初稿截稿日期：2019-03-31

初稿录用通知日期：2019-05-19

终稿截稿日期：2019-07-31

The 9th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (IEEE GHTC2019) is an international flagship conference sharing practical technologyenabled solutions addressing the needs of underserved populations andresource constrained environments around the world and the UnitedNations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG).
Stakeholders from the public, private, education and research, societal, funding anddonor sectors are invited to submit proposed papers (or presentations) sharingSustainable Development and Humanitarian Technology related insights, experiences,good practices and lessons learnt from a research, policy, practitioner and/orcommunity perspective. To this end, GHTC welcomes paper and presentationsubmissions in the Sustainable Development and Humanitarian/Appropriate/AssistiveTechnology spaces. Submissions by practitioners (governmental, for-profit and nonprofit), academics, private sector actors and policy makers describing interventiondesign and implementation, field experiences and best practices, case studies, projectmonitoring and evaluation results, and original research are of particular interest.

Three types of submissions are possible for presentation at GHTC: Full Papers areappropriate for mature work or completed projects and should not exceed eight pages;Short Papers are appropriate for early stage projects or authors wishing to share asnapshot of results-in-progress, experiences and perspectives, and should be three tofour pages in length including a short reference section. Oral-Only (Poster)Presentations are appropriate for work-in-progress, projects in the pre-implementationstage as well as an option for practitioners, policy makers or community representativeswho do not want to write a paper. Oral-Only submissions should be described in onepage. Short Papers and Oral-Only Presentations will be accepted for presentation eitherduring a paper session or poster session at the discretion of the Program Committee.
A selection of accepted papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended versionto an IEEE journal.

• Agriculture & Food Security (SDG2)
• Good Health and Well Being (SDG3)
• Quality Education (SDG4)
• Clean Water & Sanitation (SDG6)
• Affordable & Clean Energy (SDG7)
• Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response & Recovery
• Communication/Connectivity in Support of Development

As well as describing technological aspects, submissions are encouraged to considersocio-cultural, socio-economic, environmental and policy perspectives, and howsustainable development best practices such as community engagement, capacitybuilding, local ownership, co-design and Collaborative Open Innovation, Social Returnon Investment (SROI), Theory of Change planning, and PESTLE analysis are applied.

1.Conference Chair

• Paul M Cunningham, IST-AfricaInstitute

2.Vice Chair

• Ed Perkins

3.Program Chair

• Silvia Figueira, Santa Clara U

4.Technical Program Chair

• Henry Louie, Seattle U