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Summary Sentence: Join us on September 5, 2019 for Georgia Tech Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation's GA Smart Fall Workshop!
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GA Smart
GA Smart Partners 2019Are you interested in Smart Communities? Would you like to see how your city/county/community/organization can get involved?
Join us for the Georgia Smart Communities Fall Workshop on Thursday, September 5, 2019.
The workshop will showcase the final work product of the 1st class of the Georgia Smart Communities Challenge projects and their research. These projects were started in September 2018 and have now completed their year-long engagement. These smart communities projects provide real world examples of how communities have tackled challenges in mobility and resilience using smart technologies and research.
Panelists will discuss how Smart Cities can foster community growth through connectivity. The Georgia Smart Communities Challenge 2nd class of communities will also introduce and kickoff their projects.
This workshop is intended for:
Agenda:
8:00am – 8:30am - Registration and Breakfast
8:30am - Welcome
Michael Caldwell, Representative, 20th House District, Georgia House of Representatives
Steve French, Dean, College of Design, Georgia Tech
Tony Ferguson, Regional Director – Northeast Region, Georgia Power
8:45am - Introductions and GA Smart Impact
Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities & Inclusive Innovation, Georgia Tech
Greg McCormick, Director, Georgia Smart Communities Challenge, Georgia Tech
Chris Le Dantec, Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Tech
9:00am - 1st GA Smart Class Final Presentations
City of Chamblee
City of Albany
10:00am - Break
10:10am - 1st GA Smart Class Final Presentations
Gwinnett County
Chatham County
11:10am - Keynote Speaker - Smart Cities Addressing and Preventing Digital Divides
Angela Siefer, Executive Director, National Digital Inclusion Alliance
12:00pm - 2nd GA Smart Class Introductions
Macon-Bibb County
City of Woodstock
Columbus Consolidated Government
City of Milton
12:25pm - Closing
12:30pm - Lunch
