Town Hall of the new Institute for People and Technology (IPaT)

Agenda

2:00 - 2:30 IPaT Overview by Beth Mynatt, Executive Director and Professor of Interactive Computing       

• Beth will discuss the vision, mission, and organizational principles for Georgia Tech's new Institute for People and Technology.  She will describe IPaT's four industry-facing portfolios: Health, Education, Media and Humanitarian Systems.

We will then hear from two panels that will describe opportunities to amplify Georgia Tech's leadership in Health and Media.

2:30 - 3:00 The Future of Health Systems

Panelists:

• Craig Zimring, Professor, College of Architecture
  Jeff Evans, IPaT Deputy Director, Information and Communications Laboratory Deputy Director, GTRI
  Brian Jones, Director of the Aware Home Research Institute
  Mark Braunstein, MD, Associate Director of the Health Systems Institute and Professor of Practice, Interactive Computing

3:00 - 3:30 The Future of Media

Panelists:

• Janet Murray, Ivan Allen College Dean's Recognition Professor
  Blair MacIntyre, Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing
  Renu Kulkarni, Strategic Partners Officer, Future Media
  Irfan Essa, Professor, School of Interactive Computing

3:30 - 3:50 Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Russ Clark and Matt Sanders, GT-RNOC Associate Directors

• Russ and Matt will describe opportunities for students to connect with IPaT activities with a focus on the Convergence Innovation Competition.

3:50 - 4:00 IPaT: Next Steps, Beth Mynatt

• Beth will close with an overview of summer activities including seed grant opportunities and summer workshops.