The Gaetano Borriello Feet on the Ground Humanitarian Symposium (http://www.cs.washington.edu/gbs/) is on Saturday, October 10, 2015 from 1:30 to 6:00
pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport. The symposium, which
will feature talks by researchers and humanitarian leaders who are
applying technology solutions to real-world problems, will be held
during the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers'Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC15), October 8-11 in Seattle.
Attendance
at the Gaetano Borriello Feet on the Ground Humanitarian Symposium is
open to members of the public in addition to GHTC15 conference
registrants. Because space is limited, individuals who plan to attend
the symposium without registering for GHTC15 must RSVP in advance. There will be no on-site registration.
Speakers
at the symposium will include John Bennett (UC Denver), Eric Brewer
(UC Berkeley), Kiersten Israel-Ballard (PATH), Lilian Pintea (Jane
Goodall Institute), David Thau (Google Earth Outreach), Heather
Underwood (UC Denver), Lorenzo Violante Ruiz (International Red Cross)
and Roy Want (Google). A panel of Gaetano’s students (Nicki Dell,
Waylon Brunette, Sam Sudar, and Carl Hartung) will discuss the impact of
Open Data Kit. In addition, there will be a special presentation by
Senator Maria Cantwell (US Senator, Washington) and Jim Jefferies
(President IEEE USA). Ed Lazowska (UW) will open the symposium.
