{"70356":{"#nid":"70356","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Swann Serves as a Discussion Leader During World Economic Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann, associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and center co-director of\nthe Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center, was a discussion\nleader during the World Economic Forum for a session entitled \u201cResponding to\nExtreme Events\u201d on April 28. \u0026nbsp;The session\ncovered several key discussion points which included natural disaster\npreparedness, quick response mechanisms, effective long-term partnerships,\nregional coordination, and lessons from the recent earthquakes in Chile, Haiti,\nand Japan.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe World Economic Forum was held in Rio de Janerio, Brazil on\nApril 27-29.\u0026nbsp; Sessions are designed to\npromote interaction between discussion leaders and participants, facilitating\ndiscussion on challenging and complex issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Swann focuses on developing models and analytical\nmethods to solve problems in logistics and supply chain management, and inform\ndecisions in health systems and policymaking.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Swann\u2019s research areas\nintersect in her work in humanitarian supply chains. In this area, she is\ndeveloping educational and outreach programs to governmental and non-governmental\norganizations that are involved in planning for and responding to health and\nhumanitarian crises.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the 2011 World Economic Forum on\nLatin America, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.weforum.org\/events\/world-economic-forum-latin-america-2011\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJulie Swann, associate professor in the H. Milton Stewart\nSchool of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and center co-director of\nthe Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center, was a discussion\nleader during the World Economic Forum for a session entitled \u201cResponding to\nExtreme Events\u201d on April 28.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-09-28 15:28:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62491":{"id":"62491","type":"image","title":"Julie Swann","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894541","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:21","alt":"Julie Swann","file":{"fid":"191479","name":"tjt06074.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tjt06074_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tjt06074_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":791431,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tjt06074_0.jpg?itok=FXjmnvH5"}}},"media_ids":["62491"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14451","name":"Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1237","name":"Julie Swann"},{"id":"1751","name":"world economic forum"}],"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":""}}}