{"70338":{"#nid":"70338","#data":{"type":"news","title":"France-Atlanta Roundtable: \u201cHow to Better Coordinate Humanitarian Response\u201d","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA roundtable\ndiscussion entitled \u201cHow to Better Coordinate Humanitarian Response\u201d will take\nplace on October 27, 2011 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Marcus\nNanotechnology Building during the 2011 \u201cFrance-Atlanta: Together Towards\nInnovation\u201d conference. The roundtable will consist of two panels: one\ndedicated to the lessons learned from the humanitarian response in Ha\u00efti\nfollowing the 2010 earthquake; the other on NGO governance.\u0026nbsp; Pinar Keskinocak, co-director of the Georgia\nTech Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics, will be moderating the panel on \u201cGoverning\nHumanitarian Response.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInternational\ncooperation in humanitarian efforts is one of the multiple themes to be\naddressed during this year\u2019s France-Atlanta conference. In recent years,\nhumanitarian emergencies, particularly those following natural disasters, have\nraised a major issue: how to achieve coordination and synergistic collaboration\namong different NGOs and government organizations, so as to avoid overlapping\nefforts, waste of resources, and inefficiencies. During this roundtable\ndiscussion, representatives from French and American NGOs and government\nagencies such as Handicap International, CARE, Medshare, and USAID will reflect\non the tools that could be developed in order to improve management of\nhumanitarian crises. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is\nthe second year Georgia Tech will be partnering with the Consulate General of\nFrance in Atlanta to present the France-Atlanta conference. \u201cFrance-Atlanta:\nTogether Towards Innovation\u201d will be held October 26- November 12, and will\ninclude a series of fifteen French-American events centered on innovation,\nincluding scientific symposiums, business workshops, cultural events, and\nhumanitarian focus events.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am so\npleased to partner once again with Georgia Tech to present this new edition of\nFrance-Atlanta. I believe this is through cooperation in sectors of the future\nthat our two societies will thrive and tackle the 21st century challenges,\u201d said\nPascal Le Deunff, Consul General of France in Atlanta. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nFrance-Atlanta conference, which drew 3,500 participants last year, was\ndesigned to strengthen ties between France\u003Cstrong\u003E\n\u003C\/strong\u003Eand the southeastern United States.\u0026nbsp;\nThe conference is presented under the High Auspices of the Ambassador of\nFrance to the United States, His Excellency Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Delattre, the Governor\nof Georgia, the Honorable Nathan Deal, and the Mayor of Atlanta, the Honorable\nKasim Reed. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\/spip.php?article123\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E to register for the roundtable discussion. For more\ninformation about the 2011 France-Atlanta conference, visit\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.france-atlanta.org\u0022\u003Ewww.france-atlanta.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA roundtable\ndiscussion entitled \u201cHow to Better Coordinate Humanitarian Response\u201d will take\nplace on October 27, 2011 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Georgia Tech Marcus\nNanotechnology Building during the 2011 \u201cFrance-Atlanta: Together Towards\nInnovation\u201d conference.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-28 14:26:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70340":{"id":"70340","type":"image","title":"2011 France-Atlanta","body":null,"created":"1449177304","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:04","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"2011 France-Atlanta","file":{"fid":"192950","name":"logofranceatlanta2011.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logofranceatlanta2011_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logofranceatlanta2011_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":5731,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logofranceatlanta2011_0.png?itok=onYsR_p_"}}},"media_ids":["70340"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14448","name":"2011 France-Atlanta"},{"id":"8884","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Logistics"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"14449","name":"health and humanitarian logistics center"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1239","name":"Pinar Keskinocak"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}