AGENDA:

11:00am - 11:30am - Registration

11:30am - 12:30pm - Opening remarks, SWOT analysis presentations, and open discussion

Resilience and Response

Security

Sy Goodman – Regents Professor and Professor of International Affairs and Computing, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Gisele Bennett – Regents' Researcher, Associate Vice President for Research

Sustainability

Public and Community Health

Beth Mynatt – Distinguished Professor, College of Computing and Executive Director, Institute for People and Technology

Catherine Ross – Harry West Professor, School of City & Regional Planning | School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Digital Civics

Economic Development, Policy and Planning

Carl DiSalvo – Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media and Communication

Jennifer Clark – Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Executive Director, Center for Urban Innovation

12:30 – 1:00pm - Lunch break

1:00 - 1:15pm - Introduce panel topics

1:15 - 4:00pm - Cross-Cutting panels on Making Atlanta the Most

Livable City (1:15 - 2:00pm)

Russ Clark (chair) – Co-director, Research Network Operations Center

Mike Hunter – Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ellen Dunham-Jones – Professor, School of Architecture

Chris Le Dantec – Assistant Professor, School of Literature, Media and Communication

Equitable City (2:00 - 2:45pm)

Beth Mynatt (chair) – Distinguished Professor, College of Computing and Executive Director, Institute for People and Technology

Jennifer Clark – Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Executive Director, Center for Urban Innovation

Carl DiSalvo – Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media and Communication

Catherine Ross – Harry West Professor, School of City & Regional Planning | School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

2:45 – 3:15pm – Break

Sustainable and Resilient City (3:15 - 4:00pm)

Gisele Bennett (chair) – Regents' Researcher, Associate Vice President for Research

Sy Goodman – Regents Professor and Professor of International Affairs and Computing, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Richard Simmons – Senior Research Engineer & Fellow, Strategic Energy Institute

John Taylor – Frederick L. Olmsted Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

4:00 - 4:45pm - Birds of a Feather Working Groups

Open call for groups (4:00 – 4:15pm)

Group work (4:15 – 4:45pm)

Attendees are also invited to experience smart city demonstration projects as part of the student Convergence Innovation Competition, from 4-7pm next door in Centergy 600. LEARN MORE