<div dir="ltr"><p><b>Greetings, prospective GHTC 2019 authors and presenters! </b><br></p><font color="#ff0000"><b>REMINDER: deadline for submissions to 17-May (10 days)<br>(We have started reviews of all papers submitted as of 19-April.)<br><br>GHTC is also open for Special Session Proposals - 4-8 page description - deadline 23-May - for short workshops/tutorials, demos, panels<br></b></font><p>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.</p><p>The ninth annual GHTC will take place in Seattle, Washington, USA, October 17– 20th 2019. It is the perfect venue for those from the public, private, education and research, societal, funding and donor sectors to join their peers. Submissions accepted thru 19-April.</p><p><b>Focus areas for IEEE GHTC 2019 include:</b></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Agriculture & Food Security (SDG2)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Good Health and Well Being (SDG3)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Quality Education (SDG4)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Clean Water & Sanitation (SDG6)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Affordable & Clean Energy (SDG7)</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response & Recovery</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Communication/Connectivity in Support of Development</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Other Related UN SGDs (e.g. SDGs 9, 11, 12, 14)</li></ul><p>See topic details at <a href="http://ieeeghtc.org/author-central/call-for-papers/" target="_blank">http://ieeeghtc.org/author-central/call-for-papers/</a> and submission instructions <a href="http://ieeeghtc.org/author-central/submission-types-and-instructions/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br></p><p><b>Three types of submissions are possible for presentation at GHTC:</b></p><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Full Papers</b> are appropriate for mature work or completed projects and should not exceed eight pages;</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Short Papers</b> are appropriate for early stage projects or authors wishing to share a snapshot of results-in-progress, experiences and perspectives, and should be three to four pages in length including a short reference section.</li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Oral-Only (Poster) Presentations</b> are appropriate for work-in-progress, projects in the pre-implementation stage as well as an option for practitioners, policy makers or community representatives who do not want to write a paper. Oral-Only submissions should be described in one or two pages.</li></ul><p>All submissions are in PDF/A format.</p><p>Short Papers and Oral-Only Presentations will be accepted for presentation either during a paper session or poster session at the discretion of the Program Committee.</p>Complementing the 2019 IEEE GHTC Conference Proceedings, accepted papers presented during the conference will also be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore®.<p>See the author submission process and guidelines at <a href="http://www.ieeeghtc.org/author-central" target="_blank">www.ieeeghtc.org/author-central</a>.</p><p><b>NOTE: </b>GHTC 2019 authors and participants can apply for the <b>IEEE HAC Conference Participation Program</b>. This program provides a number of partial scholarships to support participation at 2019 conferences with a sustainable development and humanitarian technology focus or component. The objective is to facilitate more extensive networking, sharing of experiences and partnership building, and reduce potential economic barriers to participation by IEEE volunteers active in the sustainable development space. See article here <a href="http://ieeeghtc.org/2019/03/ieee-hac-ghtc-2019/" target="_blank">http://ieeeghtc.org/2019/03/ieee-hac-ghtc-2019/</a> for more info.</p><p><b>Important Dates</b></p>May 17, 2019 Full Paper, Short Paper and Oral-only submission for review deadline<br>May 23, 2019 Special Session Proposals<br>May 19, 2019 Notification of acceptance / revision requirements<br>July 31, 2019 Submission of accepted Full Paper/Short Paper and Oral-only Presentation<br><br><br><pre cols="72" style="white-space:pre-wrap">--
Edward G Perkins
GHTC 2019 Vice Chair
<a href="mailto:e.perkins@ieee.org" target="_blank">e.perkins@ieee.org</a>
</pre><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight</div><div dir="ltr">NARALO Secretariat<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://toronto.ieee.ca/" target="_blank">http://toronto.ieee.ca/</a></div><div dir="ltr">IEEE Toronto SIGHT Chair </div><div dir="ltr"><a href="mailto:glenn.mcknight@ieee.org" target="_blank">glenn.mcknight@ieee.org</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight</div><div>289-830 6259<br>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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