Distinguished Guests

Curiosity Lab 2023 Criterium – Spoke CSO and COO Reid Sigety, Spoke Safety Executive Head of Product Integration David Brodie, Olympic Cycling Bronze Medalist and 3x World Champion Annette Edmondson, Olympic Cyclist Frankie Andreu
APMA Project Arrow – President of Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) Flavio Volpe, Chief Technology Officer of APMA Colin Dhillon, CEO of Canadian American Business Council (CABC) Maryscott Greenwood, Consulate General of Canada James Hill
Quebec-based company Dix au carre – Nicolas Synott, Marketing Business Dec and Strategy Consultant as well as President and Founder, Felix Marzell
University of Georgia delegation – Senior VP for Academic Affairs & Provost, S. Jack Hu; Dean, College of Engineering, Donald Leo; Director of Special Projects, College of Engineering, Kelly Sausy; VP for Public Service & Outreach, Jennifer Frum; Asst VP for Public Service & Outreach, Paul J. Brooks; and Director, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Rob Gordon
Business France – Trade Advisor Tech Deeptech – North America Arthur de Boisfleury visited the Curiosity Lab and FACC with Katherine Lafourcade
Mio Maeda, Consul General of Japan in Atlanta to the US Southeast; Nao Arii, Consul at the Consulate of Japan in Atlanta; and Hiroyuki Akiyama, JETRO Chief Executive Director for the US Southeast
Noodoe CEO and Co-Founder Jennifer Chang and Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Atlanta Director, Economic Division Martin Chen
- Cordell Schachter – U.S. Department of Transportation Chief Information Officer
- Ken Leonard – Federal Highway Administration Director ITS Joint Program Office
- Carl Andersen – Federal Highway Administration Technical Director, Operations, Office of Safety and Operations
Consul Arii Nao and Consul Kenji Inoue from the Consulate-General of Japan in Atlanta and MUFG Vice President Yoko Harrison and Managing Director Keiichiro Mizutani
Laurens van Doeveren, Netherlands Deputy Consul General to Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama; and Martijn Asselbergs, Senior Economic Policy Officer
Bruxelles Fiscalité – Fiscaliteit Brussel General Director Dirk De Smedt, PA to General Director Tom Ghijsels and Head of IT and Projects Roselyne Goossens
French Delegation visit including:
- Dr. Carine BERNAULT, President of Nantes University,
- Dr. Olivier MENARD, Dean of the Law and Political Sciences School, Nantes University,
- Dr. Catherine DELCONT, Vice-Dean for International Relations at the Law and Political Sciences School, Nantes University,
- Dr. Etienne PICARD, Professor Emeritus University in Public Law Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Ex-Director of the International and Comparative Law Institute, Oxford University,
- Professors and members of the Center for Ethics at Emory and the French Embassy.
EU Diplomat visit including:
- Mr. Michael Curtis, Deputy Ambassador of the European Union to the US
- Mr. Pablo Sanz, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Spain in the US
- Mr. Henrik Bramsen Hahn, Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark in the US
- Ms. Alexandra Bilreiro, Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of Portugal in Washington
- Mr. Jan Gruenhage, Head of Political Department, Embassy of Germany in the US
- Ms. Svetlana Doboszova, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic in the US
- Mr. Danijel Medan, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Croatia in the US
- Mr. Gilles Bauer, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Luxembourg in the US
- Mr. Boris Ecker, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Slovak Republic in the US
- Mr. Adam Krzywosądzki, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Poland in the US
- Mr. Alessandro Gonzales, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Italy in the US
- Mr. Dovydas Spokauskas, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Lithuania in the US
- Mr. Margus Särglepp, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Estonia in the US
- Ms. Maria Savvidou-Panayiotou, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Cyprus in the US
- Mr. Juris Pekalis, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Latvia in the US
- Mr. Maarten Boef, Deputy Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the US
- Ms. Aurélie Bonal, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of France in the US
- Ms. Anita Stanković Pavlič, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Slovenia in the US
- Mr. Jan De Pauw, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Belgium in the US
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Kennesaw State University
German Consul General
Dean of Consular Corps and Consul General of Mexico
Peach County Innovation Partners
Israel Consul General and Deputy Chief of Mission
French American Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting at Curiosity Lab
Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce CEO Katie Kirkpatrick
Swiss Ambassador
City of Aurora, IL
Spanish Trade Commissioner
Ministry of International Relations of Quebec
Canadian Consul General
Congresswoman Carolyn Bordeaux
Belgian Consul General and Flemish Investment and Trade Commissioner
Japanese Consul General
Louisiana Tech
Georgia Tech