IEEE IHTC 2021: 2021 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference Virtual Virtual Conference, UK, December 2-4, 2021 |
Conference website | https://www.ihtc21.org.uk/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieee_ihtc_2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | October 12, 2021 |
Submission deadline | October 12, 2021 |
The 2021 IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE IHTC) takes place as a Virtual Conference 02 - 04 December.
IEEE IHTC is a Multi-Regional Conference Series rotating between R7 (Canada), R8 (Africa, Europe and Middle East), and R9 (Latin America and Caribbean).
This inter-disciplinary conference series focuses on showcasing challenges, success stories, lessons learnt, case studies and technological innovation related to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ICT4D and the application of Humanitarian Technologies (including Disaster Relief and Disaster Recovery) and facilitating engagement by stakeholders from the public, private, education and research and societal sectors around the world.
We place a particular emphasis on facilitating participation and sharing of experiences by key stakeholder groups from low and lower middle-income countries as well as low resource communities.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Abstract for Oral Presentation only
- Short Papers describing activities at an earlier stage of evolution or authors wishing to share a snapshot of results-in-progress, experiences and perspectives. These should be three to four pages in length using the IEEE paper template and include a short up to date reference section.
- Full papers describing mature work or completed projects and should be up to eight pages in length using the IEEE paper template, including full up to date references.
See for more detailshttps://www.ihtc21.org.uk/call-for-participation/
List of Topics
Relevant thematic areas include but are not limited to:
- Technologies for poverty alleviation, ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture (SDG 1, 2)
- Technologies for effective management of refugees, sustainable (re)settlements and integration.
- Technologies for ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages (SDG 3).Technologies to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all (SDG 4).
- Technologies to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all (SDG 6).
- Technologies to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (SDG 7).
- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11).
- Technologies to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13).
- Technologies to specifically assist in disaster mitigation, management, relief, and recovery.
- Humanitarian and sustainable engineering programs, educational technologies, course material, curricula (SDG 4).
- Community engagement; social and economic factors in humanitarian engineering
- Ethical, Societal, Privacy and Security considerations in the co-design, implementation and deployment of Sustainable Development, ICT4D and Humanitarian Technologies
- Supporting Implementation of Other SDGs
Committees
Organizing committee
See https://www.ihtc21.org.uk/ihtc-2021-committee/ for more details
Program Committee
- Technical Programme Chair: Miriam Cunningham (IST-Africa Institute)
- Technical Reviewers
Publication
Papers accepted following the quality check, which are presented during the event with an author/co-author participating in the conference session to take live questions will be submitted for consideration as part of the Conference Proceedings in IEEE Xplore.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to program@ihtc21.org.uk
Sponsors
Sponsored by IEEE Region 8, IEEE Region 7, IEEE Region 9 and IEEE UK and Ireland Section, this year's conference is organised by volunteers from UK and Ireland SIGHT, SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT, Region 8, Region 7, Region 9 and UK and Ireland SSIT, SMC and Systems Council Chapters.