This unique conference will focus on the general areas of technology for improving the humanity falling within the UN Sustainable Development Goals  (http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/).

The conference will feature outstanding keynote speakers, workshops, a student paper competition and peer-reviewed papers. Humanitarian technology-oriented technical papers and papers describing social and economic factors related to humanitarian technology implementation are welcome for the conference.

Call for Papers

The technical program committee invites you to submit a 200-300 wordabstract of a paper in any of the following track areas.Technologies for:

1. Poverty alleviation, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promotesustainable agriculture.

2. Effective management of refugees, (re)settlements and integration

3. Ensuring healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

4. Quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

5. Sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

6. Affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

7. Making cities and human settlements safe, resilient and sustainable

8. Disaster mitigation, management, relief, and recovery

9. Combating climate change and its impacts

10. Social impacts of technology11. Data and personal security humanitarian technology

12. Humanitarian and educational technologies

13. Community engagement

Important Dates

IEEE format Full Paper Due - Feb. 15, 2017

Tutorial Workshop Proposal - Mar 31, 2017

Reviewers’ Feedback to Authors - Apr. 30, 2017

Submission of camera-ready papers - May 31, 2017

All materials to be uploaded by registering with: https://edas.infoPlease 

Use PDF format for both papers/paper abstracts, as well as proposals for tutorials,workshops and panels. Detailed information on paper format and submission procedurecan be found on the conference website.