Enabling and Sustaining Connected Communities Rooted in Solving Societal Challenges

This INVITE ONLY workshop will be held on the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Pittsburgh, PA on February 6-7, 2023, and will surface the technical, policy, social, and economic factors that stall the integration, scaling, and sustainment of connected community technologies, approaches, and deployments across the US. Discussions will be centered around the need to address multiple societal challenges such as mobility and access, energy efficiency, and provision of ecosystem services. Invitees are expected to represent local government and researchers interested in building connected communities that can be sustained. Potential funders of such efforts, including non-profit foundations and federal government agencies, are also expected to be represented at the workshop.

The agenda for this event can be found here.

Learn more about the goals of this workshop here.

Please reach out to Joy Mann for more information.

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is adjacent to the Oakland, Squirrel Hill and Shadyside neighborhoods of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The campus offers all the opportunities of an urban location, with public transportation and access to numerous restaurants and stores within a 5-20 minute walking radius. The campus is a 30-minute taxi ride from Pittsburgh International Airport, and is also easily reached using the Airport Flyer bus, which runs every 30 minutes. Served by the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) and I-79, Pittsburgh is a reasonable drive from a good portion of the East Coast (5 hours from Philadelphia, 4.5 hours from Washington, DC, 6.5 hours from New York City, 3.5 hours from Buffalo, 8.5 hours from Raleigh) and much of the Midwest (2.5 hours from Cleveland, 5 hours from Ann Arbor, 7.5 hours from Chicago).

Carnegie Mellon University has established guidance and provided risk mitigation protocols to ensure continued adherence to COVID-19 safety measures on campus.  Targeted mitigation strategies are implemented as needed.

This award reflects the National Science Foundation's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2234676.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.