Upcoming Webinars:

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June 25th – Community Insights Incite Community Action

Community data is a critical piece of our public infrastructure, ensuing the alignment of programs and policies to community needs. It becomes more critical in understanding our citizens when our physical movements and interactions are limited. Clio Maria Andris will share her analysis on spatial networks and Friendly Cities. Tommy Pearce will show how Neighborhood Nexus leverages community data to help mission-driven organizations ask the right questions, use the best data, tell compelling stories, and make informed decisions.

Clio Maria Andris, Assistant Professor, School of City & Regional Planning and Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech

Tommy Pearce, Executive Director, Neighborhood Nexus

Blaine Williams, City Manager, Athens-Clarke County Unified Government (Moderator)

Past Webinars:

May 7th – Soft Wearable Bioelectronics for Smart and Connected First Responders

W. Hong Yeo, Assistant Professor, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Moderator: Cynthia Curry, Metro Chamber of Commerce

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May 14th – Importance of Investing in Rural Transit in Georgia

Shatakshee Dhongde, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Laurie Garrow, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Moderators: Jarrod McCarthy and Paul Jarrell, Georgia Regional Commission

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May 21st – Post COVID-19 Expectations in Economic Development and Real Estate

Clifford A. Lipscomb, Visiting Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

Moderator: Daniela Perry, Georgia Chamber of Commerce

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May 28th - Toward Efficient Pandemic Supply Chain Readiness and Response

Benoit Montreuil, Coca-Cola Material Handling & Distribution Chair and Professor and Co-Director Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Moderator: Daniel Studdard, American Planning Association, Georgia Chapter

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June 4 – Democratizing Connectivity

We are witnessing a dramatic growth in demand for mobile and wireless connectivity, driven by increase in data diversity and volume, emerging application domains, and new societal norms. This trend is exposing deep gaps in the capabilities of the broadly available network infrastructure to provide adequate connectivity. This talk will showcase some exciting developments towards addressing this gap, including increased availability of open source mobile network technologies and emergence of edge computing. It sees connectivity as a critical public infrastructure required for all.

Ada Gavrilovska, Associate Professor at the College of Computing and the Center for Experimental Research in Computer Systems, Georgia Tech

Ellen Zegura, Fleming Professor, School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech

Julie Walker, State Librarian, Associate Vice Chancellor for Libraries, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia

Sokwoo Rhee, Associate Director for CPS Innovation, National Institute of Standards and Technology (Moderator)

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June 11th – The Digital Divide During a Global Pandemic...and Beyond

This panel discussion will provide a multi-disciplinary perspective on the digital divide, that has been further highlighted by the increased reliance on technology during the pandemic, and what that will mean for global societies moving forward.

Danika Tynes, Senior Research Associate, GTRI, Georgia Tech

Lisa Coleman, Senior Vice President, Global Inclusion and Strategic Innovation, New York University

Shelton Goode, Owner, Icarus Consulting

Kalahn-Taylor Clark, Global Head, Patient Solutions, Sanofi pharmaceuticals

Claire Angelle, Founder, Angelle Consulting (Moderator)

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June 18th – Cybersecurity and privacy in the age of remote working

This webinar will focus on the critical issues of cybersecurity and privacy when virtual work becomes the expected standard. Join our panelists as they discussed the larger impact from a research, industry and local government perspective and the possible strategies and solutions to address the systems and personal vulnerabilities in this new age.

Brendan Saltaformaggio, Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech

Tim Callan, Senior Fellow, Sectigo

Eric Toler, Executive Director, Georgia Cyber Center

Charlotte Nash, Chairman, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners

Eric Lopez, Research Analyst, Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (Moderator)

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