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DESCRIPTION:The [IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board](https://htb.ieee.org
 /) Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices is cooperating with a number o
 f IEEE OUs including IEEE SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT\, IEEE Philadelphia Sectio
 n SIGHT\, IEEE Bahrain Section SIGHT\, IEEE Karachi SIGHT and [IEEE UK and
  Ireland SSIT Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/society-
 on-social-implications-of-technology/) to organise this Lecture as part of
  a Series of Best Practice Lectures.\n\nIEEE Members\, SIGHT Members\, SSI
 T Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to [Register](https://ev
 ents.vtools.ieee.org/m/368020) and participate. IEEE Members should includ
 e their IEEE Membership Number when registering.\n\nThis Webinar will take
  place online at 10am Eastern Time / 3pm GMT+1 on Wednesday 20 September. 
 Click [here to convert to your local time](https://www.timeanddate.com/wor
 ldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Bringing+Quality+Education+to+Underserved+Commu
 nities+in+Latin+America+and+Pakistan&amp;iso=20230920T10&amp;p1=179&amp;ah=1).\n\nRegi
 stered participants will be provided with the link prior to the event.\n\n
 FOCUS\n\nMany children and teachers in under-served communities lack acces
 s to educational resources limiting the quality of education that they rec
 eive.\n\nProf Pritpal Singh (Villanova University\, USA) will present resu
 lts from projects in Guatemala and Ecuador that are providing access to ed
 ucational resources.\n\nProf Parkash Lohana (Usman Institute of Technology
 \, Pakistan) will present an ongoing project that is creating an inclusive
  learning environment using assistive technologies in the Umerkot district
  of Sindh province of Pakistan.\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Pritpal Singh\, Prof.
  Parkash Lohana\n\nAgenda: \n10am - 10:40am ET / 3pm - 3:30pm GMT+1 Introd
 uction and Presentation\n\n10:40 - 11am ET / 3:30pm - 4pm GMT+1 Discussion
 \, Q&amp;A\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/368020
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/368020
ORGANIZER:miriam@iimg.com
SEQUENCE:28
SUMMARY:Bringing Quality Education to Underserved Communities in Latin Amer
 ica and Pakistan
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/368020
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://htb.ieee.org/
 &quot;&gt;IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board&lt;/a&gt; Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best 
 Practices&lt;/strong&gt; is cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs including IEEE
  SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT\, IEEE Philadelphia Section SIGHT\, IEEE Bahrain Se
 ction SIGHT\, IEEE Karachi SIGHT and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ieee-ukandirelan
 d.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/&quot;&gt;IEEE UK and 
 Ireland SSIT Chapter&lt;/a&gt; to organise this Lecture as part of a &lt;strong&gt;Ser
 ies of Best Practice Lectures.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;IEEE Members\, SIGHT Membe
 rs\, SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to &lt;a href=&quot;http
 s://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/368020&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Regist
 er&lt;/a&gt; and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership 
 Number when registering.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;This Webinar will take place online at 10
 am Eastern Time / 3pm GMT+1 on Wednesday 20 September. Click &lt;a href=&quot;http
 s://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Bringing+Quality+Edu
 cation+to+Underserved+Communities+in+Latin+America+and+Pakistan&amp;amp\;iso=2
 0230920T10&amp;amp\;p1=179&amp;amp\;ah=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;here to c
 onvert to your local time&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Registered participants will
  be provided with the link prior to the event.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FOCU
 S&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Many children and teachers in under-served communities 
 lack access to educational resources limiting the quality of education tha
 t they receive.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof Pritpal Singh (Villanova University\,
  USA) &lt;/strong&gt;will present results from projects in Guatemala and Ecuador
  that are providing access to educational resources.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof 
 Parkash Lohana&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(Usman Institute of Technology\, Pakistan)
  &lt;/strong&gt;will present an ongoing project that is creating an inclusive le
 arning environment using assistive technologies in the Umerkot district of
  Sindh province of Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;10am - 10:40a
 m ET / 3pm - 3:30pm GMT+1 Introduction and Presentation&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;10:40 - 11
 am ET / 3:30pm - 4pm GMT+1 Discussion\, Q&amp;amp\;A&lt;/p&gt;
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