IEEE GHTC 2020 - 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
The Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) is the flagship IEEE forum for presenting and discussing humanitarian technology innovation and deployment. The technical focus of the Conference is complemented by an integrated understanding of broader contexts—economics, policy, culture, environment—that impact successful humanitarian technology implementation.
The 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2020) will share practical technology-enabled solutions addressing needs of underserved communities in resource constrained environments around the world in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
GHTC 2020 takes place from Thursday October 29 through mid-afternoon Sunday November 1. See the preliminary program schedule here.
Student Poster Contest
Our 3rd Student Poster Contest will be held online Thursday afternoon following the paper sessions. Cash prizes will be awarded. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 2-October.
Workshops
Thursday morning choose from two 1/2 day workshops included with your GHTC full registration:
- Applied Machine Learning for Social Good
This session will focus on topics around the usage of machine learning (ML) methods in order to assist social good applications.
- Fundamentals of Off-Grid Electrical Systems
This half-day tutorial covers the contextual, technical, and practical implementation aspects of off-grid electrical systems in developing countries. The mini/micro-grid design process is discussed.
- NEW! Sustainable Project Design Considering COVID-19 Pandemic
This IEEE HAC-sponsored workshop will offer a training on humanitarian technology (HT) project design and implementation, especially considering the during and after COVID-19 pandemic situations from local and global perspectives.
Special Sessions
Special Sessions and Plenaries are being organized and will be scheduled soon, among them:
- Panel: “Technology-enabled climb up the demand-driven energy ladder: Interoperability, Growth, All-access”
Ensuring universal, affordable and sustainable energy access is one of the biggest societal challenges of our time. Decentralized, bottom-up approaches, such as solar home systems and microgrids, have emerged as a response to shortcomings of the centralized grid approach, but affordability, scalability, path to growth and long-term sustainability remain a challenge.
- IEEE HAC Panel on COVID-19
How HAC/SIGHT responded to the COVID pandemic – vision and process improvements with examples of some funded projects and building collaboration opportunities.
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- Start time: 29 Oct 2020 08:00 AM
- End time: 01 Nov 2020 03:30 PM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
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- Co-sponsored by GHTC 2020 is sponsored by IEEE Region 6, IEEE Seattle Section and IEEE SSIT (Society on Social Implications of Technology) with technical sponsorship by IEEE-USA, IEEE CES, EMBS, MTT-S, PES and IEEE Smart Village.
Agenda
GHTC 2020 takes place from Thursday October 29 through mid-afternoon Sunday November 1.
See https://ieeeghtc.org/program/ for agenda