You will receive notices about the current and future GHTC conferences, offers, and solicitations to participate, submit papers, etc.
Note: this process uses double opt-in – you will need to confirm your sign-up
The GHTC 2024 Proceedings have been published in IEEE Xplore:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/10771501/proceeding
Visit GHTC Proceedings Portal here.
Undergraduate students presented their posters at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) Undergrad Student Poster Showcase Competition at Soak on Thursday, October 23, 2024
There were 69 students in 23 teams. The judging process and the funding for the competition was a collaboration between Region 2 and Region 6. Prizes in the amount of $750 for the 1st Place winner, $500 for the 2nd, and $250 for the 3rd place.
Winners of Undergrad Student Poster Showcase Competition at GHTC Souk
1st Place: TrackTB – Maia Wainwright, Kyle Smith, Lehigh University
2nd Place: PlasTech – Caroline Ronchini, Fernanda Sena, and Jackson Kramp, Lehigh University
3rd Place: SicklED – Adelaide Ogden, Owen Holst, Lehigh University
Honorable Mention: Improving Heatwave Detection and Assessment – Vinay Karthik, Wardlaw Hartridge School, USA
The 14th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2024) will take place in person at Villanova University (Pennsylvania) from October 23 to 25, 2024.
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.
Preliminary Program information has been posted on the website. (See https://ieeeghtc.org/program/)
Registration is open – Early rates end September 30. See the GHTC 2024 Registration page for details on fees and options.
GHTC focuses on these sustainable goals:
Why Attend?
Pre-Conference Workshops on October 23 Included with GHTC 2024 registration.
GHTC Pre-Conference Welcome Souk on October 23
GHTC 2024 is reinventing the opening reception. The GHTC 2023 souk (‘open air bazaar’) was very successful. The GHTC 2024 SOUK will commence at 6PM on Wednesday October 23rd in the ballroom of The Inn at Villanova University. All attendees are urged/encouraged to arrive with material to post.
Included with GHTC 2024 registration.
For those not attending the conference, SOUK presenter registration is available in the registration system for $50 per poster (Light refreshments will be served)
Thursday Plenary Panel (830-1030 on October 24)
Technology Development to Technology Implementation
Mr. Andrew Lamb, Chair, Internet of Production Alliance
Mr. Amit Bhavnagar, Director, Swasthgram Global foundation
Ben Savonen, Global Development Incubator
World renowned speakers:
Banquet: Dr. Revi Sterling, Technical Director, Women in the Digital Ecosystem Fund (WiDEF)
Friday Lunch: Avner Mizrahi, engageSPARK
IEEE Humanitarian Panel (2:10-3:20 PM)
Engineering with purpose: The New Humanitarian Technologies Approach
Moderator:
Julianna M. Pichardo, IEEE Humanitarian Activities & Sustainable Development Manager
Panelists:
Stephanie Gillespie, EPICS in IEEE Committee Chair
Sampath Veeraraghavan, IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board (HTB), with focus on Tech4Good
Toby Cumberbatch, IEEE Smart Village (ISV)
Friday Plenary Panel (0830 – 1030 on October 25)
Women in Humanitarian Technology Panel
Dr. Heather Beem, Professor of Engineering, Ashesi University
Ms. Amina Abubakar, Founder and Chief Consultant, Adaptive Solutions Africa Ltd
Ms. Sophia Haoui, Software Developer, New Sun Road
See preliminary list of accepted papers. (Note not all may be presented). On-site and remote presentations.
16 tracks, 80 papers:
1A AI in Education
1B Climate Change Data
2A Productivity Solutions in Agriculture
2B Information for Entrepreneurship
3A Power Grid Solutions
3B Technology for Education
4A Diet, Nutrition and Oral Health
4B Human-Machine Interface
5A AI in Agriculture
5B Entrepreneurship for All
6A Technology for Community Well Being
6B The Economics of Sustainability
7A Technology Development
7B Emergency Response Technologies
8A Technology for Well Being
8B Aid, Assistance and The Digital Divide
GHTC 2024 Sponsors
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.
GHTC 2024 Conference Opening Souk
The GHTC 2024 Souk – our kickoff event – will commence at 6PM on Wednesday October 23rd in the ballroom of The Inn at Villanova University.
Designed as a universal marketplace for easy exchange of ideas and introductions to fellow conference participants, ALL ATTENDEES are urged/encouraged to arrive with material to post. We will provide the means for you to display whatever you provide—be it a “formal” poster to sheets of paper. Material posted will remain displayed for the duration of the conference to provide easy access to attendee’s interests.
Everyone is encouraged to participate whether you plan your poster ahead of time, or put it together when you arrive.
Light refreshments will be served, registration is required. There is a small fee to offset the costs of the Souk and the refreshments. Register via the registration page; it is an option in the conference registration process. Note it is not required to register for the full conference to attend the Souk.
NOTE: While GHTC 2024 will be primarily in-person, there will be a ’Virtual track’ for remote presentations.
| Focus Area | Topics |
|---|---|
| Good Health and Well Being (ref: SDG3) | E.g.: Healthcare, Medical technology, Telemedicine, Mobile Clinics, Primary Care and Nutrition. |
| Affordable & Clean Energy (ref: SDG7) | E.g.: Generation, and Distribution of Renewable Energy; Off-grid Energy for Lighting, Cooking and Heating; Decentralized Energy Resources (DER); Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (HRES); Renewable Energy Management (REM); Smart Grid, Micro/Nano Grid; Energy Management Systems (EMS); Battery Management Systems (BMS); Hybrid & Electric Vehicles (HEV); Bio-energies; Waste-to-Energy. |
| Communication/Connectivity in Support of Development | E.g.: Communication and Information Technologies, Systems, and Applications; Social Media and Its Application. |
| Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery | E.g.: Disaster Planning and Preparedness; Predictive, Warning and Response Systems; Community Mobilization; Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Response, Shelters; Short and/or long term survival strategy after a disaster. |
| Technologies that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls (ref: SDG5) | E.g.: Information and Communication Technology for Empowerment; Diversity and Inclusion; Leadership development and decision making; Legal frameworks; Time-tracking; Literacy |
| Quality Education (ref: SDG4) | E.g.: Training and Capacity Building; Programs; Methods and Service Learning. |
| Clean Water and Sanitation (ref: SDG6) | E.g.: Clean Water; Sanitation; Solid Waste Management; Disease Vector Control; Drainage and Hygiene. |
| Decent Work and Economic Growth (ref: SDG8) | E.g.: Innovation in Industry and Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship Programs (including social entrepreneurship), Sustainable Business Models, Social Enterprises, Workforce Development Programs (e.g. digital literacy programs), Innovative Business Financing Models. |
| Agriculture and Food Security (ref: SDG2) | E.g.: Agricultural Technologies, Irrigation and Farming Practices. |
| Technology Impacts on Societal Evolution | E.g. Technology Design, Adoption and Dissemination; Human-Centered System Design; Behavior change and technology adoption; Collaborative design; Technologies to enable Peace, Justice, and Equitable Economies; Other Technology Impacts |
| Other Related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (ref: SDGs 9, 11, 12, 14) | E.g.: Commercialization of Humanitarian Technologies; Community engagement, Capacity-building, and Behavior Change; Deployment, Scale-up, Distribution; Humanitarian Challenges & Opportunities; Infrastructure, Information, and Human Security; Participatory Methods; Ocean Health and Climate Change Mitigation. |
In addition to describing technological aspects, ethical and sustainability challenges, submissions are encouraged to consider socio-cultural, socio-economic, environmental and policy perspectives, and explain how holistic, development-related good practices such as skills, capacity building, community ownership, co-design, collaborative open innovation, and Theory of Change are applied.
| Full Paper and Oral-only submission for review deadline | |
| Special Sessions (e.g. demo, panel, discussion) deadline | |
| Notification of acceptance / revision requirements | |
| Submission of Final Full Paper and Oral-only Presentation ("Camera ready") | |
| Author Copyright forms deadline | same as Final deadline |
| Author early registration deadline | |
| Early registration deadline | September 30, 2024 |
| Recorded presentations due | October 10, 2024 |
| Conference Dates | October 23 - 26, 2024 |
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.
Sponsors
The GHTC 2023 Proceedings have been published in IEEE Xplore:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9910962/proceeding
Visit GHTC Proceedings Portal here.
The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) generously funded best paper & poster awards
IEEE Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) funded travel for several of their projects.
IEEE SSIT Awards
Poster Awards (Souk)
 Lehigh University |
“SicklED: Low-Cost, Point-of-Care, Sickle Cell Screening Device for Use in Low-to-Middle Income Countries”
Lehigh University: Lauryn Jones, Jake Feuerstein, and Chibugo Okeke (pictured), Alice Chen, Anjali Shah, Norman Zvenyika, Aiden McCurley, Kathleen Gifford, Hamsa Javagal, and Quan Hoang With Pritpal Singh, GHTC 2023 Chair and Prasanta Ghosh, SSIT |
 Pennsylvania State University |
“The Ecological Impacts of Red-Billed Quelea Birds”
The Pennsylvania State University: Alexander Aumen, Gianna Gagliardi, Colleen Kinkead, Van Nguyen, Kaylee Smith, John Gershenson Ph.D. With Pritpal Singh, GHTC 2023 Chair and Prasanta Ghosh, SSIT
|
Best Paper Awards
 Lehigh University |
“How Teacher Feedback Helped Reimagine, Redesign, and Recode a Sustainability Education App”,
Akanksha Y Gavade, Andrew W Leaventon, Hayden Ossinger, Saik A Jalal, Malika Buribayeva, Allison J Bronson, Chingiz Tuleubayev, Lehigh University |
 Pennsylvania State University |
“Investigating the Feasability of Crowdsourcing Current Events Information in Kenya”,
Sonika Kohli, Eric Leon and Hayes Rakvin (Penn State, USA); Dorcas Owino (LakeHub, Kenya); John Gershenson, The Pennsylvania State University |
GHTC 2023 is pleased to announce the preliminary conference program.
The 13th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC 2023) will take place in person at Villanova University (Pennsylvania) from October 11 to 14, 2023.
Registration is open – Early rates extended to September 26. See the GHTC 2023 Registration page for details on fees and options.
[Note that the participating GHTC hotels have various deadlines for making reservations at their GHTC rates. See https://ieeeghtc.org/accomodations/]
See the GHTC 2023 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:
Why Attend?
This two-day workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) brings together educators, practitioners, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders in the domains of electricity access and associated sustainable business model development.
Registration required; see here for details.
Included with GHTC 2023 registration.
Wednesday October 11 5:00-9:00 pm
Light food/cash bar from 6:30-8:30 pm
GHTC 2023 is reinventing the opening reception. The GHTC 2023 souk (‘open air bazaar’) will commence at 6:30PM on Wednesday October 11th in the ballroom of The Inn at Villanova University. All attendees are urged/encouraged to arrive with material to post.
GHTC 2023 registration not required, but pre-registration required for display space, sign-up here.
World renowned speakers:
Jordan Ermilio, Villanova University
Varun Loomba, Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE)
Mou Riiny, SunGate Solar Ltd, South Sudan
Dr. Krista Donaldson, Stanford University
IEEE Humanitarian Panel (1230 – 1400 on October 12)
Stephanie Gillespie, EPICS in IEEE Committee Chair
Kit August, IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board
Ed Rezek, IEEE Smart Village
Connectivity Panel (0800 – 1000 on October 13)
Mei Lin Fung, People-Centered Internet
Chris Clement Igiraneza, KIT-HUB
Young Professionals Panel (1030 – 1230 on October 13)
Kory Hansen, Counterpart International
Wayne Lifshitz, Chemonics Inc
Ben Savonen, Global Development Incubator
Over 80 papers in 10 tracks; on-site and remote presentations.
See preliminary program schedule in EDAS.
GHTC 2023 Pre-Conference Workshop
This two-day workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) brings together educators, practitioners, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders in the domains of electricity access and associated sustainable business model development. The overarching goal of the workshop is to enhance and expand undergraduate engineering courses and activities on electricity access and corresponding sustainable business models.
The workshop will include targeted discussions, panel sessions, networking opportunities, and open-ended discussions. Keynote presentations from experienced practitioners and educators will be featured.
The workshop will be held in October 2023 at Villanova University, immediately preceding the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference.
Hotel accommodations for two nights and all meals during the workshop will be covered by the NSF grant. In the registration page, please indicate if you will need hotel accommodation. We will make the hotel reservations for all attendees that require hotel accommodation.
We look forward to seeing you at the workshop in October.
For details and registration see https://www1.villanova.edu/university/engineering/about-us/news-events/events/2023/Energy-Access-Workshop.html
What: The GHTC Souk – our marketplace of impact
Date/Time: Wednesday, 11-Oct-23 @ 5-9 pm (evening before GHTC 2023 opening)
Light food/cash bar from 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Inn at Villanova Ballroom
Sign-up: Below (Deadline 26-Sep)
GHTC 2023 is reinventing the opening reception. The GHTC 2023 souk (‘open air bazaar’) will commence at 5:00 PM on Wednesday October 11th in the ballroom of The Inn at Villanova University, with light food and cash bar. This event is free to all attendees, but we ask that you sign up for a ticket at the link below for planning purposes and a complementary beverage.
Designed as a universal marketplace for easy exchanges of ideas and introductions to fellow conference participants, all attendees are urged/encouraged to arrive with material to post. We’ll provide the means for you to display whatever you provide. Posters can be anything from a picture or hastily scribbled note to a full-fledged research poster or exhibit – hardware and demos are welcome. Practitioners, academics, students, and all who are curious are invited to display and/or browse. All we ask is that it be sufficiently legible for passersby to read from about 3ft. Material posted will remain displayed for the duration of the conference to provide easy access to attendee’s interests.
Attendees are requested to sign-up below to ensure they have a display space.
Note: Separate to the souk will be a session on Oct. 13 in which submissions accepted as posters are presented to the conference.
