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Summary Sentence: The Beyond Smart Symposium will bring scholars working smart cities together for two days to reflect on the challenges and successes of city-wide research smart city deployments and projects.
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Beyond SmartThe Beyond Smart Symposium will bring together interdisciplinary scholars to reflect on the issues of researching smart city deployments and projects. Some of the questions we will consider are: What comes after 'smart' in the assessment of technology deployments and analytics capabilities? How do we address equity, inclusion, and sustainability in the smart cit? and What can smaller or less dense regions learn as they move toward implementing a smart agenda?
Agenda:
Thursday, April 25th
8:30-9:00am Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Welcome
9:15-10:45am Morning Keynote and Discussion
Alison Powell, Assistant Professor, Director of MSc in Data & Society, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science
Andrew Schrock, Founder, Aloi Research and Consulting; Instructor, University of Southern California
Chris Le Dantec, Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communications, Georgia Tech (moderator)
10:45-11:00am Coffee Break
11:00-Noon Breakout
Noon-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:30pm Afternoon Keynote and Discussion
Sheena Erete, Assistant Professor, College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University
Yoshiki Yamagata, Principal Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Carl DiSalvo, Associate Professor, Digital Media Program, School of Literature, Media, and Communications, Georgia Tech (moderator)
2:30-3:30pm Breakout
3:30-3:45pm Coffee
3:45-5:00pm Panel: Role of the university in addressing equity in smart cities
Frank Fernandez, Vice President of Community Development, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Amol Naik, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Atlanta
Josh Sorin, City Innovation Program Leader, Centre for Public Impact
Afua Bruce, Director of Engineering, Public Interest Technology Program, New America
Shan Arora, Director, The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Georgia Tech (Moderator)
5:00pm Closing
Friday, April 26th
8:30-9:00am Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:15am Welcome
Richard Utz, Professor and Chair, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Tech
9:15-10:45am Morning Keynote and Discussion
Beth Coleman, Associate Professor, English Language and Literature; Co-Director, Critical Media Lab, University of Waterloo
Laura Forlano, Associate Professor, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech (moderator)
10:45-11:00am Coffee
11:00-Noon Breakout
Noon-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Wrap-up
