{"193971":{"#nid":"193971","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IPaT Participates at Midtown Alliance Annual Meeting","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIPaT proudly participated in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/midtownatl.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMidtown Alliance\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;annual meeting at The Fox Theater on February 20th. The theme for this year\u2019s event was \u201cCreate theFuture\u201d, and the program featured presentations by community leaders, including City of Atlanta Mayor, Kasim Reed, Midtown Alliance President and CEO, Kevin Greene, and President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Dennis Lockhart, who shared their thoughts on the growth and future of Midtown.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIPaT Executive Director, Beth Mynatt, also gave a presentation which highlighted how Atlanta\u2019s institutional anchors, such as Georgia Tech, Emory University, and SCAD, are helping to drive innovation in Midtown. She discussed how projects like the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.realestate.gatech.edu\/hpc\/index.php#objectives\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech High Performance Computing Center for Modeling and Simulation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.advancedparticletherapy.com\/clinical-partners\/georgia-proton-treatment-center\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorgia Proton Treatment Center\u003C\/a\u003E, as well as organizations like the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atdc.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAdvanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/flashpoint.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlashpoint\u003C\/a\u003E, are cultivating an ecosystem of innovation within the community.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOther representatives from Georgia Tech who were featured during the program included Steve Cross, Executive Vice President of Research, Ron Hutchins, Chief Technology Officer, Stephen Fleming, Vice President and Executive Director of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E, and Clint Zeagler, Research Scientist from the School of Industrial Design.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIPaT will be hosting a follow-up event on April 17th at the Technology Square Research Building at Georgia Tech. The event invites attendees to tour Georgia Tech\u2019s labs and see first-hand demonstrations of technology and applications being developed for our Midtown community. For more information and registration, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/midtown\u0022\u003Eipat.gatech.edu\/midtown\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27197","created_gmt":"2013-02-20 15:44:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:40","author":"Renata Le Dantec","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["renata@ipat.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}