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IEEE SIGHT Newsletter February 2014
INSPIRE, ENABLE, CONNECT 
In This Issue
Calls for Papers and Upcoming Events
SIGHT Photo Contest
Design Help Needed
Educational Resources
 
Note from the Chair 

Let's grow the number of IEEE volunteers in humanitarian efforts! Find out more in The Institute about our role in serving the underserved.

 

Kartik Kulkarni, Chair, IEEE SIGHT Steering Committee

Learn more about SIGHT

Overview of SIGHT with Prasanna Venkatesan T L
Overview of SIGHT by Steering Committee member Prasanna Venkatesan 

En Espa�ol:
August 2013 Recording
Form a SIGHT

Haven't yet formed your SIGHT group? 

Download the new group petition and seize the moment!

SIGHT Group Activities in January 
Karachi SIGHT Community Engagement Workshop Participants
  • The Puebla Section SIGHT is the second new group of 2014!
Calls for Papers and Upcoming Events

  

IEEE-RAS Humanitarian Robotics and Automation Technology Challenge

May 31 - June 1, 2014 in Hong Kong
Submission deadline: March 1

 

IEEE Canada International Humanitarian Technology Conference

June 1 - 4, 2014 in Montreal, Canada

 

IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference

August 6 - 9, 2014 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Paper submission deadline: April 2

 

IEEE GHTC-SAS (South Asia Satellite)

September 26 - 27, 2014 in Trivandrum, Kerala, India 

(Look for CFP in next issue)

 

IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference

October 10 - 13, 2014 in San Jose, California, USA

Abstract submission deadline: March 31

AIYEHUM Winners Announced




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SIGHT Photo Contest

Capture your SIGHT group's work with a photograph and submit it to win one of five SIGHT backpacks filled with SIGHT Sharpies, notebooks, pouches, stickers, and more! 

 

Find out the full details here.

 

 

Submission Deadline: February 28, 2014

Design Help Needed

  All Ears Cambodia

Photo by Mark van Luyk / All Ears Cambodia

 

A good design idea or the right tip could help a medical organization in Cambodia that specializes in hearing loss. All Ears Cambodia tests hearing and provides treatment and hearing aids to a community of 14 million Khmers. 

 

The organization needs help with how to calibrate their audiometers, which test hearing, and how to dampen the noise from the street during hearing tests in lively communities.

 

Find out more at Engineering for Change. 

App-E-Feat - Still Time to Get Involved !

 

App-E-Feat, a web portal developed by IEEE as part of its commitment as a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, will allow organizations to connect with engineers to develop mobile applications that further efforts to positively impact humanity around the world. It will launch during Engineers' Week, February 16 - 22.

 

Interested? Fill in the following online form to receive more details once the site is launched. 

 

See below for a sneak preview of the portal design!

  

 

Educational Resources

  

Interested in creating your own Community Engagement Workshop

 

The Karachi SIGHT has lessons to share. How did they structure their event, whom did they invite, and how did they further the learning throughout their country?

 

Read their report to find out more!

 

IEEE SIGHT Educational Tools Webinar November 2013
IEEE SIGHT Educational Tools Webinar November 2013 Recording
  • Learn how to better understand the needs of the underserved from those experiencing material poverty firsthand; 
  • Realize the true impacts of assistance, both positive and negative, and see a detailed case study on a technology-related solution to poverty;
  • Gain a better understanding of the Dos and Don'ts of humanitarian activity in order to create truly positive impact.