Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Scientific Committee and Session Leaders -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 From Innovation to Social Impact -- 1.1 What Is Innovation? -- 1.2 Progress Driven by Technological Innovation -- 1.3 Remaining Challenges -- 1.4 Need for Social Impact -- 1.5 The Bumpy Road to Social Impact -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- Humanitarian Technologies -- 2 Do No Digital Harm: Mitigating Technology Risks in Humanitarian Contexts -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Technology Advantages -- 2.3 Digital Disasters -- 2.4 Mitigation Measures -- 2.5 Looking Ahead -- References -- 3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring, Ecological Conservation, and Disaster Management -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Environmental Vulnerability and Susceptibility Studies -- 3.3 Ecological Conservation: Mapping and Target Detection -- 3.4 Regulatory Constraints in Brazil -- 3.5 Ongoing and Future Work -- References -- 4 Higher Education Spaces and Protracted Displacement: How Learner-Centered Pedagogies and Human-Centered Design Can Unleash Refugee Innovation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.2.1 Disruptive Higher Education in Fragile Contexts: Digital Ecosystems and Open Educational Resources (OERs) -- 4.2.2 Designing HE Spaces in Settings of Protracted Displacement: The Case of the Kakuma InZone HE Space -- 4.2.3 Learner-Centered Pedagogies and Human-Centered Design in Support of SDG 4 and EFA -- 4.3 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Healthsites.io: The Global Healthsites Mapping Project -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Healthsite.io Approach -- 5.2.1 Datasets Integration -- 5.2.2 Validation Process -- 5.2.3 Updating -- 5.2.4 Opportunities, Risks, and Perspectives -- References -- 6 The Faceless Mobile Youth of Africa Drive Change -- 6.1 Background -- 6.2 Why the Northern Areas? -- 6.3 Problem Description.

6.4 Research Objectives -- 6.5 Methodology -- 6.6 Mobile Youth Culture -- 6.7 Social Media -- 6.8 Case Study: Northern Areas Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) -- 6.9 Phases of Drive Change -- 6.10 Using ICT to Drive Change -- 6.11 Humanising Pedagogy -- 6.12 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Medical Technologies -- 7 Barriers to Point of Care Testing in India and South Africa -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Qualitative Project on Barriers to POC Testing -- 7.1.2 Ethics Approval -- 7.2 Results -- 7.2.1 India -- 7.2.2 South Africa -- 7.3 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 8 Health Hackathons Drive Affordable Medical Technology Innovation Through Community Engagement -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Objectives and Methodology -- 8.2.1 The Need for Co-creation -- 8.2.2 The Need for Health Hackathons: MIT Hacking Medicine and the Hackathon Model -- 8.2.3 The MIT Hacking Medicine Model Applied to Hackathons in LMICs by CAMTech -- 8.3 Potential for Development Impact -- 8.3.1 Direct Impact of Global Health Hackathons -- 8.3.2 CAMTech Extension of the Hackathon Model -- 8.3.3 Case Studies -- 8.4 Conclusions and Future Directions -- References -- 9 Developing a Low-Cost, Ultraportable, Modular Device Platform to Improve Access to Safe Surgery -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.1.1 Surgical Care as Part of the Global Health Armamentarium -- 9.1.2 Patient Safety in Surgery: Infrastructural Challenges to Sterility -- 9.1.3 Provider Safety in Surgery: Protecting Surgical Teams -- 9.1.4 SurgiBox: Solution Concept for the Double Challenge in Safe Surgery -- 9.2 Methods -- 9.2.1 Patient- and Stakeholder-Centered Development -- 9.2.2 Proof of Concept Testing -- 9.3 Results -- 9.3.1 Device Design -- 9.3.2 Particle Testing -- 9.4 Discussion -- 9.4.1 Ongoing and Future Research -- 9.4.2 Road to the Market -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- Renewable Energies.

10 Rural Electrification and Livelihood Generation for Women Enterprises in Rural India: Experience of Implementing Two-Stage Biomass Gasifiers -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Research Objectives and Involvement of Public Sector -- 10.3 Research Methodology -- 10.4 Selection of Village Clusters -- 10.5 Koraput, Odisha -- 10.6 Mayurbhanj, Odisha -- 10.7 Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh -- 10.8 Potential Development Impact -- 10.9 Rayagada, Odisha -- 10.10 Recommendation for Future Research and Application in Practice -- Annexure 1 -- References -- Sustainable Habitat -- 11 MiraMap: A Collective Awareness Platform to Support Open Policy-Making and the Integration of the Citizens' Perspective in Urban Planning and Governance -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 International Policies and Action Plans on Civic Engagement and Social Innovation in Urban Development -- 11.2.1 Citizens Participation Through the ICTs: The Global Scenario -- 11.3 Related Work on the Field -- 11.4 From a Pilot to a Governing Tool: A Case Study in Torino (Italy) -- 11.4.1 The Methodology -- 11.5 Achievements and Further Research Steps -- References -- 12 Reaching the Last Mile-Technology Solutions and Models for Service Delivery -- 12.1 Background -- 12.2 Piloting the Delivery Models -- 12.2.1 Technology Selection Process -- 12.2.2 Demand Creation for Safe Water in the Study Area -- 12.2.3 Innovations in Delivery Model -- 12.3 Imperatives for Scaling up -- 12.4 Way Forward -- References -- 13 Megaprojects as an Instrument of Urban Planning and Development: Example of Belgrade Waterfront -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Theoretical Background -- 13.2.1 Applied Approach -- 13.3 Example of the Belgrade Waterfront Project -- 13.3.1 Benchmark of Development Impacts of the BWP -- 13.4 Recommendations for Future Research and Application -- 13.5 Conclusions -- References.

14 What Can the South Learn from the North Regarding the Implementation of IoT Solutions in Cities? The Case of Seoul-Born Smart Transportation Card Implementation in Bogota -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Seoul Case -- 14.3 Bogota Case -- 14.4 Analysis -- 14.5 Conclusion -- References -- Disaster Risk Reduction -- 15 Putting 200 Million People "on the Map": Evolving Methods and Tools -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Remote and Field Mapping Methods -- 15.3 Technical Tools -- 15.4 Applications and Potential Development Impacts -- 15.5 Challenges and Research Directions -- References -- 16 Highlights and Lessons from the Implementation of an Early Warning System for Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in Carhuaz, Peru -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Study Region -- 16.3 Description of the EWS Implemented in Carhuaz -- 16.3.1 Risk Knowledge (GLOF Modeling) -- 16.3.2 Monitoring and Warning Service (Implementation of Stations and Sensors) -- 16.3.3 Dissemination and Communication (Data Management) -- 16.3.4 Response Capability (Education and Preparedness) -- 16.4 Lessons Learned and Perspectives -- 16.5 Conclusions -- References -- 17 Enhancing Frontline Resilience: Transborder Community-Based Flood Early Warning System in India and Nepal -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.1.1 Nuances of Vulnerability -- 17.1.2 Why Disaster Risk Reduction? -- 17.2 The Initiative -- 17.2.1 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Flood Resilience -- 17.2.2 Monitoring and Warning -- 17.2.3 Generating Data from the Frontlines -- 17.2.4 Dissemination of Alerts and Warnings -- 17.2.5 Feedback Mechanism -- 17.3 System in a Real World Situation (Case from Village Somai Gauri) -- 17.3.1 Background -- 17.3.2 Local Action by People -- 17.3.3 Floods of 2013 -- 17.3.4 Benefits -- 17.4 Conclusion -- 17.4.1 Generating Buy in for EWS -- 17.4.2 Accelerating Regional Information Sharing.

17.4.3 Participation, Social Cohesion and Active Involvement -- 17.4.4 Capacity Building as Ongoing Activity -- References -- 18 Bridging the Information Gap: Mapping Data Sets on Information Needs in the Preparedness and Response Phase -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Research Questions and Methodology -- 18.3 Results -- 18.4 Discussion and Conclusions -- 18.5 Future Research -- References.

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