What HTA will do in 2021

R10 HTA shall encourage and promote more IEEE members to participating Regional HT projects and bridge a regional representative channel for IEEE HAC. The workplans for R10 HTA 2021 are:

R10 HTA Highlights Video Contest:

The R10 HTA Highlights Video Contest aims to encourage SIGHT members to showcase the good quality of their designed projects in regional level and also to improve the SIGHT members’ project design and presentation skills to a wider online viewing community. The theme for our contest this year is for “Regional Representative Humanitarian Projects Showcase”. The contest also want to provides a platform for an experience sharing for different area within Region 10. Certificates will be provided for top 3 winners.

R10 HTA Oriented Project Enabler (TENHOPE2021) Project Fund:

TENHOPE2021 is an additional support funding for humanitarian project in R10 that aims to inspire and enable IEEE R10 volunteers to carry out and support impactful humanitarian technology and sustainable development activities at the local level. The project aims at orienting talent minds towards identifying local community problems and developing technology solutions, focusing on actual implementation reaching the beneficiaries. It also provides opportunity for IEEE members and participants in R10 to work and cooperate with NGOs and other organizations for the benefit of advancing technology towards the SDG in our region. Maximum USD2000 will be funded per projects. Total Budget for this project is up to 15,000 USD.

Training Sections & Volunteers in HTA:

The R10 HTA Webinar is scheduled in April, July and October, aiming to share feature highlights, best practices and experience sharing in Region IEEE members as well as SIGHT volunteers. The Training/Discussion will be made online and also could be scheduled in R10 Flagship Conferences upon request. 

2021 HAC Awards and Recognition:

2 categories of awards will be Call for Nominations: 1) R10 Outstanding HAC Section Award and 2) R10 Outstanding HAC Individual Award. R10 HTA will continue to recognize significant work and projects done by IEEE R10 Sections and individual members.