Conference Schedule

IEEE IHTC 2024

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
08:30 REGISTRATION OPEN
09:00 - 10:30 Welcome Statements
10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 Plenary Speeches
Stefano Besseghini, President of ARERA Italian Energy Regulator: “Energy poverty: subtle to define, difficult to contrast”
Lwanga Herbert, Chair-IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board: “Engineering a better world for all”.
12:00 - 13:00 LUNCH
13:00 - 15:30 Panel - Future Environmental & Humanitarian Challenges
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15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
  Aula Magna A. Alto Room #1 Room #3 Room #5 Room #7
16:00 - 16:30 Keynote Speech
Magdalena Salazar Palma, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain: "IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board: Partnering for Impact"
TS1.7 - Sustainable mobility and micro-mobility   SS1.2 - Transmission and HVDC Infrastructures to Foster Large Renewable Projects  
16:30 - 18:00 Workshop - Expressing your Humanitarian Passion through IEEE Smart Village
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19:00 WELCOME COCKTAIL - Riva Club
20:30 SYMPHONIC-CHORAL CONCERT - Teatro Petruzzelli
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28
  Aula Magna A. Alto Room #1 Room #3 Room #5 Room #7
08:30 - 09:30 SS3.2 - Part 1 - Biomedical Engineering: a Technological Support to Equity in Healthcare SS1.4 - Optimization, sustainability & resilience of energy distribution systems and final uses SS2.1 - Part 1 - Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Purposes SS3.4 - Part 1 - New Frontiers in Electromagnetic and Optical Solutions for Improving Quality of Life HTB Panel - Engineering with Purpose: The New Humanitarian Technologies Approach
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09:30 - 10:30 IEEE R8 Climate Challenge - AI Enhanced Weather Forecasting - Part I
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10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 13:00 Energy Regulation in Europe, Africa and Middle East   SS2.1 - Part 2 - Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Purposes SS3.4 - Part 2 - New Frontiers in Electromagnetic and Optical Solutions for Improving Quality of Life IEEE R8 Climate Challenge - AI Enhanced Weather Forecasting - Part II
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13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
  Aula Magna A. Alto Room #1 Room #3 Room #5 Room #7
14:00 - 15:30 Research & Industry for the Energy Transition
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    IEEE R8 Industry Workshop - Connecting the Unconnected
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IEEE R8 Workshop - Innovative Solutions from Scrap
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15:30 - 17:00 IEEE R8 Climate Challenge: Disaster-Resilient Communication
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17:00 - 17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30 - 19:30 SS3.2 - Part 2 - Biomedical Engineering: a Technological Support to Equity in Healthcare SS3.1 - Integrated Networks and Services Toward Ubiquitous and Sustainable Digitalization SS3.5 - Diversity Equity and Inclusion in Engineering TS1.8 - Part 1 - Sustainable and efficient energy systems IEEE R8 Activities - Workshop on SIGHT Group
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20:30 GALA DINNER - BUS DEPARTURE - Politecnico di Bari
21:00 GALA DINNER - Masseria Pietrasole
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29
  Aula Magna A. Alto Room #1 Room #3 Aula Magna Domus Sapientiae Room #7
09:00 - 11:00 Panel - Energy Poverty, Renewable energy community and Emerging Models of Energy Access
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SS3.3 - Innovative Teaching Methods, Virtual Labs, and Technologies for Remote Learning and Training SS1.6 - Improving living standards through advanced technologies for optimal energy management strategies and Transactive Energy Frameworks Panel - Water and Energy between Efficiency and Climate Change
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IEEE R8 Humanitarian Activities Congress - Ignite Session on SIGHT
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11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 13:00 Panel - Nexus of Energy and Water in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Best PhD Competition Best HT Entrepreneurship Ideas Panel - Strenghtening the Resilience of the Power System Against Natural Disasters
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HTB Panel - The future of Humanitarian Technologies
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13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
  Aula Magna A. Alto Room #1 Room #3 Room #5 Room #7
14:00 - 16:00 WiE in Humanitarian Technology Track
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SS3.6 - Innovative approaches to "human-centered" teaching SS1.1 - Part 1 - Smart villages, Microgrids for Rural Electrification and Local Energy Communities TS1.9 - Water, food, energy IEEE R8 Humanitarian Activities Congress - Ignite Session on Humanitarian Project
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16:00 - 16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30 - 18:30 Panel - Empowering Africa through Industrial Certified Electricity Education TS1.8 - Part 2 - Sustainable and efficient energy systems SS1.1 - Part 2 - Smart villages, Microgrids for Rural Electrification and Local Energy Communities   IEEE R8 Humanitarian Activities Congress - Workshop on Humanitarian Projects
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30
  Aula Magna A. Alto Room #1 Room #3 Room #5 Room #7
08:30 - 09:00   TS2.4 - Critical Events and Adverse Living Conditions TS3.7 - Life Quality Improvement SS1.5 - Solutions and resources for ensuring grid adequacy and supply accessibility SS1.3 - Renewable Energy for Future Green Rural Energy Communities: Technologies, Integration, and Operation
09:00 - 10:00 Panel - The Role of Academia and Industry Solving Community Challenges
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10:00 - 10:30  
10:30 - 11:30 Closing Session & Awards
11:30 - 12:30 LUNCH SNACK