Atlanta’s Future in Tech Think Tank
Postponement of Atlanta's Future in Tech Think Tank kick-off Meeting
Thank you for your interest in Atlanta's Future in Tech Think Tank kick-off meeting. Due to unforeseen circumstances, including personal scheduling conflicts, we have decided to postpone this kick-off meeting until the second week of September. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience and expect communication regarding the new date and time later this summer.
Atlanta’s Future in Tech Think Tank (AFIT) aims to identify strategies for the City of Atlanta to become a national example of innovation and economic power while also sustaining human dignity and justice. The initiative launched following the inaugural meeting of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Executive Roundtable which took place in the fall of 2022.
Work done so far: AFIT has formed a working group with representatives from the City of Atlanta; the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP); the Metro Atlanta Chamber; the Center for Urban Research at the Georgia Institute of Technology; the Bagwell College of Education and the Interactive Research Methods Lab at Kennesaw State University; Microsoft, and; Google. This body has focused on the City of Atlanta’s existing computing educational ecosystem and discussed ways for tech companies in Atlanta to support and strengthen the ecosystem to promote a radical departure from the polarized racial outcomes happening in major tech-driven urban centers.
Goal: The goal of Atlanta’s Future in Tech think tank is to identify strategies for the community of tech companies, and educational and civic institutions to work together to improve the computing educational ecosystem in Atlanta. While the initiative will focus on the computing education ecosystem initially, AFIT believes this work has the potential to create ripple effects that influence all aspects of life in the City of Atlanta.
The driving question of the initiative is: Can Atlanta be a city with a robust tech-driven economy, and also be a city that is racial just and socially sustainable?
Outcomes: Following a research-based approach, the initiative aims to produce a white paper with an action plan and recommendations for tech companies arriving in our city.
Location of the event
Interactive Research Methods Lab. Bagwell College of Education. 580 Parliament Garden Way. Room BEB 403. Kennesaw, 30144
Directions To The Interactive Research Methods Lab
The address for your GPS is: 580 Parliament Garden Way ~ Kennesaw, GA 30144.
From I-75 South, travel one exit north of the Town Center Mall/Barrett Parkway exit.
Take the Chastain Road exit number 271 and turn left if northbound on I-75 (turn right if southbound). Go to the first light and turn right onto Frey Road. To the left you will pass Hopkins Drive and Cobb Avenue. Turn left onto Parliament Garden Way and Visitor’s Parking is available on the right.
From the Central Deck, walk straight ahead until you get to The Bagwell Education Building, the first building on your left. You may enter here and take elevator to floor 4.
Exit left and IRML will be just to your right.
Parking Directions
Parking is located on Parliament Garden Way off Frey Road.
You will see the V2 visitor parking lot (see parking map) immediately on your right once you turn onto campus.
Enter the following coupon code at the parking kiosk: 46212AEV.
If no spots are available in this lot, you may park in the Central Parking Deck (see attached parking map). When you enter the deck, please park on the first or second level and only in spots marked for Faculty/Staff. You will enter on the 2nd level. As you go around to the left, the 1st left goes down to the 1st level on the parking deck.
Click on the image below to download parking map
