Societies living in underserved areas face multifactorial problems  — energy, water, climate, food, health, education, transportation, social development, economic growth — that are not amenable to separate single-discipline investigation, but require collaboration many types of expertise. Today, there is a consensus that the tasks of solving the grand challenges facing people in underserved areas is not only multi-disciplinary; it is an inter-disciplinary as well. Interdisciplinary Solutions is a conference dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary solutions to address people’s needs in underserved areas. It will annually bring together technical experts and researchers from academia, industry, and government all around the world to discuss novel research results related to Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas.