Georgia Smart Highlights Meeting

The Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Program hosted a virtual Highlights Meeting in September that brought together all three GA Smart cohorts for the first time. Using Gatherly, a new, engaging events platform from Georgia Tech's CREATE-X, the program began with a Q&A panel discussion between new GA Smart representatives and 2017 and 2018 alumni. Participants then broke out into smaller groups led by Georgia Tech facilitators Greg McCormick, Chris Le Dantec, and Kari Watkins, to discuss topics including Local Data, Engaging Your Community, and Mobility. Finally, the smaller groups merged back in to one to allow for large group sharing!

(Photo courtesy of SeaPoint Industrial Terminal Complex)

An ever-growing hub of innovation, Atlanta offers a perfect environment for innovation to thrive, including a network of top universities that provide a solid pipeline of diverse talent, a thriving community of startups and tech-based companies, and an affordable quality of life for potential tech entrepreneurs and innovation leaders. 

October 29: Future Workforce (Co-hosted by the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of International Affairs) ** Special Time 9:30 A.M.

November 12: K-12 STEM Education During Covid-19

November 19: Retrofitting Suburbia

We are looking for a Georgia Smart Communities Program Manager. For more information on the position or to apply, search for Job ID: 221218 at hr.gatech.edu/careers For info regarding the program, visit our GA Smart webpage at smartcities.ipat.gatech.edu/georgia-smart.

The Partnership for Inclusive Innovation is a public-private partnership between the state of Georgia, private entities and the Georgia Institute of Technology which launched in 2020 to lead coordinated, statewide efforts to position Georgia as the Technology Capital of the East Coast. Under the leadership of Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, board chair Dr. G.P. Bud Peterson and executive director Debra Lam, the organization guides efforts and pilot programs to help foster access, growth, entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the state, with the ultimate goal of achieving inclusive innovation throughout Georgia. The organization aspires to define Georgia’s entrepreneurial identity as a national leader in technology research, development and implementation.

If you have innovation news you would like to share, email us at InclusiveInnovation@gatech.edu