IEEE HTB Best Practices Online Repository
The IEEE HTB Best Practices Online Repository provides access to recordings of a series of best practice lectures organized by the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Board Ad-Hoc Committee on SIGHT Best Practices during 2023 as well as lectures organized between 2016 – 2022 by the Education Committees of the IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee and IEEE Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT). These lectures are valuable resources to be leveraged by all IEEE volunteers interested in supporting local communities through appropriate use of technological innovation, whether by individuals or groups carrying out activities via IEEE SIGHT Groups, IEEE Sections or other Organizational Units.
The IEEE HTB Best Practices Online Repository is currently grouped into resources providing insight into:
- Community Engagement
- Applied Technologies
- Climate Change
- Energy
- Health
- Capacity Building
- Project and Financial Management
- Sustainability
- Social Entrepreneurship
If you are interested in contributing a recording of a relevant lecture to this Online Repository, please write to htb-office@ieee.org.
Bringing Quality Education to Underserved Communities in Latin America and Pakistan
Prof Parkash Lohana and Prof Pritpal Singh
20 September 2023
Co-designing Ethical Interventions in Resource-Constrained Environments
Miriam Cunningham
28 March 2023
Volunteer Work with Under-represented Minorities
Dr. Melania Alvarez & Dr. Rabab K. Ward
26 July 2022
Engaging Youth: Agrivoltaics Citizen Science & Community Engineering
Dr. Michelle Jordan, Stuart Bowden, Mayra Ramos-Molina, Amy McBeth, Diane Hernandez
20 December 2020
Discovering Stakeholder Insights to Strengthen SIGHT Projects
Sue Baggott
30 May 2019
IEEE ISTAS 2023 – IEEE HTB Best Practice Workshop
Miriam Cunningham, Prof. Dr. Juan A. Gómez-Pulido, Prof Nizar Rokbani, Eduardo Audiche
13 September 2023
Good Practices from Robotics for Equality and Democracy project Tunisia
Prof. Nizar Rokbani
17 May 2023
Technology for the Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Jane Barratt, Dr. Alex Mihailidis, & Joseph Wei
08 December 2021
“Clochard Alert” an Alert System for the Homeless – From Student Project to Industrialization
Dr. Christoph Baer
15 September 2021
Challenges and Stories of AI in Humanitarian Technology
Diana Gil, Valentine Goddard, & Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan
28 April 2020
Dr. Fernando Guarin
27 April 2020
Leveraging Semiconductor Technology for the Benefit of Society
Dr. Fernando Guarin
20 April 2020
Empowering Women for Sustainable Climate Resilience
Prof. Parkash Lohana
14 June 2023
The Impact of Energy Efficiency on Low Resource Environments
Dr. Hanan M. Albuflasa
06 July 2023
Avoiding a Graveyard of Solar Panels: How to make Solar Electric Systems Sustainable
Dr. Pritpal Singh
17 April 2023
Photovoltaics in Humanitarian Projects
Dr. Henry Louie & Joachim Funk
25 October 2021
User-Centered Solar Energy
Michelle Jordan & Dr. Clarke Miller
04 June 2020
IEEE UNA SIGHT – Energias Renovables Y Desarrollo Sostenible
Francisco Javier Arias
10 April 2020
Improving energy access in Rural Areas (Case Study)
Hassaan Idrees & Parkash Lohana
29 November 2019
Dr. Henry Louie
30 July 2019
mHealth4Afrika – Lessons Learnt and Good Practices from Co-Designing Technology Solutions for Resource Constrained Environments
Miriam Cunningham
31 October 2023
Biotechnology for Humanitarian Projects
Prof. Navakanta Bhat
13 May 2020
IEEE ISTAS 2023 – HTB Keynote – The Role of Engineering and Technological Innovation in Addressing Societal Challenges
Miriam Cunningham
13 September 2023
IEEE HAC/SIGHT Courses on the IEEE Learning Network
Paul Kostek & Ugomma Deborah Ogu
12 October 2021
SIGHT Operations Subcommittee
October 2021
Paul Kostek
21 June 2021
Guidelines on How to Effectively Manage Local Humanitarian Projects
Nizar Rokbani
Coming Soon: November 2023
Ronny Cabrera
December 2021
Introduction to Project Management
Leslie Donis
12 November 2019
Dr. Pritpal Singh, Viviana Villavicencio, John Funso-Adebayo, Dr. Christoph Baer
02 December 2019
Financial Planning and Budgeting for Humanitarian Projects
Sampathkumar Veeraraghavan, Karen Panetta, Khanjan Mehta, & Pritpal Singh
23 October 2019
Constructing a Strong SIGHT Proposal
Mario Aleman & Rosa Mejia
26 June 2019
Sustainable Operating Models for SIGHT Projects
Prof Khanjan Mehta
01 July 2019
Entrepreneurship in Humanitarian Projects
Ken Stauffer & Janati Nakimera
06 September 2022