The SIGHT blog inspires the cross-pollination of ideas, solutions, and partnerships amongst its greater community by sharing insightful news and stories on SIGHT projects and events around the globe, submitted by SIGHT members and volunteer.
Event Summary IEEE Student Branch UCET ( The Islamia University Bahawalpur) in collaboration with IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC), organized a workshop on “HAC Workshop on Training Volunteers on Renewable Energy Installation.” The event was part of 3rd IEEE Bahawalpur Subsection Student/ Young Professional/ Women in Engineering Congress (BSSYWC’19) 2019. The workshop started with a…
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The World Health Day Celebration organized by IEEE Bangladesh Section, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group, and IEEE SIGHT was held on 7 April with the theme of “Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere.” Thirty-nine accomplished professionals from more than 13 institutions participated in the event, and speakers included: Rumana Ali, Member of the Parliament,…
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IEEE Bangladesh Section held its 2019 Student Branch Executive Committee and Counselors Summit on 29 March in Dhaka. Student Branch Chairs, Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group Chairs and Counselors from 34 Student Branches of IEEE Bangladesh Section (BDS) were present. The Student Branch Chairs presented their activities posters, containing the best practices of their…
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The outreach program at the Girls Middle School, Begumpura, Pakistan was an initiative taken by the University of Engineering & Tech (UET) SIGHT (a student branch group) SIGHT as their first project after its formation. The key objective of the project was to engage maximum number of students in different science activities and instill motivation…
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This SIGHT project, awarded funding in 2018, was developed to train farmers and community leaders on the use of a technology-based solution (a mobile app) to mitigate the middleman problem, to foster the transition from conventional to organic farming, and to provide basic tools to run the farms as (small) businesses. The project includes a fairly complete set…
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An international conference on Assistive Technology (AT) titled ‘Forging the Assistive Technology Value Chain’ (FATVC ‘19) was organized on 18 – 19 January 2019 at Marigold Hall, National Institute of Speech & Hearing (NISH), Trivandrum by the Centre for Assistive Technology & Innovation (CATI, NISH) in collaboration with IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC), IEEE SIGHT…
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10 March 2019 – As a collaboration between the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Student Chapter, Department of Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering (DMBE), Medical and Health Sciences Society, UTAR, and IEEE-MySIGHT4Rehab group, a Humanitarian Engagement activity was held in the Home for Special People in Cheras, Malaysia. This multi-entity collaborative…
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The Women in Engineering International Humanitarian Technology Project Competition (WIE-IHTPC) 2018 was held as a segment of IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Summit (WIE ILS) 2018 on 12 October 2018 at BSMMU Convention Center in Dhaka, Bangladesh. WIE-IHTPC 2018 was financially sponsored by IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee (HAC), organized by Women in Engineering Affinity…
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The “Robotics for Equality & Democracy” program is really designed as a series of workshops organized by the RAS Tunisia Chapter that began in November of 2018 and continues through February of 2019 . The team was motivated to organize the workshops due to their identifying certain regions of the country that have received an…
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IEEE Argentina Section and IES 9-012 “San Rafael en Informática” held its technical workshop on “Experiences in the Deployment of Emerging Technologies” from 22 – 23 November, 2018 in San Rafael, Argentina. The workshop was sponsored in part by IEEE HAC. Presenters belonged to IEEE, IEEE Argentina Section, IEEE Technical Society Chapters, and the Special…
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