/ghtc-10th-anniversary/https://ieeeghtc.org/progra
 m/special-sessions/ghtc-10th-anniversary/) (Oct 31 Noon PDT)\n\nGHTC 2020 
 celebrates the 10th anniversary for IEEE GHTC. The anniversary program wil
 l consist of some remarks and two panel discussions\, one on the evolution
  of GHTC and the other on IEEE’s role in Humanitarian Technology.\n\n- C
 losing Keynote (Nov 1 Noon PST - time change)\n\n[Melissa Sassi](https://i
 eeeghtc.org/2020/melissa-sassi/)\, IEEE Digital Intelligence Working Group
 \n\nCo-sponsored by: GHTC 2020 is sponsored by IEEE Region 6\, IEEE Seattl
 e Section and IEEE SSIT (Society on Social Implications of Technology) wit
 h technical sponsorship by IEEE-USA\, IEEE CES\, EMBS\, MTT-S\, PES and IE
 EE Smart Village.\n\nAgenda: \nGHTC 2020 takes place from Thursday October
  29 through mid-afternoon Sunday November 1.\n\nSee https://ieeeghtc.org/p
 rogram/ for details on plenary and other agenda\n\nPLENARY SESSIONS\n\nThu
 rsday Oct. 29 (PDT)\n\nConference Overview 1pm PDT\nOpening Session with I
 EEE Presidents 3:30-4:45pm\nStudent Poster Competition 5-7pm\n\nFriday Oct
 . 30 (PDT)\n\nEnergy Panel (IEEE-PELS) 8-9am PDT\n\nSaturday Oct. 31 (PDT)
 \n\nIEEE HAC Panel on COVID-19 10:00-11:00am PDT\nGHTC 10th Anniversary No
 on-1:30pm\n\nSunday Nov. 1 (PST - time change)\n\nClosing Keynote Noon-1:0
 0 pm PST\n\nSeattle\, Washington\, United States\, Virtual: https://events
 .vtools.ieee.org/m/243512
LOCATION:Seattle\, Washington\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vto
 ols.ieee.org/m/243512
ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:8
SUMMARY:IEEE 10th Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2020) - P
 lenary Program
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/243512
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FR
 EE ACCESS to GHTC 2020 PLENARY SESSIONS&lt;/strong&gt; (Registration required)&lt;/
 span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify\;&quot;&gt;The Global Humanitarian Techno
 logy Conference (GHTC) is the flagship IEEE forum for presenting and discu
 ssing humanitarian technology innovation and deployment. The technical foc
 us of the Conference is complemented by an integrated understanding of bro
 ader contexts&amp;mdash\;economics\, policy\, culture\, environment&amp;mdash\;tha
 t impact successful humanitarian technology implementation.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=
 &quot;text-align: justify\;&quot;&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; IEEE Global Humanitari
 an Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2020)&lt;/strong&gt; will share practical te
 chnology-enabled solutions addressing needs of underserved communities in 
 resource constrained environments around the world in the context of the &lt;
 a href=&quot;https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noope
 ner noreferrer&quot;&gt;United Nations Sustainable Development Goals&lt;/a&gt; (UN SDGs)
 .&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GHTC 2020&lt;/strong&gt; takes place from &lt;strong&gt;Thursday Oct
 ober 29 through mid-afternoon Sunday November 1. &lt;/strong&gt;See the &lt;strong&gt;
 preliminary program schedule&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeghtc.org/progra
 m/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Time zone is PT (+3 ET) (+8 GMT+1). Note change from PDT to 
 PST on November 1.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLENARY PROGRAM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li
 &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conference Overview&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(Thursday Oct 29 1pm PDT)&lt;/li&gt;
 \n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left: 40px\;&quot;&gt;Overview of GHTC 2020 Virtual Prog
 ram\, technical sessions and navigation mechanics with Conference Chair\, 
 Paul Cunningham\, Vice Chair\, Ed Perkins\, and Program Chair Pritpal Sing
 h.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opening Session with IEEE Presidents&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nb
 sp\;(Oct 29 3:30pm PDT)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left: 40px\;&quot;&gt;LIVE: 
 Remarks on IEEE&#39;s role in Humanitarian Activities by 2020 IEEE President &lt;
 a href=&quot;https://ieeeghtc.org/2020/toshio-fukuda/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noo
 pener&quot;&gt;Toshio Fukuda&lt;/a&gt; and 2021 President-elect &lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeght
 c.org/2020/kathy-land/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Susan (Kathy) Land&lt;
 /a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeghtc.org/student-poster-competitio
 n-2020/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Student Poster Contest&lt;/st
 rong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Oct 29 5pm PDT)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left: 40px\;&quot;&gt;Our
  3rd Student Poster Contest will be held online Thursday afternoon followi
 ng the paper sessions. Cash prizes will be awarded. Deadline for submissio
 n of abstracts is 19-October.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Energy Panel: &amp;ldquo\
 ;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeghtc.org/program/special-sessions/energy-panel/&quot; tar
 get=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Technology-enabled climb up the demand-driven 
 energy ladder: Interoperability\, Growth\, All-access&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo\;&lt;/strong&gt;
  (Friday Oct. 30 8am PDT)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left: 40px\;&quot;&gt;Ensu
 ring universal\, affordable and sustainable energy access is one of the bi
 ggest societal challenges of our time. Decentralized\, bottom-up approache
 s\, such as solar home systems and microgrids\, have emerged as a response
  to shortcomings of the centralized grid approach\, but affordability\, sc
 alability\, path to growth and long-term sustainability remain a challenge
 .&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeghtc.org/program/special-sessions/pa
 nel-on-covid-19/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE HAC Panel on
  COVID-19&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Saturday Oct. 31 10am PDT)&lt;/li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;
 margin-left: 40px\;&quot;&gt;How HAC/SIGHT responded to the COVID pandemic &amp;ndash\
 ; vision and process improvements with examples of some funded projects an
 d building collaboration opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ie
 eeghtc.org/program/special-sessions/ghtc-10th-anniversary/https://ieeeghtc
 .org/program/special-sessions/ghtc-10th-anniversary/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=
 &quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GHTC 10th Anniversary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Oct 31 Noon PDT)&lt;/l
 i&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left: 40px\;&quot;&gt;GHTC 2020 celebrates the 10th an
 niversary for IEEE GHTC. The anniversary program will consist of some rema
 rks and two panel discussions\, one on the evolution of GHTC and the other
  on IEEE&amp;rsquo\;s role in Humanitarian Technology.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;ul&gt;\n&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;
 Closing Keynote&lt;/strong&gt; (Nov 1 Noon &lt;strong&gt;PST - time change&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/
 li&gt;\n&lt;/ul&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left: 40px\;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ieeeghtc.org/2
 020/melissa-sassi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Melissa Sassi&lt;/a&gt;\, IEE
 E Digital Intelligence Working Group&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda
 : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;GHTC 2020 takes place from &lt;strong&gt;Thursday October 29 through 
 mid-afternoon Sunday November 1.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;See&amp;nbsp\;&lt;a href=&quot;https
 ://ieeeghtc.org/program/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://ieeeghtc.
 org/program/&lt;/a&gt; for details on plenary and other agenda&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P
 LENARY SESSIONS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday Oct. 29 (PDT)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Conference Overview 1pm PDT&lt;br /&gt;Opening Session with IEEE Presiden
 ts 3:30-4:45pm&lt;br /&gt; Student Poster Competition 5-7pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frid
 ay Oct. 30 (PDT)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Energy Panel (IEEE-PELS) 8-9am PDT&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday Oct. 31 (PDT)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;IEEE HAC Panel on COVID
 -19 10:00-11:00am PDT&lt;br /&gt; GHTC 10th Anniversary Noon-1:30pm&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;str
 ong&gt;Sunday Nov. 1 (PST - time change)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Closing Keynote Noo
 n-1:00 pm PST&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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