Welcome!

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 4th annual IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference 2014. This year we are located in the heart of Silicon Valley, a hub of visionaries, leading-edge researchers, and world-class technology entrepreneurs. We have 3 exciting days filled with technical papers, demonstrations, workshops, posters, awards and a student contest. We have an excellent speaker line up with people from across the globe representing academia, NGO´s, Government and Corporate sectors. With this program we continue to foster a comprehensive cross sector network, where the best and the brightest can work together to support innovative humanitarian solutions. This year, along with our superb technical track, we have added a few new tracks. One is the invited speaker track that will feature experts in GHTC´s 5 key areas. These practitioners come to share their functional solutions, field experience and lessons learned. The other new track is focused on helping your humanization venture succeed by teaching courses in business acumen, grant-writing and presentation skills. We are also honored to have the Palo Alto Mobile Emergency Operations Center here to demonstrate the latest advances in mobile communications.