Welcome Message from the Technical Program Committee - GHTC 2012

The Technical Program Committee welcomes attendees to Seattle and to the 2012 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference. The TPC has worked hard to develop a truly international program featuring keynote speakers, panelists, papers and posters from across the spectrum of humanitarian engineering and technology. This year we received over one hundred full paper submissions from authors affiliated with NGOs, corporations, and universities. Over sixty reviewers participated in the peer-review process. The final program contains sessions focused on health; energy; education; water and agriculture; disaster response and preparation; communication and connectivity; and other specialized topics.