{"636169":{"#nid":"636169","#data":{"type":"news","title":"#SMARTer Together Webinar Series - May Recap","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn May, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation Initiative launched the #\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartcities.ipat.gatech.edu\/smarter-together\u0022\u003ESMARTer Together\u003C\/a\u003E webinar series. Aiming to challenge us beyond the immediate crisis and onto a newer state to build strong community-research partnerships for good, this series focuses on complex, societal problems that communities all over GA and the rest of the world face. Our goal is to provide innovative research and create partnerships to empower all. The series adheres to GT\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/about\/strategic-plan\u0022\u003EStrategic Plan and Mission\u003C\/a\u003E on \u0026ldquo;developing leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.\u0026rdquo;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIn our first webinar on May 7\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022\/\/\/C:\/Users\/debralam\/Dropbox%20(GaTech)\/Smart%20Cities%20and%20Inclusive%20Innovation\/_Marcom\/Newsletter\/of%20Dr.%20W.%20Hong%20Yeo\u0022\u003EW. Hong Yeo\u003C\/a\u003E discussed his work in the field of smart healthcare and nanoengineered human-machine electronics followed by an informative Q\u0026amp;A session led by moderator Cynthia Curry of the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Dr. Yeo provided a review of his research which is focused on understanding and developing new soft wearable materials that are ultra-thin and flexible unlike their more rigid counterparts and can be implanted with biosensors and bioelectronics with application possibilities for smart and connected first responders. His team envisions soft wearables as bio patches worn on the chest of first responders to monitor and measure their health such as stress, temperature, and oxygen levels.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn May 14\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/shatakshee-dhongde\u0022\u003EShatakshee Dhongde\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/people\/Faculty\/741\/overview\u0022\u003ELaurie Garrow\u003C\/a\u003E, along with moderators Jarrod McCarthy and Paul Jarrell of the Georgia Regional Commission, discussed the importance of investing in rural transit in Georgia. They noted that Georgia has the sixth largest rural population in the United States of which a growing proportion is older and needs increasing transit service. Taking into consideration the current pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis, they focused their discussion on why investing in rural transit in Georgia is so important by providing current statistics on economic costs and benefits of existing transit services while highlighting the gaps in transit service which need to be addressed for the state to better serve Georgia\u0026rsquo;s rural population.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOur third webinar on May 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E focused on the post COVID19 expectations in economic development and real estate. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/lipscomb\u0022\u003EClifford Lipscomb\u003C\/a\u003E along with moderator Daniela Perry of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce discussed how quickly the pandemic has impacted so many different markets and dramatically changed consumer behavior while also focusing on what we might expect in the areas of economic development and real estate once the pandemic is mitigated and activity returns to previous levels.\u0026nbsp; Economic development implications that were discussed included delayed rehiring, increase internet bandwidth, and a large infrastructure bill. On the real estate side, some expected impacts include altered grocery store layouts, online schools, restaurant cloud kitchens, and altered office spaces. While acknowledging that we cannot predict consumer behavior, the Dr. Lipscomb noted that real estate and how we do economic development will change with businesses having operational changes as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOur final webinar for the month on May 28\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E was presented by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/benoit-montreuil\u0022\u003EBenoit Montreuil\u003C\/a\u003E and moderated by Daniel Studdard of the Georgia Chapter of the American Planning Association. The discussion centered around the impactful interplay between supply chains and pandemics and the impact of collectively improving pandemic supply chain readiness and response in each of the five world states - healthy, outbreak, epidemics, pandemics, and recovery. The discussion focused on critical and essential supply chains to demonstrate the capital importance of supply chains in fighting and surviving a pandemic as revealed by the current COVID-19 crisis.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAll webinars are currently available for viewing on our website \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartcities.ipat.gatech.edu\/media\u0022\u003EMedia Page\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA special thanks to our #SMARTer Together Sponsors:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantaglobalstudies.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta Global Studies Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cspav.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECenter for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/initiatives\/institute-information-security-privacy-iisp\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInstitute of Information Security and Privacy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EServe Learn Sustain\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartcities.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESmart Cities and Inclusive Innovation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.energy.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStrategic Energy Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESupply Chain and Logistics Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn May, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation Initiative launched the #\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/smartcities.ipat.gatech.edu\/smarter-together\u0022\u003ESMARTer Together\u003C\/a\u003E webinar series.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SCI2 Launches #SMARTer Together Webinar Series in May."}],"uid":"34928","created_gmt":"2020-06-11 14:35:36","changed_gmt":"2020-06-11 16:50:50","author":"kk151","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-06-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"636170":{"id":"636170","type":"image","title":"Soft Wearables","body":null,"created":"1591886216","gmt_created":"2020-06-11 14:36:56","changed":"1591886426","gmt_changed":"2020-06-11 14:40:26","alt":"Soft Wearables","file":{"fid":"242062","name":"Webinar Graphic 3.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic%203.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic%203.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":339205,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic%203.gif?itok=p3yo3sXn"}},"636171":{"id":"636171","type":"image","title":"Rural Transit","body":null,"created":"1591886295","gmt_created":"2020-06-11 14:38:15","changed":"1591886462","gmt_changed":"2020-06-11 14:41:02","alt":"Rural Transit","file":{"fid":"242063","name":"Webinar Graphic.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":349919,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic.gif?itok=xJkjnexQ"}},"636172":{"id":"636172","type":"image","title":"Supply Chain and Pandemic Image","body":null,"created":"1591886396","gmt_created":"2020-06-11 14:39:56","changed":"1591886396","gmt_changed":"2020-06-11 14:39:56","alt":"Supply Chains and Pandemics","file":{"fid":"242064","name":"Webinar Graphic 2.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic%202.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic%202.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":433349,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Webinar%20Graphic%202.gif?itok=PyMb7zpF"}}},"media_ids":["636170","636171","636172"],"groups":[{"id":"594329","name":"Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}