{"160491":{"#nid":"160491","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Keynote Address GTMI External Advisory Board Meeting - Dr. Charles Wessner","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Charles Wessner will deliver the keynote address on \u003Cem\u003EInnovation Imperative and the 21st Century University\u003C\/em\u003E at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u0027s (GTMI)\u0026nbsp;External Advisory Board meeting on Wednesday, October 17. Dr. Wessner is a distinguished scholar and a powerful advocate of effective innovation policies.\u0026nbsp; He is the founder and Director of the National Academy of Sciences Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Program. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise on innovation policy, including public-private partnerships, entrepreneurship, early-stage financing for new firms, and the special needs and benefits of high-technology industry. He works closely with the U.S. Congress, the White House, and major agencies and departments of the U.S.government.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;As an outgrowth of his work with the U.S.government, he advises technology agencies, government ministries, and the Prime Ministers of countries in Europe and Asia.\u0026nbsp; In addition, he cooperates closely with international organizations and lectures at major universities in the U.S.and abroad.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Charles W. Wessner, Director, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, of the U.S. National Academies, to deliver Keynote Address on \u003Cem\u003EInnovation Imperative and the 21st Century University\u003C\/em\u003E at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Insitute\u0027s External Advisory Board meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Charles Wessner of the U.S. National Academies will deliver the keynote on innovation."}],"uid":"27732","created_gmt":"2012-10-08 14:50:57","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:00:34","author":"Pamela Rountree","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-10-17T14:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-10-17T15:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-10-17T15:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-10-17 18:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-10-17 19:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-10-17 19:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"516","name":"engineering"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pam.rountree@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPam Rountree\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pam.rountree@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epam.rountree@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}