GHTC 2022 Program Announced

GHTC 2022 is pleased to announce the preliminary conference program.

The 12^th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2022) will take place in person at Santa Clara University (California) from September 8 to 11, 2022.

Registration is open – Early rates extended to August 12 August 26. See the GHTC 2022 Registration page for details on fees and options.

See the GHTC 2022 Program pages for details.

GHTC is a flagship international conference supporting achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), bringing together people working on the application of technology to addressing critical issues for the benefit of the resource-constrained and vulnerable populations in the world.

GHTC focuses of these sustainable goals:

• Good Health and Well Being (SDG3)
• Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG7)
• Communication/Connectivity in Support of Development
• Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
• Technologies that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls (SDG5)
• Quality Education (SDG4)
• Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG6)
• Decent Work and Economic Growth (SDG8)
• Agriculture and Food Security (SDG2)
• Technology Impacts on Societal Evolution

Why Attend?

• Participate in an extensive, vibrant, and innovative technical program
• Learn from world-class knowledgeable practitioners working in the field
• Exchange information, share experiences and network with attendees actively involved in the fields
• Gain visibility and recognition for your humanitarian work, projects and ideas
• Find new resources and potential partners or investors

GHTC 2022 features:

Workshops

GHTC 2022 will feature three interactive workshops on Thursday September 8th, 2022, from 12:30 – 3:30 PM

The workshops are included with full conference registration.

• Machine Learning for Social Good; Rakshit Agrawal, Vice President of Research & Development, Camio Inc. and Charles Delahunt, Senior Research Scientist, GH Labs
• Building Wireless Sensing Systems (using Infineon Wireless IoT Devices); Patrick Kane, Infineon, San Jose, USA
• GHTC and IEEE Consulting Network Synergies; Joel Kent, IEEE-CNSV Board Member, IEEE Consultants’ Network of Silicon Valley (IEEE-CNSV) and Kim Parnell, Ph.D., P.E. Parnell Engineering & Consulting & IEEE-CNSV Board Member)

Workshop Speakers

Networking Social

Join attendees in a networking social on Thursday September 8^th, from 4:00 – 6:00 PM.

Technical Paper Sessions

Over 80 paper presentations in the IEEE GHTC 2022 Thematic areas ( see Call for Papers).

Plenary and Keynote Speakers

• Keynote: To Care, and How We Get There; Neha Kumar, Associate Professor from Georgia Tech, USA
• Keynote: Technology’s True Promise Lies in the Good we can Do; Janice Zdankus, Vice President, CTO Technology Strategy and Innovation for Social Impact from Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Keynote: Federal (US) humanitarian engineering: what programs are out there?, Aline D. McNaull, Senior Legislative Representative, IEEE-USA
• Plenary: One Week Wonder – Emergency PPE Delivery via A Global Humanitarian Collaboration of Makers; Kelly Yamanishi and Eric Hess from Maker Nexus, a non-profit Makerspace
• Introducing the West Coast IEEE MOVE Truck; Tim Lee, IEEE Region 6 Director
• Plenary: Academic Programs in Humanitarian Engineering; Moderator: Pritpal Singh Villanova University; Allan Baez Morales, Santa Clara University and Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University
• Keynote: IT for Sustainability; Puneet Sharma is Director, Networking & Distributed Systems Lab and a Distinguished Technologist at Hewlett Packard Labs, USA
• Plenary: Revolutionizing the Retail Informal Sector in Africa: Use Case of the Smart Kibanda Project; Kithinji Muriungi; Chris Murimi from Moi University in Nairobi, Kenya
• Plenary: Introduction to EPICS in IEEE; Stephanie Gillespie, EPICS in IEEE Committee Chair, and Associate Dean from Tagliatela College of Engineering of University of New Haven
• Keynote: Minimizing the Ecological Footprint using Machine Learning; Vishnu S. Pendyala from San Jose State University
• Keynote: Does Gender Impact Startup Funding Success? A Data-Driven Perspective; Maya Ackerman, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering from Santa Clara University
• Keynote: How the Internet Improves Humanity; Eric Goldman, Professor of Law from Santa Clara University
• Plenary: Clean energy solutions replacing portable fossil fuel generators: Technology and lessons from Ukraine and Hurricane Ida; Paul Shmotolokha from New Use Energy

New presentations added:

• Keynote: Federal (US) humanitarian engineering: what programs are out there?, Aline D. McNaull, Senior Legislative Representative, IEEE-USA

• Plenary: Academic Programs in Humanitarian Engineering; Allan Baez Morales & Silvia Figueria, Santa Clara University and KhanJan Mehta, Lehigh University

• Cost-benefit modeling of emergency telecommunications preparedness, UN World Food Programme, Rome (session FTS6)

Keynote and Plenary Speakers

Panels

• Special Session: Diversity in the Workplace: Retaining Early Career Women and Minority Engineers; September 8th, 2022, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM [Separate Registration required]

Moderator: Erin Shelby, Shelby HR Solutions
Facilitators for this session include: Erin Shelby, PHR, Shelby HR Solutions, Claire Wemp, Ph.D., Thermal Applications Engineer, DuPont, Juan Vargas, M.S., Senior Project Engineer, Devcon Construction, and Jeewika Ranaweera, Ph.D., Principal Hardware Engineer, Oracle.

• Panel Discussion: Quality Education Online and the Way Forward; September 9th, 2022, 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

Moderator: Patrick Kane – Director of University Alliance Program, Infineon (formerly Cypress); Panelists: David Parent (Professor of Electrical Engineering, SJSU), C. Wang (Director, DigiKey Academic Program)

• Special Session: Communications, Computing, and Power during Disaster Response; September 9th, 2022 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM [Separate Registration required]

Moderator: David Snyder (PE, CISSP, CCSP, 42TEK LLC & IEEE-CNSV Board Member); Panelists: Dustin Li, Special Programs Director, Information Technology Disaster Resource Center; Kevin Cox, CEO & Founder, Hope Crisis Response Network – Disaster Resource Village; Dave H. Crocker, Volunteer, Silicon Valley Chapter, Information & Planning Coordinator, American Red Cross, principal with Brandenburg InternetWorking, and Senior Member of IEEE; Paul Shmotolokha, New Use Energy, USA; William Torre, IEEE MOVE WEST Operations Lead

• Panel Discussion: Advancing DEI in Journalism with Tech: Opportunities and Guardrails; September 10th, 2022 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM

Moderator: Subbu Vincent, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, SCU

• Panel Discussion: Web3 and Human Rights; September 11th, 2022 10:10 AM – 10:50 AM

Moderator: Michael Kleinman, Director, Silicon Valley Initiative, Amnesty, AIUSA

• Panel Discussion: HAC Capacity Building; September 11th, 2022 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

Moderator: Pritpal Singh, IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee

 

Panel Speakers

Special Feature: IEEE MOVE Truck Demonstration

GHTC 2022 will feature the West Coast IEEE MOVE Truck on display Sept 9^th, 3:30-5:00 pm.

MOVE Community Outreach, an IEEE-USA Initiative, is an emergency relief program committed to assisting victims of natural disasters with short-term communications, computer, and power solutions. These temporary emergency relief provisions help those affected stay connected and make sure they can access the help they need. Services include phone charging, internet & communications support, and lighting to disaster victims.

 

Special Exhibit

New Use Energy Solar Generator Trailer

Highly mobile alternatives to using portable fossil fuel generators in disaster or humanitarian relief efforts to provide critical power when the grid is down or where it does not exist.

 

 

 

 

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