{"481241":{"#nid":"481241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance holds all-members\u2019 meeting at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe forest products industry\u2019s Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance\u2014of which RBI is an affiliate member\u2014held its winter 2015 All-Members\u2019 Meeting at Georgia Tech\u2019s Global Learning Center December 9.\u0026nbsp; The meeting was held in conjunction with the TAPPI International Research Management Committee meeting\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Agenda 2020 meeting featured presentations from five task teams charged with reducing manufacturing energy, reducing resource and fresh water use, and creating new opportunities from forest biomass.\u0026nbsp; The teams have worked to identify barriers and develop research pathways to overcome them.\u0026nbsp; The research priorities and approaches they have developed are being shaped into roadmaps that will be published in January and shared broadly with the research community for implementation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Norman Marsolan, RBI executive director, drew a tight connection between these statements of priority and Georgia Tech research capabilities.\u0026nbsp; Several Georgia Tech professors serve as Agenda 2020 team members and contributors.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Marsolan encouraged the teams in their efforts, noting how the Agenda 2020 priorities influence Georgia Tech\u2019s research.\u0026nbsp; \u201cIn particular, the Agenda 2020 priorities are part of the RFP for developing fellowship proposals for RBI endowment-sponsored research each year,\u201d he observed.\u0026nbsp; \u201cIn addition, we require students to refer to these priorities in their statement of interest when applying for fellowship funding.\u0026nbsp; Our students benefit directly from this tight connection to industry research needs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance encourages the development of advanced manufacturing technologies that promise transformational impact on the paper and forest-based industries. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.agenda2020.org\u0022\u003Ewww.agenda2020.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Task teams present ways to creat new opportunities from forest biomass"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2015-12-31 12:22:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:20","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-12-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404.894.6700\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}