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Full Conference Program now available!

HumTech2014 is less than 2 weeks away!

We’re very glad that the program has come together nicely, with a great set of Plenary, Keynote and Featured Talks. some recent additions from Skybox Imaging, DigitalGlobe, Souktel, USAID, NREL, and others.

We very much look forward to everyone’s participation!

A big thank you to several new sponsors and supporters…

NREL’s Martha Symko-Davies to speak on harnessing the sun with disruptive technologies!

For those arriving early, consider joining us on an excursion.

Featured invited talk by José Holguín-Veras on “The Role of Technology on Socio-Technical Systems: The Post-Disaster Humanitarian Relief Case” added to the program!

Professor Holguín-Veras is the Director of the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems, and the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

A wonderful poster and exhibit session is being planned!

Recently added: Luminoso (an MIT Media Lab startup) will showcase work being done with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to enhance disease-tracking systems.

HumTech2014 is just two months away! We look forward to hosting you in Cambridge/Boston.

Please make sure to make your hotel reservations early!

Please note that the $199/night rate will be good only until March 17th.
After March 17th, the rate will increase to be $239/night.

Thank you to those authors that have contributed full papers in response to the HumTech2014 Call for Papers. We received a large number of high-quality submissions, and look forward to including these in the HumTech2014 proceedings.

Please remember to submit a Camera-Ready-Copy of the paper, following the formatting guidelines, by 15 March.

those still wishing to contribute to the HumTech2014 technical program can submit an ‘abstract-only’ through March 15th.

Nigel Snoad, Product Manager for Google’s Crisis Response team, to speak at HumTech2014! See full list of confirmed speakers.