{"582802":{"#nid":"582802","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Clark Is Invited Attendee White House Conference on Science and Technology","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn October 13th, President Obama hosted a day-long conference that brought together researchers, business leaders, technologists, philanthropists, local innovators, and students to discuss building U.S. capacity in science and technology. Jennifer Clark, who is an associate professor in the Ivan Allen College \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/urbaninnovation.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Urban Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CUI) Director was an attendee at\u0026nbsp;the invitation-only\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWhite House Frontiers Conference\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Pittsburgh. Also invited was Beth Mynatt, executive director of Georgia Tech582802s\u0026nbsp;Institute for People and Technology (IPaT).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAttendees participated in a national conversation about keeping America on the cutting edge of innovation in the decades to come\u0026nbsp;and shared work already in progress. The conference included the participation of more than 700 innovators from across academia, industry, government, and civil society, who discussed different frontiers of innovation, including:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n* Personal frontiers in health care innovation and precision medicine\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n* Global frontiers in accelerating the clean energy revolution and developing advanced climate information, tools, services, and collaborations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n* Interplanetary frontiers in space exploration, including our journey to Mars\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nClark attended the Local Frontiers track, which focused on building smart, inclusive communities, including through investments in open data and the Internet of Things.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe White House also announced\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/business\/tech-news\/2016\/10\/12\/Pittsburgh-tech-spotlighted-in-pre-Frontiers-Conference-event\/stories\/201610120193\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Enew research partnerships and a $300 million investment in research initiatives\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that reflected the frontiers discussed at the conference.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRead\u0026nbsp;Dr. Clark\u0026#39;s Blog Post about the conference:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/Smart Cities and National Innovation Policy: The #WHFrontiers Conference and the Future or Urban Innovation\u0022\u003ESmart Cities and National Innovation Policy: The #WHFrontiers Conference and the Future or Urban\u0026nbsp;Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWhite House Frontiers Conference\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/frontiersconference.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efrontiersconference.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn October 13th, President Obama hosted a day-long conference that brought together researchers, business leaders, technologists, philanthropists, local innovators, and students to discuss building U.S. capacity in science and technology. Jennifer Clark, who is an associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy and director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/urbaninnovation.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Urban Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(CUI) Director was an attendee at\u0026nbsp;the invitation-only\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWhite House Frontiers Conference\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Pittsburgh. Also invited was Beth Mynatt, executive director of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Institute for People and Technology (IPaT).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On October 13th, President Obama hosted a day-long conference that brought together researchers, business leaders, technologists, philanthropists, local innovators, and students to discuss building U.S. capacity in science and technology."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-10-19 17:03:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-27 15:40:02","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"583031":{"id":"583031","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Clark","body":null,"created":"1477348569","gmt_created":"2016-10-24 22:36:09","changed":"1477348569","gmt_changed":"2016-10-24 22:36:09","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222255","name":"Jennifer Jan 2016.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jennifer%20Jan%202016.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jennifer%20Jan%202016.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":395184,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jennifer%20Jan%202016.jpg?itok=-hjiAf6d"}}},"media_ids":["583031"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.spp.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Public Policy"},{"url":"http:\/\/urbaninnovation.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Urban Innovation"},{"url":"http:\/\/frontiersconference.org\/","title":"Frontiers Conference"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"}],"keywords":[{"id":"817","name":"White House"},{"id":"172511","name":"Frontiers Conference"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"2493","name":"health care"},{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"},{"id":"8732","name":"clean energy"},{"id":"68951","name":"Internet of Things"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}