Ga Tech Sustainability Forums

Georgia Tech School of Public Policy and the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute will host a series of forums on policies and practices for sustainable growth this fall. The forums are free and open to the public.

These forums bring together faculty, researchers, students, economic developers, and policymakers to discuss leading-edge ideas and practices in economic development and innovation policy. Forums are typically held at the Centergy Building at Tech Square and begin at noon with a brown bag lunch and opportunity to meet the speaker with the program starting at 12:30. The remaining forums will include:

Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Southeast through Green Building Technology. Dennis Creech, Executive Director, Southface Energy Institute, October 1. Co-sponsored by Energy and Environmental Services (ESS), Georgia Institute of Technology. Commentator: Holly Grell-Lawe, ESS.

Sustainability in Business: Natural Capitalism through Innovation. John Bradford, Vice President of Operations and Research and Development, InterfaceFLOR Commercial, November 5.

How Large US Cities are Amplifying Global Warming and Planning Adaptive Responses. Brian Stone, Professor, City and Regional Planning Program, Georgia Tech. November 19. Special forum held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, [3:30 pm, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1000 Peachtree Street NE, across from the MARTA Midtown Station on the Tech Trolley route]. Registration required. Contact Sherrie Caldwell at sherrie.caldwell@atl.frb.og to RSVP by Nov. 7.

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