2024 Sustainability Showcase

March 4th & 6th - 8th, 2024

Sponsored by Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems and organized in close partnership with the Office of Sustainability, Strategic Energy Institute, Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Institute for People and Technology, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, the Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education, The Exchange at Georgia Tech,  and other campus partners, this event will be an opportunity for Georgia Tech academics, researchers, students, and Institute programs to share their work in sustainability (spanning the full scope of United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals) and engage with each other and external participants to advance their work. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about the full spectrum of sustainability work across campus in a lively atmosphere.

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March 4 - Sustainability Showcase Panel Sessions

Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center, 225 North Avenue
(closest parking: Area 1 Visitor Lot, 176 North Avenue Northwest, Atlanta, GA, 30313)

1:15 - 1:30 PM | Welcome and Sustainability Next Strategic Plan Vision (YouTube Link)
Jennifer Chirico, Associate Vice President, Sustainability and Co-Chair, Sustainability Next
Beril Toktay, Regents’ Professor, Brady Family Chairholder, and Co-Chair, Sustainability Next

1:30 – 2:30 PM | Conversations with Cabrera (YouTube Link) – panel discussion on partnerships for climate mitigation based on Drawdown Georgia, as described by panelists in Higher Education and SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals, Cabrera and Cutright (Eds), Emerald Publishing Ltd (2023).

  • Ángel Cabrera, President, Georgia Tech (moderator)
  • John Lanier, Executive Director, Ray C. Anderson Foundation
  • Marilyn Brown, Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems, School of Public Policy
  • Michael Oxman, Managing Director, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business
  • Beril Toktay, Regents' Professor and Professor of Operations Management, Scheller College of Business

2:45 - 3:45 PM | The Georgia Tech Climate Action Plan (CAP) (YouTube Link) – panel discussion. The CAP will be launched and begin implementation during Spring, 2024. This panel will discuss the components of the plan, including Georgia Tech’s current Greenhouse Gas inventory, the CAP implementation plan, and how students, faculty, and staff can get involved.

  • Jennifer Chirico, Associate Vice President, Sustainability (moderator)
  • Allison Bridges, Program Manager, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business
  • Michael Chang, Deputy Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
  • Jermaine Clonts, Associate Director of Utilities Management, Office of Sustainability
  • Greg Spiro, Interim Associate Vice President, Infrastructure
  • Jim Stephens, Senior Associate Vice President, Infrastructure

4 - 4:30 PM | Tech Talks Business (YouTube Link)– This Sustainability Showcase edition is part of a series of conversations between Dean Anuj Mehrotra and leaders at the forefront of business, technology, entrepreneurship, public policy, and civic innovation.

  • Anuj Mehrotra, Dean and Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Chair, Scheller College of Business (host)
  • Laurel Hurd, President and Chief Executive Officer of Interface, Inc., a pioneering company in sustainable business practices, will be his guest.

4:30 – 5:30 PM | Networking and refreshments