Technology for Smart, Connected Communities: The Bridge and the Wall at INSS 2017
Channel: INSS
Date: 2017-07-24

The organization of Federal support for research and development in the United States fosters enthusiasm for technological innovation. Since these efforts require taxpayer support, the language promoting such innovation links it to positive social outcomes such as jobs, national defense, community benefits such as public and environmental health and safety, and better education. But public and private investments may not have positive or equitable results, and the potential for good results may depend as much or more on the societal contexts in which the innovations develop and are used than on the technical components that are part of the innovations.
Speakers: • Rachelle Hollander, Ph.D., Director, Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society at the National Academy of Engineering. 
• Emma French, Research Assistant, Center for Urban Innovation, Georgia Tech
• David Chávez, Ph.D., Signals and Communications Theory Area Professor and Chairman; Director of the Rural Telecommunications Research Group; and Professor of Engineering at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
• James Walker, founder/CEO of Informative Technologies