GT Smart Cities Conference: Building Inclusive Communities and Partnerships
May 7-8, 2019 | Global Learning Center
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Mistress of Ceremony: Debra Lam, Managing Director, Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation at the Georgia Institute of Technology1:00 p.m. Welcoming remarks
1:15 p.m. Keynote address by Peter Hirshberg, Founder, Maker City Project
2:00 p.m. Panel 1: ‘The new paradigm in smart cities: building smarter communities'
- Moderator: John Rossant, CEO, New Cities Foundation
- Jennifer Musisi, former Mayor of Kampala and the first City Leader in Residence at the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
- Adam Beck, Executive Director, Australian/New Zealand Smart City Council
- David Olatunji, President, African Smart Cities Innovation Foundation
- Jason Whittet, Associate Director, 100 Resilient Cities, Rockefeller Foundation
- Hardik Bhatt, Leader, Digital Government, Amazon Web Services
- Dean J. Marsh, Managing Director, North America at Dassault Systèmes
3:15 - 5:15 p.m. Research in Action Site Visits
- Inclusive Engagement
- Digital Twin
- Resilient Spaces
- Innovation District
- The Future of Robotics
5:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Dinner and Panel 2 - 'Do smart cities accentuate social inequalities or can they support social mobility?'
- Moderator: Nathaniel Smith, Founder and CEO, Partnership for Southern Equity
- Mayor Andy Berke, City of Chattanooga
- Chris Rich, CEO, Hawque
- Ellen Hempen, Co-founder of The Atlas
- Gerben Van Straaten, CEO, World of Walas
- Jean-Nicolas Carnet, President, NeoLedge North America
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks
8:45 a.m. Review of the first day – Site visit reports
- Moderator: Timothy Lieuwen
- Georgia Tech Inclusive engagement lead: Ellen Zegura
- Georgia Tech Digital Twin lead: John Taylor
- Georgia Tech Resilient Spaces lead: Kim Cobb
- Georgia Tech Innovation District lead: Greg King
- Georgia Tech Future of Robotics lead: Seth Hutchinson
9:45 a.m. Panel 3- ‘Putting people back at the center of smart cities’
- Moderator: Tess O’Brien, Bloomberg Associates
- Erwin Gianchandani, Deputy Assistant Director, National Science Foundation
- Deb Socia, Executive Director, Next Century Cities
- Edward Krafcik, VP of City Development, Soofa
- Eyal Feder, CEO, ZenCity
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Panel 4 - ‘Mobility at the heart of smart cities’
- Moderator: Stephen Zoegall, enior Manager of Innovation Strategy, Accenture Digital
- Lynn Blake, Vice president, Mobility, PSA Group North America
- Kirk Talbott, CIO, MARTA
- John Selden, General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Patrick Browne, Director of Global Sustainability, UPS
- Mouchka Heller, Lead, Integrated Mobility at the World Economic Forum
12:00 p.m. Final address by Nancy Cooper, Global Editor-in-Chief, Newsweek
12:25 p.m. Closing remarks
12:30 p.m. Networking lunch