{"414591":{"#nid":"414591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Futurist Workshop to Lead the Way for  April Executive Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECorporate members and invited guests will convene at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology (IPST) in early February for a workshop designed to address the forest bioproducts industry outlook more than 20 years into the future.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe workshop, entitled \u201cA 20-Year Outlook for the Forest Bioproducts Industry: Implications Challenges, Opportunities,\u201d will address potential trends and research tracks that may affect the demand for forest bioproducts by 2035. The participants will evaluate existing forecasts and economic trends and develop future scenarios for further study.\u0026nbsp; The outcomes of the workshop will help form IPST\u0027s research agenda and provide the basis for part of the program at the IPST annual Executive Conference April 18-19, 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a unique endeavor that we believe will provide meaningful insight for our members who may be looking for long-term asset utility,\u201d said IPST director Norman Marsolan. \u201cWhile no one can specifically predict markets in 2035, there are clues available based on current research and other economic or business forecasts. Many of those clues may come from right here at Georgia Tech, which has an amazing array of research projects at any time.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IPST invites corporate members and guests for futurist workshop"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-15 09:32:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:37","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"414571":{"id":"414571","type":"image","title":"IPST Building","body":null,"created":"1449254239","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:19","changed":"1475895149","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:29","alt":"IPST Building","file":{"fid":"202458","name":"v9_ptb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/v9_ptb_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/v9_ptb_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":133800,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/v9_ptb_1.jpg?itok=VZ3n9XAZ"}}},"media_ids":["414571"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1270","name":"conference"},{"id":"4754","name":"IPST"},{"id":"128821","name":"members"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"3845","name":"workshop"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith, Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@ipst.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}