BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Pacific BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20211017T214216Z UID:9CEC278C-AF12-48E6-840A-90E7714A05D1 DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20211019T150000 DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20211022T170000 DESCRIPTION:The 11th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE G HTC 2021) is an international flagship conference sharing practical techno logy enabled solutions addressing the needs of underserved populations and resource constrained environments around the world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).\n\nGHTC 2021 takes place ONLINE (P T) from Tuesday October 19 through Friday October 22. See https://ieeeghtc .org\n\nWe are providing complementary access to the Plenary Sessions on T uesday afternoon Oct.19 and on Wed.-Friday Oct 20-22:\n\nMeet the Editors: Thinking About Publishing for a Transdisciplinary Outlet: What do you nee d to know? with Katina Michael\, founding Editor in Chief and Roba Abbas\, co-editor\, the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society on Tuesday\, 3:00 PM — 3:45 PM (PT)\n\nStudent Poster Contest: Our 4th [Student Poste r Contest](https://ieeeghtc.org/student-poster-competition-2021/) will be held online Tuesday afternoon from 4-6 PM PT. Cash prizes will be awarded. \n\nPlenary Panels: [Four panels](https://ieeeghtc.org/program/panels-2021 /) on Aging\, Social Media\, IEEE's role in Sustainable Developement\, Thi nk Global\, and Act Local with E4C.\n\nPlenary Speakers: View the plenary speakers line-up [here](https://ieeeghtc.org/program/keynote-speakers-2021 /).\n\n- Elizabeth M. Belding\, Professor in the Department of Computer Sc ience at the University of California\, Santa Barbara (ICTD) (Wednesday AM )\n- Octav Chipara\, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Univer sity of Iowa (mHealth) (Friday AM)\n- Deborah Estrin\,Professor of Compute r Science at Cornell Tech (public interest technology) (Thursday AM)\n- Fa rid Farahmand\, Chair\, Engineering Science Department (Electrical Enginee ring) at Sonoma State University (Friday AM)\n- Anna Förster\, Sustainabl e Communication Networks group\, University of Bremen (Thursday AM)\n- Ali ne McNaull\, energy\, space\, defense and research policy at IEEE-USA (Fri day PM)\n- Grayson Randall\, Operatins Lead\, IEEE MOVE (Mobile Outreach V Ehicle) (Wednesday PM)\n- Vijay Janapa Reddi\, Associate Professor at Harv ard University\, VP and a founding member of MLCommons (machine learning) (Wednesday AM)\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Seattle Section\, IEEE SSIT\n\nAge nda: \nSee https://ieeeghtc.org/program/program-grid/\n\nSeattle\, Washing ton\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/284304 LOCATION:Seattle\, Washington\, United States\, Virtual: https://events.vto ols.ieee.org/m/284304 ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:IEEE 11th Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC 2021) - P lenary Program URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/284304 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The 11<sup>th</sup> IEEE Global Humanitari an Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2021) is an international flagship con ference sharing practical technology enabled solutions addressing the need s of underserved populations and resource constrained environments around the world and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).</p >\n<p>GHTC 2021 takes place <strong><em>ONLINE</em></strong> (PT) from <st rong>Tuesday October 19 through Friday October 22. See <a href="https://ie eeghtc.org">https://ieeeghtc.org</a></strong></p>\n<p><strong>We are provi ding complementary access to the Plenary Sessions on Tuesday afternoon Oct .19 and on Wed.-Friday Oct 20-22:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Meet the Editor s: Thinking About Publishing for a Transdisciplinary Outlet: What do you n eed to know?</strong> with Katina Michael\, founding Editor in Chief and R oba Abbas\, co-editor\, the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society on Tuesday\, 3:00 PM &mdash\; 3:45 PM (PT)</p>\n<p><strong>Student Poster Co ntest:&nbsp\;</strong>Our 4th <a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/student-poster -competition-2021/">Student Poster Contest</a> will be held online Tuesday afternoon from 4-6 PM PT. Cash prizes will be awarded.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><st rong>Plenary Panels:&nbsp\;</strong><a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/program/ panels-2021/">Four panels</a> on Aging\, Social Media\, IEEE's role in Sus tainable Developement\, Think Global\, and Act Local with E4C.</p>\n<p><st rong>Plenary Speakers:</strong> View the plenary speakers line-up <a href= "https://ieeeghtc.org/program/keynote-speakers-2021/">here</a>.&nbsp\;</p> \n<ul>\n<li>Elizabeth M. Belding\, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California\, Santa Barbara (ICTD) (Wednesday AM)</li>\n<li>Octav Chipara\, Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Iowa (mHealth) (Friday AM)</li>\n<li>Deborah Estrin\,Pro fessor of Computer Science at Cornell Tech (public interest technology) (T hursday AM)</li>\n<li>Farid Farahmand\, Chair\, Engineering Science Depart ment (Electrical Engineering) at Sonoma State University (Friday AM)</li>\ n<li>Anna F&ouml\;rster\, Sustainable Communication Networks group\, Unive rsity of Bremen (Thursday AM)</li>\n<li>Aline McNaull\, energy\, space\, d efense and research policy at IEEE-USA (Friday PM)</li>\n<li>Grayson Randa ll\, Operatins Lead\, IEEE MOVE (Mobile Outreach VEhicle) (Wednesday PM)</ li>\n<li>Vijay Janapa Reddi\, Associate Professor at Harvard University\, VP and a founding member of MLCommons (machine learning) (Wednesday AM)</l i>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>See <a href="https:/ /ieeeghtc.org/program/program-grid/">https://ieeeghtc.org/program/program- grid/</a></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR