Smart Community Summit

Thursday, March 30, 2017 (All day)

The Inaugural Smart Community Summit is Thursday, March 30, 2017 from 9:00 to 11:45 a.m. in the Abdalla Hall Auditorium. the event is held in conjunction with the CajunCodeFest 5.0 Smart Community Coding competition. For more information on the summit and compeition, visit www.cajuncodefest.org.

Topics in the morning include Smart City Concepts & Success Stories, Building Research Partnerships for Civic Impact, and Creating Lafayette's Smart Community Vision.

In the afternoon, there will be an open meeting at CGI on "Learn about LEaRN: The Lafayette Engagement and Research Network," an initiative that will deploy 300 air quality sensors across Lafayette.

Speakers:
Keynote Speaker: Nishal Mohan, Ph.D., National Community Leader, Smart Gigabit Communities, US Ignite

Other Speakers and Panelists:
·        Andrew Rodgers, Technologist-In-Residence, The Enterprise Center, Chattanooga, TN
·        Ruthbea Yesner Clarke, Research Director, Smart Cities Strategies, IDC
·        Molly O’Neill, Vice President, State and Local Government Industry, CGI
·        Jenn Beard, Gigabit Fund Manager, Mozilla Foundation
·        José Quádrio Alves, Global Government Director, Future Cities Lead for CGI

The agenda is available at the RSVP site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-inaugural-lafayette-smart-community-summit-tickets-32601800864

Event URL:

http://www.cajuncodefest.org

Speaker/performer name:

Dr. Nishal mohan, Ph.D.

Room name/number:

Auditorium

Event contact email:

info@cajuncodefest.org

Event contact phone:

(337) 482-0627

Event contact website: