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Next Forum Meetings - 2008-9 Academic Year |
Fall 2008 Forum Theme:
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Centergy
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Fall 2008 schedule coming soon! |
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Meetings - 2007-8 Academic Year |
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Spring
2008 Forum Theme: The 'Young and the Restless' |
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Virtual Games to Real Money: the New
Economic Development Currency. David Altig, Sr. Vice President,
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,
April 2, 2008.
Commentator: Professor
Celia Pearce, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Tech.
Presentation [PDF]
 Replay [Real Video] |
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What's Old is New: Neighborhood
Revitalization in the Old Fourth Ward. Honorable Kwanza Hall,
Atlanta City
Council, March 5, 2008.
Commentator: Professor
Harley Etienne, City and Regional Planning Program, Georgia Tech.
Replay [Real Video] |
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Treasure Hunting through ‘Geocaching’:
How can we make an economic development link? Jarrett King,
Macquarium Intelligent
Communications;
and Slater Barr, Carroll Tomorrow. February 6, 2008.
Replay [Real Video] |
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Meetings - 2007-8 Academic Year |
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Fall
2007 Forum Theme: "The 'Young and the Restless':
Resurgent Entrepreneurial Ideas for Innovation and Economic Developmention
in Action" |
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Building a City Business Around New
Urban Music. Curtis Daniels III, Chief Operating
Officer, Patchwerk Recording Studios,
December 5, 2007.
Commentator: Professor
Gil Weinberg, Music Technology Program, Georgia Tech
Replay [Real Video] |
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Virtual Economies and Next Generation
Games. Clinton A. Lowe,
Chair, Georgia Game Developers
Association, November 7, 2007.
Commentator: Asante Bradford, Digital Entertainment Liaison, Georgia
Department of Economic Development.
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Preserving Artistic and Entrepreneurial
Places: Little Five Points. Rob Thompson,
Holy Mother Tattoo, and
Mel Pinson, Criminal Records,
October 3, 2007.
Commentator: Professor
Benjamin Flowers, College of Architecture, Georgia Tech
Replay [Real Video] |
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Green Transportation Alternatives: Why
own the car when you can own the drive? Liz Wattenberg, General Manager,
Flexcar.
September 5, 2007.
Commentator: Professor
Marilyn Brown, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech
Presentation by Kevin Planovsky
Replay [Real Video] |
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Special Guest Presentations |
Fall 2007 |
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Finding shortcuts in the map of
science. Interdisciplinarity as integration of diverse geographies.
Seminar Presentation. November 6, 2007,
3.30 pm. GT School of Public Policy, DM Smith Building.
Ismael Rafols,
Science
and Technology Policy Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK. Master Class
III on Science and Technology Indicators. For
more on the global map of science, see
http://users.fmg.uva.nl/lleydesdorff/map06/texts/index.htm |
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Gender Aspects of Patenting and
Publishing. Seminar
Presentation, October 16, 2007,
School of Public Policy, DM Smith Room, 303.
Rainer Frietsch,
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovations Research,
Karlsruhe, Germany. Master Class II on Science and Technology
Indicators. |
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Role of Universities in Developing
Countries. Seminar Presentation, August 23, 2007, School of
Public Policy. Master Class I on Science and Technology Indicators:
Approaches to Appropriate Patent-based Country Comparisons,
August 24, 2007, School of Public Policy. Dr. Ulrich Schmoch,
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovations Research,
Karlsruhe,
Germany.
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Universities
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Meetings - 2006-7 Academic Year |
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Spring 2007 Forum Theme: "Innovation
in Action" |
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Globalization, Coopetition, and the
Role of the State in the Creation of New Industries.
Danny
Breznitz, Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and
the School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech; and
Chris
Clark, Deputy Commissioner for Global Commerce at the
Georgia
Department of Economic Development, April 17, 2007.
[3 pm, Economic Development Building, Tech Square]. [Directions] |
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Starting Emerging European High-Tech
Operations in the US: The Case of Hubtech21.
Patrick Cheenne, CEO, Hubtech21,
March 28, 2007.
[3 pm,
Centergy Building @
Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Conference Room, third floor,
Tech Square]. [Map
and Directions] Presentation [PDF]
Replay [Real Video] |
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40th Annual Basic Economic Development Course - Open Public Session
Fostering Your
Competitive Edge in the Innovation Economy, Mary Jo Waits, Director,
Pew Center on the States,
March 14, 2007.
[3:30 pm,
Global Learning Center, Room
236,
84 5th Street NW, Tech Square].
Co-sponsored by 40th Annual Basic Economic Development Course.
Presentation [PDF]
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Technology Corridors Revisited.
Thomas Ballard, Director,
Economic Development and Partnerships, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, February 28, 2007.
[3:30 pm,
Centergy Building @
Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Conference Room, third floor,
Tech Square]. Presentation [PDF]
Replay [Real Video] |
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Making the Beltline Happen. Terri
Montague, President and CEO,
Atlanta
Beltline, Inc. January 31, 2007.
[3 pm,
Centergy Building @
Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Conference Room, third floor,
Tech Square]. Presentation [PDF]
Replay [Real Video] |
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Fall 2006
Forum Theme: "New Insights for Innovative Economic Development
Strategies" |
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Metropolitan Economic Development: A
Global Perspective. Marc Weiss, Chairman and CEO,
Global Urban Development. December 6, 2006.
[4 pm,
Centergy Building @
Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Conference Room, third floor,
Tech Square]. Co-sponsored by
CIFAL Atlanta
- a program of UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and
Research. Discussant:
Alexander A. Mejía, Program Director, CIFAL. Presentation [PDF] |
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Secrets of Gazelles: Differences
Between High Growth, Low Growth and No Growth Businesses Owned by
African Americans,
Thomas D. Boston, Professor, Georgia Tech School of Economics.
November 8, 2006 [4.30 pm,
Centergy Building @
Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Conference Room, third floor,
Tech Square]. Sponsored by the Georgia Statewide Minority Business
Enterprise Center. Discussant: Fred Burks, President/CEO, The Burks
Companies. Presentation [PDF] |
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The Innovation Value Chain: A UK
Perspective.
Stephen Roper, Professor, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK,
October 4,
2006. [4.30 pm,
Centergy Building @
Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Conference Room, third floor,
Tech Square]. Presentation [PDF],
Paper [PDF]
Replay [Real Video] |
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2006 Technology Transfer Society
Conference - Open Meeting
"Next Generation Innovation: What More Can
Universities and States do to Promote Innovation in Research, Technology
Transfer, and Economic Development?" Open public session @
2006 Technology Transfer Society Conference.
September 28, 2006 [4.30 pm,
Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Auditorium]. Keynote speaker:
Michael Cassidy, President, Georgia Research Alliance. |
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Innovation in Non-traditional Places:
Lessons from the EPSCoR Program.
Randall Haley [BIO],
Principal,
Research Terrain, September 6,
2006 [4.30 pm,
Centergy Building @
Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Conference Room, third floor, Tech Square].
Moderator: Susan Hart Ridley, Office of Planning and Budget, State of
Georgia.
Replay [Real Video] |
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Meetings - 2005-6 Academic Year |
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Spring 2006
Forum Theme: "Innovating the New Georgia" |
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Creating Georgia's
Innovative Coast. Chris Miller, Executive Director, The Creative
Coast, Savannah, Georgia. April 28, 2006
[12 noon, Centergy Building @ Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges
Conference Room, third floor.] Commentator: Professor Jennifer
Clark, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech |
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What Can Banks do
to Promote New Community
Economic Development Strategies in Georgia? Ray Christman,
President, Federal Home Loan Bank of
Atlanta.
March 31, 2006.
[4.00 pm, Economic Development Building, Tech Square]. Moderator:
Professor Dan
Immergluck, City and Regional Planning Program,
Georgia Tech
Replay [Real Video] |
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Industry and
Innovation Strategies for a New Georgia.
Sid Johnson,
Commission on the New Georgia. February 24, 2006
[4.00 pm, Economic Development
Building, Tech Square]. This forum was webcasted, with additional
participants from other locations in Georgia, Germany, and the
Netherlands.
Replay [Real Video] |
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Commercializing Technological
Innovation in Georgia. Stephen Fleming, Georgia Tech's Chief
Commercialization Officer. January 27, 2006
[4.00 pm, Economic Development Building, Tech Square]. A successful
Atlanta investor and entrepreneur, and a Georgia Tech graduate with
private-sector experience at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Northern
Telecom, Fleming has been a partner in two Atlanta-based venture capital
firms, and has managed investments in more than 20 start-up companies.
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Paul Kelman, Executive Vice
President,
Central
Atlanta Progress.
December 2, 2005. [4.30 pm. Economic
Development Building, Tech Square]. |
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How Japanese Companies Are Using
New Sciences for Business Development. Professor Fumio Kodama, Dean,
Graduate School of
Engineering Management (MOT Program),
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
and
Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Tokyo, Japan;
and Professor Jun Suzuki, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo,
Japan.
November 16, 2005. [12 noon - 1.30 pm,
DM Smith Building, Room 303] [PAPER DOWNLOAD
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PRESENTATION
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PPT
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The University as a Regional
Development Agent: Cambridge, Yale and the Biotechnology Clusters. Shiri
M. Breznitz, University of Cambridge (UK).
November 11, 2005. [4.30 pm.
Economic Development Building, Tech Square].
Commentator: C. Russell Allen, President and CEO,
BioSouth, Inc. |
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The Past and Future of America's
Economy: Long Waves of Innovation that Drive Cycles of Growth. Dr.
Robert D. Atkinson. Vice President and Director of the Technology and
New Economy Project, Progressive Policy Institute. October 19, 2005. [12 noon - 1.30 pm,
DM Smith Building, Room 303] |
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Empowering Rural Communities through
Bottom-Up Innovative Development:
Insights from the European LEADER. Program. Dr. Juan Noguera,
Assistant Professor, University of Valencia, Spain. September 1, 2005.
[4.30 pm, Economic Development Building, Tech Square]. Discussant: Greg
Laudeman, Georgia Tech Economic Development and Technology Ventures. [More
information on LEADER] |
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University-Industry
Collaborations in Developing Countries: The Case of the Bio-Bio Region
in Chile. Dr. Alex Berg, Executive Director of the
Technology
Development Unit at the Universidad de Concepción, Chile. August 26,
2005. [Presentation]
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Meetings - 2004-5 Academic Year |
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Issues in Science and Technology in
China. Yu Wing-Yin, University of Macau. April 11, 2005. |
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Cultural Diversity and Economic
Development: The International Village Project. Chris Lazar. April
8, 2005 (Chamblee). [International
Village] |
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Making Markets Work for the Poor.
Monica Oliver, CARE.
March 15, 2005. |
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Science and Technology-Based Economic
Development: A Georgia Perspective. Mike Cassidy - President,
Georgia
Research Alliance. February 11, 2005. |
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Information
technology and economic development in developing countries.
Dr. Michael Best. MIT Media Lab;
Visiting Professor, Georgia Tech. November 12, 2004. [LINK] |
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The Beltline Project. Ryan Gravel,
Friends of the
Beltline. October 29, 2004.
[Picture acknowledgements: USA Today] |
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VentureLab: A Technology
Commercialization Initiative. Ben Hill, VentureLab Program Manager.
September 24, 2004. [VentureLab] |
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