As some of you know, Tom Suder and I have setup a non-profit called the Advanced Mobility Academic Research Center or AMARC, www.amarcedu.org.
AMARC’s three broad goals are to:
- Increase the efficiency and optimize the delivery of government services in the US at all levels through the utilization of mobile communications technology
- Implement such efficiency and optimization through the greater integration of academic research capabilities with government organizations and their corporate partners
- Emphasize STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) investments, training at academic institutions and the exposure of students interested in STEM to government and academic careers
Over the last few months, we have been reaching out to thought leaders in our three constituent communities: academic, government and corporate, to get advice on where we should focus and to identify individuals who might want to get involved more actively to help us out.
Our initial activities have been to host a series of Government summits, working with MobileGov, www.mobilegovt.com; one on cloud, one on networks and July 9, one on mobile technology. I’ll do a write-up on the July 9th summit next week.
In addition, AMARC moderated one panel during each of these summits. At the Federal IT & Network Services Summit, held June 20th, http://www.itnetworkfeds.com/, the AMARC panel was moderated by Molly O’Neill of our corporate member CGI, A description of the panel can be found on the AMARC webpage: http://www.amarcedu.org/2013/06/22/whats-next-in-federal-it/.
In addition, Molly blogged about the panel: http://www.collaborativegov.org/2013/06/looking-to-the-future/.
If you, or individuals you know, are interested in getting involved in addition to liking our Facaebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMARC-Advanced-Mobility-Academic-Research-Center/351739168277345, send me an email at dmintz@amarcedu.org.