Forum
Innovations in Economic Development Forum
A joint initiative of the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy and the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute. Co-sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Georgia Economic Developers Association.
The Innovations in Economic Development Forum brings together faculty, other researchers, students, economic developers, and policymakers to discuss leading-edge ideas and practices in economic development and innovation policy. Established in 2004, the Forum meets three times per semester at Georgia Tech, usually in Technology Square. The Forum is free and open to the public.
Schedule and location for all forum meetings:
- Meet the speaker (brown bag): Noon to 12:30 pm
- Program: 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
- Location: Centergy Building @ Tech Square, 75 5th Street NW, Hodges Connections Room, third floor, Tech Square
- Directions
UPCOMING FORUMS
The Innovations in Economic Development forum Spring 2013 series has concluded. We will post our next series once we’ve confirmed the dates.
PAST FORUMS
Spring 2013 Forum Theme:
People Power in the Economic Development
- Peer-to-Peer Lending to Small Business
- How can efforts to solve community problems lead to the creation of green jobs?
Fall 2012 Forum Theme:
People Power in the Economic Development
Spring 2012 Forum Theme:
Re-balancing Economic Development: Shifting Strategies for Creating Resilient Growth
Fall 2011 Forum Theme:
Re-balancing Economic Development: Shifting Strategies for Creating Resilient Growth
- Self-employment as a Jobless Recovery Strategy for Local Communities
- Reinvigorating Neighborhood Economic Development
- Red Fields to Green Fields National Research Program
Spring 2011 Forum Theme:
It’s All About the Jobs: Creating Quality Jobs In a Time of Economic Recovery
- Outsourcing: White Knight or Evil Dragon
- Immigration and Jobs in Your Community: What is the real impact of undocumented workers?
- Small-Business Dynamics and Job Creation: Facts, Obstacles and Best Practices
Fall 2010 Forum Theme:
It’s All About the Jobs: Creating Quality Jobs In a Time of Economic Recovery
- The Green Economy: A Look at today’s green jobs and tomorrow’s growth industries
- Jobs in the City: The Future of Industrial Districts
Spring 2010 Forum Theme:
Surviving the Recession – Strategies for financing community and economic development in today’s historic downturn
- The Role of Foundations During a Recession: Supporting and Building Resilient Communities
- The Challenge of Community Bank Regulation During a Recession: Potential Relationships to Economic and Community Development
- In the Wake of Crisis: Near- and Long-term Prospects for Real Estate and Community Development Finance
Fall 2009 Forum Theme:
Surviving the Recession – Strategies for financing community and economic development in today’s historic downturn
- Is Venture Capital No Longer Relevant? Funding Startups in a New Financial Environment.
- Advances in Economic Development Finance
- Economic Incentives and Fiscal Retrenchment
Spring 2009 Forum Theme:
To Survive and Thrive: Policies and Practices for Sustainable Growth
Fall 2008 Forum Theme:
To Survive and Thrive: Policies and Practices for Sustainable Growth
- How Large US Cities are Amplifying Global Warming and Planning for Adaptive Responses
- Sustainability in Business: Natural Capitalism through Innovation
- Addressing Environmental Challenges in the Southeast through Green Building
- Shrinking the Carbon Footprint of Metropolitan Areas
Spring 2008 Forum Theme:
The ‘Young and the Restless’
- Virtual Games to Real Money: The New Economic Development Currency
- What’s Old is New: Neighborhood Revitalization in the Old Fourth Ward
- Treasure Hunting through ‘Geocaching’: How Can We Make an Economic Development Link?
Fall 2007 Forum Theme:
The ‘Young and the Restless’: Resurgent Entrepreneurial Ideas for Innovation and Economic Development in Action”
- Building a City Business Around New Urban Music
- Virtual Economics and Next Generation Games
- Preserving Artistic and Entrepreneurial Places: Little Five Points
- Green Transportation Alternatives: Why Own the Car When You Can Own the Drive?
Special Guest Presentations:
Fall 2007
- Finding Shortcuts in the Map of Science. Interdisciplinarity as Integration of Diverse Geographies.
- Gender Aspects of Patenting and Publishing
- Role of Universities in Developing Countries
Spring 2007 Forum Theme:
Innovation in Action
- Globalization, Competition, and the Role of the State in the Creation of New Industries
- Starting Emerging European High-Tech Operations in the US: The Case of Hubtech21
- 40th Annual Basic Economic Development Course – Open Public Session
- Technology Corridors Revisited
- Making the Beltline Happen
Fall 2006 Forum Theme:
New Insights for Innovative Economic Development Strategies
- Metropolitan Economic Development: A Global Perspective
- Secrets of Gazelles: Differences Between High Growth, Low Growth and No Growth Businesses Owned by African Americans
- The Innovation Value Chain: A UK Perspective
- 2006 Technology Transfer Society Conference – Open Meeting
- Innovation in Non-Traditional Places: Lessons from the EPSCoR Program
Spring 2006 Forum Theme:
Innovating the New Georgia
- Creating Georgia’s Innovative Coast
- What Can Banks Do to Promote New Community Economic Development Strategies in Georgia?
- Industry and Innovation Strategies for a New Georgia
- Commercializing Technological Innovation in Georgia
- Central Atlanta Progress
2004-2005 Forum Meetings:
- Issues in Science and Technology in China
- Cultural Diversity and Economic Development: The International Village Project
- Making Markets Work for the Poor
- Science and Technology-Based Economic Development: A Georgia Perspective
- Information Technology and Economic Development in Developing Countries
- The Beltline Project
- VentureLab: A Technology Commercialization Initiative