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DESCRIPTION:[IEEE ISTAS 2023](https://attend.ieee.org/istas-2023/) takes pl
 ace at Swansea University\, Wales from 13 - 15 September. IEEE ISTAS 2023 
 is the flagship conference of IEEE Society on Social Implications of Techn
 ology (SSIT). The theme of IEEE ISTAS 2023 is &quot;Technology and Analytics fo
 r Global Development&quot;.\n\nIEEE ISTAS 2023 is Technical Co-sponsored by [IE
 EE Region 8](https://ieeer8.org/)\, [IEEE UK and Ireland Section](https://
 www.ieee-ukandireland.org/)\, [IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter](https://w
 ww.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-techno
 logy/) and [IEEE UK and Ireland Education Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandi
 reland.org/chapters/education-society/).\n\nIEEE ISTAS 2023 is Supported b
 y [IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board](https://htb.ieee.org/)\, Meet in Wa
 les\, the [School of Management](https://www.swansea.ac.uk/som/) and Inten
 sive Learning Academy\, Swansea University.\n\nIEEE HTB Pre-Conference Eve
 nt (12 September)\n\n[IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board](https://htb.ieee
 .org/) (HTB) is cooperating with [IEEE UK and Ireland Society on Social Im
 plications of Technology (SSIT) Chapter](https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org
 /chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/) and [IEEE ISTAS 2
 023](https://attend.ieee.org/istas-2023/) to organise a pre-conference bri
 efing and networking event on Tuesday 12 September at 6 pm in Swansea.\n\n
 This event is open to anyone with an interest in ICT4Development and explo
 ring opportunities to support local community needs by leveraging technolo
 gical innovation. Please [click here to register for physical participatio
 n](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/371213). Please share thi
 s opportunity with relevant stakeholders.\n\nIEEE Members are requested to
  include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.\n\nFOCUS\n\nMiriam
  Cunningham (IEEE HTB Member and Chair\, IEEE HTB Ad Hoc Committee on SIGH
 T Best Practices) will provide insight into IEEE HTB&#39;s mission and vision 
 and Best Practices related to take up of Engineering and Technological Inn
 ovation in Low Resource Environments and Underserved Communities.\n\nMiria
 m will share personal insight and experience into social implications and 
 ethical issues to be considered when co-designing and implementing interve
 ntions in resource constrained environments.\n\nMiriam will also answer qu
 estions about potential IEEE HTB funding opportunities for community focus
 ed technology based interventions.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Humanitarian T
 echnologies Board\n\nSpeaker(s): Miriam Cunningham\n\nAgenda: \n6pm - 6:40
 pm Introduction and Presentation\n\n6:40pm - 7pm Discussion\, Q&amp;A\n\n7 - 7
 :30pm Networking\n\nBldg: Computational Foundry 002\, Swansea University\,
  Swansea\, Wales\, United Kingdom
LOCATION:Bldg: Computational Foundry 002\, Swansea University\, Swansea\, W
 ales\, United Kingdom
ORGANIZER:miriam@iimg.com
SEQUENCE:32
SUMMARY:IEEE ISTAS 2023 Free Pre-Conference Event on Humanitarian Technolog
 ies (12 Sept\, 6pm\, Swansea)
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/371213
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://attend.ieee.org/istas-202
 3/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE ISTAS 2023&lt;/a&gt; takes place at Swan
 sea University\, Wales from 13 - 15 September. IEEE ISTAS 2023 is the flag
 ship conference of IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT
 ). The theme of IEEE ISTAS 2023 is &quot;Technology and Analytics for Global De
 velopment&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;IEEE ISTAS 2023 is Technical Co-sponsored by &lt;a href=&quot;
 https://ieeer8.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE Region 8&lt;/a&gt;\, &lt;a
  href=&quot;https://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;
 IEEE UK and Ireland Section&lt;/a&gt;\, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ieee-ukandireland.o
 rg/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-technology/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;
  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://
 www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/education-society/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel
 =&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE UK and Ireland Education Chapter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;IEEE ISTAS 
 2023 is Supported by &lt;a href=&quot;https://htb.ieee.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;
 noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board&lt;/a&gt;\, Meet in Wales\, the &lt;a 
 href=&quot;https://www.swansea.ac.uk/som/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Schoo
 l of Management&lt;/a&gt; and Intensive Learning Academy\, Swansea University.&lt;/
 p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IEEE HTB Pre-Conference Event (12 September)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://htb.ieee.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE Hum
 anitarian Technology Board&lt;/a&gt; (HTB) is cooperating with &lt;a href=&quot;https://
 www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/society-on-social-implications-of-techn
 ology/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE UK and Ireland Society on Soci
 al Implications of Technology (SSIT) Chapter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://atte
 nd.ieee.org/istas-2023/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IEEE ISTAS 2023&lt;/a
 &gt; to organise a pre-conference briefing and networking event on Tuesday 12
  September at 6 pm in Swansea.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;This event is open to anyone with a
 n interest in ICT4Development and exploring opportunities to support local
  community needs by leveraging technological innovation. Please &lt;a href=&quot;h
 ttps://events.vtools.ieee.org/event/register/371213&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;
 noopener&quot;&gt;click here to register for physical participation&lt;/a&gt;. Please sh
 are this opportunity with relevant stakeholders.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;IEEE Membe
 rs are requested to include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.
 &lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FOCUS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Miriam Cunningham (IEEE HTB Member
  and Chair\, IEEE HTB Ad Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices) will provi
 de insight into IEEE HTB&#39;s mission and vision and Best Practices related t
 o take up of Engineering and Technological Innovation in Low Resource Envi
 ronments and Underserved Communities.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Miriam will share personal i
 nsight and experience into social implications and ethical issues to be co
 nsidered when co-designing and implementing interventions in resource cons
 trained environments.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Miriam will also answer questions about pote
 ntial IEEE HTB funding opportunities for community focused technology base
 d interventions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Agenda: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;6pm - 6:40pm Introduction
  and Presentation&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;6:40pm - 7pm Discussion\, Q&amp;amp\;A&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;7 - 7
 :30pm Networking&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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