IPaT Spring Town Hall

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday January 18, 2018
      3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
  • Location: Institute for People and Technology, 75 5th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308
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Summaries

Summary Sentence: Please mark your calendar and join us on Thursday, January 18 from 3:30 - 5:30 pm for the IPaT Spring Town Hall.

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WATCH: IPaT Spring Town Hall on YouTube

READ: IPaT Spring Town Hall presentation slides

 

AGENDA:

3:30 - 3:40 pm - Opening remarks and updates

Beth Mynatt, Executive Director, Institute for People and Technology

 

3:40 - 3:50 pm - IRIs 2.0

Chris Jones, Associate Vice President for Research, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

3:50 - 5:00 pm - Panel Discussions

Discuss IPaT strategic research priorities for Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Lifelong Health and Wellbeing, Platforms and Services for Socio-Technical Systems, and Human Technology Frontier as three panel discussions:

 

Empowering and Activating Our Students

Moderator: 

Kamau Bobb, Senior Director, Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech

 

Speakers: 

Russ Clark,  Co-Director, Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center

Jennifer Hirsch, Director, Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain

 

Closing the Loop for Socio-Technical Impact

Moderator: 

Leigh McCook, Deputy Director, Institute for People and Technology

 

Speakers:

Paul Baker, Senior Director of Research and Strategic Innovation at the Center for Advanced Communications Policy

Jennifer Clark, Associate Director for Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation at Georgia Tech

Brad Fain, Director, Georgia Tech HomeLab

Maribeth Gandy, Director, Interactive Media Technology Center

 

Reaching for the Brass Ring

Moderator: 

Beth Mynatt, Executive Director, Institute for People and Technology

 

Speakers:

Carl DiSalvo, Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication

Craig Zimring, Director, SimTigrate Design Lab

 

5:00 - 5:30 pm - Reception

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

IPaT, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Other/Miscellaneous
Keywords
town hall, IPaT, Institute for People and Technology, Beth Mynatt, Steve Cross, smart cities, Human Technology Frontier, health, wellbeing, Platforms and Services
Status
  • Created By: Alyson Key
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Dec 12, 2017 - 12:43pm
  • Last Updated: Jan 19, 2018 - 2:09pm