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R10 Annual General Meeting

R10 Annual General Meeting. Name: Deepak Mathur Committee: Humanitarian Technology Activities 2 March 2013 Chiang Mai, Thailand. Highlights of 2012. Introduced the concept of Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) in Region 10. 8 SIGHT’s were formed in Region 10

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R10 Annual General Meeting

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  1. R10 Annual General Meeting Name: Deepak Mathur Committee: Humanitarian Technology Activities 2 March 2013 Chiang Mai, Thailand

  2. Highlights of 2012 • Introduced the concept of Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT) in Region 10. • 8 SIGHT’s were formed in Region 10 • SIGHT for Low Cost Remote Virtual Educational Platform (Kolkata) • IEEE Teacher in Service Program, India - TISP India SIGHT (R10EAC) • IEEE Bangalore Section R-10, India • IEEE Sahaaya (Kerala Section) • DISHA(Gujarat) • NITK SIGHT- Assistive Technology for Orthopedic Applications (Bangalore Section) • IEEE HK SIGHT(Hong Kong) • IEEE Madras Section SIGHT

  3. Highlights of 2012 • Finalized first R10 conference on Humanitarian Technology : R10-HTC2013 : The conference will be held on 26th–29th August 2013 in Sendai, Japan • Conducted awareness program on HT at Tokyo Section and Kansai Section. • Invited project proposals from sections to encourage humanitarian activities in the Region: 20 proposals were received, 8 projects were selected for funding of 75% of project cost (or US$750 which ever is less) from R10 balance 25% were supported by respective sections. 7 projects were successfully completed.

  4. Highlights of 2012

  5. 2013 R10 HTA Committee • Chair: • Deepak Mathur • Advisor: • Amarnath Raja • Committee Members:(more members to be inducted) • Takako Hashimoto • Arjun Pillai

  6. Plan for 2013 • New SIGHTs in sections • Humanitarian Technology tracks in major conferences of the Region • Being a new concept at Section level, awareness on Humanitarian Technology Activities are required to be propagated all across the section to create interest of members to form sustainable SIGHT. It is being proposed to keep HT track in the major conferences of Region 10 including TENCONS. • Information about Humanitarian Technology Activities on Region 10 website • Planning of next Humanitarian Technology Conference in 2014

  7. Plan for 2013 • Humanitarian Technology projects – 8 Projects • To do real life projects or workshops for the visibility of IEEE and for the Humanitarian cause in the sections of Region 10. There is a plan to do minimum 8 HTA projects.

  8. Proposed 2013 Budget Budget allocation : US$12800

  9. Thank you

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