{"288521":{"#nid":"288521","#data":{"type":"event","title":"SGA Sustainability Forum: Life Cycle of an iPhone","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHave you ever thought about where your iPhone goes after you throw it away or return it to the Apple Store? What about where your all electronics come from? Did you know your devices have probably been to more countries around the world than you will ever go in a lifetime?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEvery semester the SGA Sustainability Committee hosts a Sustainability Forum that consists of a keynote speaker and panel of experts to address relevant issues and topics pertaining to environmental sustainability. This semester\u0027s forum will focus on life-cycle assessments of electronics and environmentally conscious industrial processes \u2014 themed the \u201cLife Cycle of an iPhone.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETopics of discussion will include extraction locations for raw materials, the sustainability of transporting and packaging of electronic materials, planned obsolescence, e-waste distribution between developed and developing nations, and innovative ways to process electronic waste, especially biological methods.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpeakers and panelists at the event:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDr. Valerie Thomas (ISYE, PUBP)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMr. Wilson Kieffer (President of eWaste ePlanet)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMr. Steve Ekin (Georgia Department of Administrative Services)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDr. Atalay Atasu (Business)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDr. Marc Weissburg (BIO)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis semester\u0027s forum will focus on where electronics come from and where they end up.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This semester\u0027s forum will focus on where electronics come from and where they end up."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-04-04 14:13:23","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:22:45","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-04-09T22:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-04-10T00:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-04-10T00:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-04-10 02:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-04-10 04:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-04-10 04:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"288531":{"id":"288531","type":"image","title":"SGA Sustainability Forum Spring 2014","body":null,"created":"1449244254","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:50:54","changed":"1475894983","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:43","alt":"SGA Sustainability Forum Spring 2014","file":{"fid":"199163","name":"10001093_10201722181272706_1241259022_o.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10001093_10201722181272706_1241259022_o_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/10001093_10201722181272706_1241259022_o_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":133499,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/10001093_10201722181272706_1241259022_o_0.jpg?itok=eFhPcOin"}}},"media_ids":["288531"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/263209597183880\/","title":"Facebook Event Page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"12825","name":"electronic waste"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"9290","name":"iPhone"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mshoemaker8@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMary Shoemaker\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}