IEEE HUMANITARIAN TECHNOL0GY NETWORK HTN

1. IEEE HUMANITARIAN TECHNOL0GY NETWORK HTN IEEE Foundation Dick Gowen, President

2. Humanitarian Technology NetworkHTN • Connect organizations serving humanitarian needs with members who have technological innovations to enhance effectiveness • Provide the ability to describe the details of the humanitarian need • Provide a process to engage a threaded exanimation of technologies available to resolve the need • Provide a controlled environment with low infrastructure costs

3. Humanitarian Technology NetworkHTN • Use a wiki for first-hand discussion of needs and potential solutions • Two part site • Description of need controlled by organization • Discussion of multiple potential technological solutions • All participants identified • IEEE members by logon • Others by registration

4. Humanitarian Technology NetworkHTN • Invite NGO‘s, foundations, and agencies engaged in providing humanitarian services to describe their experiences and needs • Invite discussion of potential technological solutions • Use threaded type discussions that innovate on previous technological ideas • Converge on most appropriate technological solution • Provide process to implement solution

5. IEEE Humanitarian Technology Network Adapt copy of the new GHN wiki to the Humanitarian Technology Network GHN-Provides ability to describe first-hand experiences in developing products or services GHN- Provides infrastructure and classification of content for easy access by participants and public GHN- Provides ability to recognize outstanding humanitarian technological achievements GHN- Provides ability to link members with volunteer humanitarian programs and organizations

6. Development of the GHN • Provide both current and historical content through the GHN wiki including: • First-Hand experiences of Individuals in development of a technology • First-Hand experiences of groups involved in corporations and organizations • Histories of IEEE Organizational Units • Descriptions of technologies and applications • Links to museums, libraries, conferences

7. Development of the GHN • Entry of materials in agreement with IEEE Code of Ethics and respect for intellectual property • Provides for the submission of milestones, video histories, archival materials • Content classified when entered in the GHN • Inaugurated at the September IEEE 2008 Sections Congress • Log-on and share your experiences www.ieeeghn.org

8. Home Page

9. Enter First–Hand Experiences

10. Experiences with Developing the GHN

11. Editing and Classifying

12. Upload File

13. Home Page

14. List of Your Contributions

15. Milestone Programs

16. Milestone Programs

17. Milestone Programs

18. Milestone Programs

19. First Time Users

20. Feedback

21. Home Page

22. All Pages

23. IEEE Humanitarian Technology Network • Convert GHN infrastructure to support HTN • Modify look and feel to humanitarian technology • Invite humanitarian organizations to participate • Identify needs and develop technological solutions • Process for implementation as product or service • Connect members as volunteers with humanitarian programs • Recognize outstanding technologically enhanced humanitarian programs

24. Thank You • Thank you for the opportunity to share concepts for the HTN • Log-on to the GHN and review the infrastructure • www.ieeeghn.org