BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20241111T021305Z UID:54A35D53-1FCA-4A25-9C58-EAD345781B9E DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241025T183000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nSee https://ieeeghtc.org\n\nThe 14th IEEE Global Humanita rian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2024) will take place in person at V illanova University (Pennsylvania) from October 23 to 25\, 2024.\n\nGHTC i s a flagship international conference supporting achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)\, bringing together peopl e working on the application of technology to addressing critical issues f or the benefit of the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations in t he world.\n\nEarly attendee registration ends 30-Sep\n\n2024 Theme:The Yea r of the Practitioner\n\nPreliminary Program information has been posted o n the website. (See https://ieeeghtc.org/program/)\n\nRegistration is open – Early rates end September 30. See the GHTC 2024 [Registration page](h ttps://ieeeghtc.org/registration/) for details on fees and options.\n\nGHT C focuses on these sustainable goals:\n\n- Good Health and Well Being (SDG 3)\n- Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7)\n- Communication/Connectivity in Support of Development\n- Disaster Mitigation\, Preparedness\, Response an d Recovery\n- Technologies that promote gender equality and the empowermen t of women and girls (SDG5)\n- Quality Education (SDG4)\n- Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG6)\n- Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG8)\n- Agricultur e and Food Security (SDG2)\n- Technology Impacts on Societal Evolution\n\n Why Attend?\n\n- Participate in an extensive\, vibrant\, and innovative te chnical program\n- Learn from world-class knowledgeable practitioners work ing in the field\n- Exchange information\, share experiences and network w ith attendees actively involved in the fields\n- Gain visibility and recog nition for your humanitarian work\, projects and ideas\n- Find new resourc es and potential partners or investors\n\nGHTC 2024 features:\n\nPre-Confe rence Workshops on October 23 Included with GHTC 2024 registration.\n\n- [ Humanitarian Engineering Education Programs](https://ieeeghtc.org/program/ workshops/#hew)\n\n- [Effective AI for Social Good](https://ieeeghtc.org/p rogram/workshops/#aiw)\n\n[GHTC Pre-Conference Welcome Souk](https://ieeeg htc.org/2024/ghtc-2024-opening-souk/) on October 23\n\nPlenary and Keynote Sessions\n\nThursday Plenary Panel (October 24)\n\n[Technology Developmen t to Technology Implementation](https://ieeeghtc.org/program/panel/?previe w_id=12569&preview_nonce=9a1de832fb&_thumbnail_id=-1&preview=true&aiEnable CheckShortcode=true#panel1)\n\nIEEE Humanitarian Panel (October 24)\n\nSpe akers from IEEE EPICS\, IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board (HTB)\, IEEE Sm art Village\n\nFriday Plenary Panel (October 25)\n\n[Women in Humanitarian Technology Panel](https://ieeeghtc.org/program/panel/?preview_id=12569&pr eview_nonce=9a1de832fb&_thumbnail_id=-1&preview=true&aiEnableCheckShortcod e=true#panel3)\n\nBanquet: Dr. Revi Sterling\, Technical Director\, Women in the Digital Ecosystem Fund (WiDEF)\n\nTechnical Sessions\n\nSee prelimi nary list of [accepted papers](https://ieeeghtc.org/program/ghtc-2024-prel iminary-paper-schedule/). (Note not all may be presented). On-site and rem ote presentations.\n\n16 tracks\, 80 papers\n\n1A AI in Education\n\n1B Cl imate Change Data\n\n2A Productivity Solutions in Agriculture\n\n2B Inform ation for Entrepreneurship\n\n3A Power Grid Solutions\n\n3B Technology for Education\n\n4A Diet\, Nutrition and Oral Health\n\n4B Human-Machine Inte rface\n\n5A AI in Agriculture\n\n5B Entrepreneurship for All\n\n6A Technol ogy for Community Well Being\n\n6B The Economics of Sustainability\n\n7A T echnology Development\n\n7B Emergency Response Technologies\n\n8A Technolo gy for Well Being\n\n8B Aid\, Assistance and The Digital Divide\n\nGHTC 20 24 Sponsors\n\nIEEE GHTC 2024 is Sponsored by IEEE Region 6\, IEEE Philade lphia Section and IEEE SSIT\, with Technical Co-Sponsorship by IEEE-USA\, IEEE CTS\, IEEE EDS\, IEEE EMBS\, IEEE MTT-S\, IEEE PELS\, IEEE PES\, the IEEE Smart Village Initiative and IEEE-SA.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE-USA\, IEEE CTS\, IEEE EDS\, IEEE EMBS\, IEEE MTT-S\, IEEE PELS\, IEEE PES\, the IEEE Smart Village Initiative and IEEE-SA\n\nThe Inn at Villanova Universi ty\, 601 County Line Road\, Radnor\, Pennsylvania\, United States\, 19087 LOCATION:The Inn at Villanova University\, 601 County Line Road\, Radnor\, Pennsylvania\, United States\, 19087 ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org SEQUENCE:31 SUMMARY:IEEE GHTC 2024 - Global Humanitarian Technology Conference URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/434615 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><img style="display: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://ieeeghtc.org/wp-content/uploads/ sites/132/2024/01/GHTC-2024-Banner-768x171.jpg" alt="" width="768" height= "171"></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>See <a href="https://i eeeghtc.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://ieeeghtc.org</a></stro ng></p>\n<p>The 14<sup>th</sup> IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Confer ence (IEEE GHTC 2024) will take place in person at <strong>Villanova Unive rsity</strong> (Pennsylvania) from <strong>October 23&nbsp\; to 25\, 2024< /strong>.</p>\n<p>GHTC is a flagship international conference supporting a chievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)\, bringing together people working on the application of technology to addr essing critical issues for the benefit of the resource-constrained and vul nerable populations in the world.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><sp an style="color: rgb(224\, 62\, 45)\; font-size: 14pt\;"><strong>Early att endee registration ends 30-Sep</strong></span></p>\n<h3 style="text-align: center\;"><strong>2024 Theme:<em>The Year of the Practitioner</em></stron g></h3>\n<p><strong>Preliminary Program information</strong> has been post ed on the website. (See <a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/program/">https://ie eeghtc.org/program/</a>)</p>\n<p><strong>Registration</strong> is open &nd ash\; <strong>Early rates end September 30</strong>. See the GHTC 2024 <a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/registration/"><strong>Registration page</stron g></a> for details on fees and options.</p>\n<p>GHTC focuses on these sust ainable goals:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Health and Well Being (SDG3)</li>\n<li> Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7)</li>\n<li>Communication/Connectivity in Support of Development</li>\n<li>Disaster Mitigation\, Preparedness\, Res ponse and Recovery</li>\n<li>Technologies that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls (SDG5)</li>\n<li>Quality Education (SD G4)</li>\n<li>Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG6)</li>\n<li>Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG8)</li>\n<li>Agriculture and Food Security (SDG2)</li> \n<li>Technology Impacts on Societal Evolution</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Why Attend?</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participate in an extensive\, vibrant\, a nd innovative technical program</li>\n<li>Learn from world-class knowledge able practitioners working in the field</li>\n<li>Exchange information\, s hare experiences and network with attendees actively involved in the field s</li>\n<li>Gain visibility and recognition for your humanitarian work\, p rojects and ideas</li>\n<li>Find new resources and potential partners or i nvestors</li>\n</ul>\n<h3 style="text-align: center\;"><strong>GHTC 2024 f eatures:</strong></h3>\n<p><strong>Pre-Conference Workshops</strong><stron g> on October 23 </strong>Included with GHTC 2024 registration.</p>\n<ul>\ n<li><a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/program/workshops/#hew"><strong>Humanit arian Engineering Education Programs</strong></a></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li>< a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/program/workshops/#aiw"><strong>Effective AI for Social Good</strong></a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><a href="https://ieeeghtc.org /2024/ghtc-2024-opening-souk/"><strong>GHTC Pre-Conference Welcome Souk</s trong></a><strong> on October 23</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><st rong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt\;">Plenary and Keynote Sessions</span> </strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="padding-left: 40px\;"><stron g>Thursday Plenary Panel (October 24)</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing " style="padding-left: 40px\;"><a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/program/panel /?preview_id=12569&amp\;preview_nonce=9a1de832fb&amp\;_thumbnail_id=-1&amp \;preview=true&amp\;aiEnableCheckShortcode=true#panel1"><strong>Technology Development to Technology Implementation</strong></a></p>\n<p class="MsoN oSpacing" style="padding-left: 40px\;"><strong>IEEE Humanitarian Panel (Oc tober 24)</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="padding-left: 40px\ ;">Speakers from IEEE EPICS\, IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board (HTB)\, I EEE Smart Village</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="padding-left: 40px\; "><strong>Friday Plenary Panel (October 25)</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNoS pacing" style="padding-left: 40px\;"><a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/program /panel/?preview_id=12569&amp\;preview_nonce=9a1de832fb&amp\;_thumbnail_id= -1&amp\;preview=true&amp\;aiEnableCheckShortcode=true#panel3">Women in Hum anitarian Technology Panel</a></p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="padding -left: 40px\;"><strong>Banquet:</strong> Dr. Revi Sterling\, Technical Dir ector\, Women in the Digital Ecosystem Fund (WiDEF)</p>\n<h3 class="MsoNoS pacing" style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Technical Sessions</strong></ h3>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center\;">See preliminary list of <a href="https://ieeeghtc.org/program/ghtc-2024-preliminary-paper- schedule/">accepted papers</a>. (Note not all may be presented). On-site a nd remote presentations.</p>\n<div class="WordSection1">\n<p class="MsoNoS pacing" style="text-align: center\;" align="center"><strong>16 tracks\, 80 papers</strong></p>\n</div>\n<div class="WordSection2">\n<table style="bo rder-collapse: collapse\; width: 100.03%\;" border="1"><colgroup><col styl e="width: 49.9512%\;"><col style="width: 49.9512%\;"></colgroup>\n<tbody>\ n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">1A&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; AI in Educati on</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">1B&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Climate Change Dat a</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">2A&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Productivity Soluti ons in Agriculture</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">2B&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; In formation for Entrepreneurship</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">3A&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\; Power Grid Solutions</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">3B&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\; Technology for Education</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">4A&nbsp\;& nbsp\;&nbsp\; Diet\, Nutrition and Oral Health</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing ">4B&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Human-Machine Interface</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<div c lass="WordSection2">\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">5A&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; AI i n Agriculture</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">5B&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Entrepr eneurship for All</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">6A&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Tec hnology for Community Well Being</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">6B&nbsp\;&nb sp\;&nbsp\; The Economics of Sustainability</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing">7 A&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Technology Development</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" >7B&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Emergency Response Technologies</p>\n<p class="Ms oNoSpacing">8A&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Technology for Well Being</p>\n<p clas s="MsoNoSpacing">8B&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Aid\, Assistance and The Digital Divide</p>\n</div>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</div>\n<p class="Ms oNoSpacing" style="text-align: center\;" align="center">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p cl ass="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center\;" align="center"><strong>GHT C 2024 Sponsors</strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: j ustify\;">IEEE GHTC 2024 is Sponsored by IEEE Region 6\, IEEE Philadelphia Section and IEEE SSIT\, with Technical Co-Sponsorship by IEEE-USA\, IEEE CTS\, IEEE EDS\, IEEE EMBS\, IEEE MTT-S\, IEEE PELS\, IEEE PES\, the IEEE Smart Village Initiative and IEEE-SA.</p>\n<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style=" text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR