Note from the Chair
It was exciting to meet our SIGHT Conference Participation Support Program recipients this month at GHTC - San Jose! They were filled with passion and great ideas, as you will find in their presentations online.
We are looking forward to receiving your semi-annual reports at the start of next month. Don't forget that we will be recognizing the top reports!
Kartik Kulkarni, Chair, IEEE SIGHT Steering Committee
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Learn more about SIGHT
What was discussed at the GHTC SIGHT Workshop October 12? Check out the presentations by SIGHT volunteers and staff from around the world!
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SIGHT Group News
- The first SIGHT group has been founded in IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East, Africa)! Welcome SIGHT Kenya Section!!!
- We also welcome the following new groups: Southern Alberta Section (Canada), Toronto Section (Canada), and Lahore Section (Pakistan).
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Recent SIGHT Projects Funded:
Congratulations to the following groups, which have received project funding from the SIGHT Steering Committee:
- SIGHT PUC MINAS (Brazil) - Promoting Humanitarian Technology in the Maria Teixeira School
- Montreal and Ottawa SIGHTs (Canada) - Open-Source Avalanche Rescue Imaging System (OS-ARIS)
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We want to hear from you!
Please let us know what you would like to read about in upcoming SIGHT newsletters.
Send your suggestions and ideas to Holly Schneider Brown, SIGHT Program Manager, at h.s.brown@ieee.org. |
IEEE SIGHT
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Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-4141
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SIGHT at IEEE GHTC San Jose
IEEE SIGHT was honored to convene some of its most promising volunteers and prospective members this month at the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) in San Jose, California, USA.
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SIGHT provided travel support to nine SIGHT Conference Participation Support Program recipients. Selected were GHTC paper authors from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and the US.
Recipient Charles Onu said, "The experience at GHTC was golden - meeting amazing people, establishing networks and exchanging ideas. It was truly priceless. And I want to specially thank the entire SIGHT team for contributing to making this trip possible."
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Now seeking Society-based SIGHTs!
At its Steering Committee meeting this month, SIGHT leadership voted to open SIGHT formation to IEEE Societies, in addition to Sections and Student Branches.
That's good news for all those who have been asking about creating a group that is technology-, rather than geography-based!
New groups still require six active IEEE members and the permission of the parent OU. Download the new petition to get started!
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Top SIGHT reports to be recognized
SIGHT Chairs should have received an email last week with a link to the semi-annual SIGHT group report form.
Reports gather information about each SIGHT group's activities and results the past six months and their plans for the next half year.
As a special incentive, the SIGHT Steering Committee will be conferring up to five awards to the most deserving groups. These awards will include project funding!
To be eligible, reports must be submitted by Sunday, November 2.
If you are a Chair and have not received the email, please contact h.s.brown@ieee.org. Good luck!
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SIGHT Chair WebEx in November
SIGHT group Chairs, join with your peers to discuss your lessons learned, challenges, and questions. Mark your calendars!
Friday, November 7
10:00am - 11:00am EST (Convert to your time)
WebEx login
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Educational Resources
WASH in Emergencies: Lessons Learned and Way Forward
WAter, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) are critical needs for populations affected by emergencies such as natural disasters, outbreaks, and violence. In this webinar, we will discuss commonly implemented emergency response interventions to treat drinking water, their successes, their failures, lessons learned, and the need for implementation of proven interventions and development of new innovations to improve the quality of water and reduce the diarrheal disease burden in emergencies.
Speaker: Daniele Lantagne, Usen Family Career Development Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
Moderator: Sean Furey, Water & Sanitation Specialist, Skat Foundation
- Tuesday, October 28, 2014
- 11am - 12pm EDT / 3pm - 4pm UTC
- Opportunity to earn one PDH credit
- Register for FREE at Engineering for Change
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