2013 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC)

It is a great privilege for me to serve as President of Humanitarian Technology Conference of IEEE Region 10, to be held in Sendai, Japan, in August 26-29, 2013. I think that the top two priorities of IEEE are technological innovation for humanity and globalization of the IEEE. The IEEE’s vision is “Advancing Technology for Humanity”. The goal of modern human society is to create a worldwide community in which health, safety and justice are guaranteed. We should provide all IEEE members with an opportunity to equally participate in achieving our common goal through technical innovation. We have a responsibility to show how our technology can create a better quality of worldwide human life. Today’s key technologies are energy, IT, robotics and bio- and nanotechnology. I know that IEEE has played a significant role in the advancement of these technologies. The IEEE should be continuously involved in exploring new engineering disciplines, which contribute to the benefit of humanity. Why did we choose Sendai City as the conference location? Sendai City is the center of North-East part of Japan, which was attacked by "March 11 earthquake and Tsunami" in 2011. We know the earthquake and Tsunami are natural phenomena. However, the disasters followed, including nuclear power accident, are human-made.