{"668599":{"#nid":"668599","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Valerie Thomas Selected to Speak as part of Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress 2023","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/valerie-thomas\u0022\u003EValerie Thomas\u003C\/a\u003E, Anderson-Interface Chair of Natural Systems and Professor in the H. Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was recently asked to speak as part of Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress 2023. The event was hosted online and at the Panama Convention Center by the National Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Republic of Panama (SENACYT) and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sricongress.org\u0022\u003ESustainability Research + Innovation Congress 2023\u003C\/a\u003E is the world\u0027s largest gathering for the global sustainability community, and for the first time, the event took place in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. SRI unites more than 2000 global sustainability research leaders, government and civil society experts, funders and innovators to inspire action and promote a sustainability transformation. The global and annual event elevates diverse knowledge on sustainability, provides an inspiring platform to share innovative ideas, and creates an inclusive space for collaboration and action. SRI is a joint initiative of Future Earth and the Belmont Forum.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the Fri Jun 30 panel session \u0022Reducing Emissions from Logistics\u0022, Thomas discussed \u0022Life-cycle Approaches to Assessing Emissions from Logistics.\u0022 To help provide the academic perspective, she was joined by Marilyn Brown, Regents\u0027 and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy,\u0026nbsp; who spoke on \u0022Three trends challenging U.S. and global emissions reductions from logistics.\u0022 The private sector perspective was provided by Alex Rodriguez, Regional Head of Energy Transition Execution - LAM with A.P. Moller - Maersk. Rodriquez provided a broad and interesting discussion of air-water-land logistics, its impact on the environment, and possible future solutions. The session was organized by Jorge Barnett Lawton, Managing Director of the Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation \u0026amp; Research Center, who also moderated the session from Panama City.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the annual event and view available recordings, please visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sricongress.org\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sricongress.org\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EValerie Thomas, Anderson-Interface Chair of Natural Systems and Professor in the H. Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, was asked to speak as part of Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress 2023. The event was recently hosted online and at the Panama Convention Center by the National Secretariat of Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Republic of Panama (SENACYT) and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SRI is the world\u0027s largest gathering for the global sustainability community."}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2023-07-25 23:36:22","changed_gmt":"2023-07-26 00:02:29","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671235":{"id":"671235","type":"image","title":"Valerie Thomas","body":null,"created":"1690329556","gmt_created":"2023-07-25 23:59:16","changed":"1690329556","gmt_changed":"2023-07-25 23:59:16","alt":"Valerie Thomas","file":{"fid":"254257","name":"vthomasq.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/25\/vthomasq.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/25\/vthomasq.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":46902,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/25\/vthomasq.jpg?itok=SV2-nM3c"}},"671236":{"id":"671236","type":"image","title":"SRI2023 Reducing Emissions from Logistics panel","body":null,"created":"1690329724","gmt_created":"2023-07-26 00:02:04","changed":"1690329724","gmt_changed":"2023-07-26 00:02:04","alt":"SRI2023 Reducing Emissions from Logistics panel","file":{"fid":"254258","name":"SRI2023-Logistics-Panel.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/25\/SRI2023-Logistics-Panel_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/25\/SRI2023-Logistics-Panel_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":208318,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/25\/SRI2023-Logistics-Panel_0.jpg?itok=e8sg-qAV"}}},"media_ids":["671235","671236"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/sricongress.org\/sri2023-program","title":"Sustainability Research + Innovation (SRI) Congress 2023"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/valerie-thomas","title":"About Valerie Thomas"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.gatech.pa\/?lang=en","title":"Georgia Tech Panama Logistics Innovation \u0026 Research Center"}],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10306","name":"Panama"},{"id":"143871","name":"Physical Internet Center"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}