Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) Town Hall

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday May 6, 2011 - Saturday May 7, 2011
      2:00 pm - 3:59 pm
  • Location: Technology Square Research Building, 1st floor Auditorium
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Summaries

Summary Sentence: A Town Hall meeting regarding the vision and the agenda of the new Institute for People and Technology (IPaT).

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Town Hall of the new Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)

Agenda

2:00 - 2:30 IPaT Overview by Beth Mynatt, Executive Director and Professor of Interactive Computing       
  • Beth will discuss the vision, mission, and organizational principles for Georgia Tech's new Institute for People and Technology.  She will describe IPaT's four industry-facing portfolios: Health, Education, Media and Humanitarian Systems.

We will then hear from two panels that will describe opportunities to amplify Georgia Tech's leadership in Health and Media.

2:30 - 3:00 The Future of Health Systems

Panelists:

  • Craig Zimring, Professor, College of Architecture
    Jeff Evans, IPaT Deputy Director, Information and Communications Laboratory Deputy Director, GTRI
    Brian Jones, Director of the Aware Home Research Institute
    Mark Braunstein, MD, Associate Director of the Health Systems Institute and Professor of Practice, Interactive Computing
3:00 - 3:30 The Future of Media

Panelists:

  • Janet Murray, Ivan Allen College Dean's Recognition Professor
    Blair MacIntyre, Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing
    Renu Kulkarni, Strategic Partners Officer, Future Media
    Irfan Essa, Professor, School of Interactive Computing
3:30 - 3:50 Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Russ Clark and Matt Sanders, GT-RNOC Associate Directors
  • Russ and Matt will describe opportunities for students to connect with IPaT activities with a focus on the Convergence Innovation Competition.
3:50 - 4:00 IPaT: Next Steps, Beth Mynatt
  • Beth will close with an overview of summer activities including seed grant opportunities and summer workshops.

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GVU Center

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Keywords
Beth Mynatt, Institute for People and Technology, interdisciplinary, IPaT, Research
Status
  • Created By: Renata Le Dantec
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Apr 22, 2011 - 5:50am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 9:54pm