The Intelligent Community Forum welcomes Dr. Norman Jacknis, as its first Senior Fellow. Dr. Jacknis will be responsible for the Intelligent Community Forum's Rural Imperative program that focuses on how to use information and communication technologies to build and create a renaissance of rural life. Dr. Jacknis will identify innovations that will ultimately enable residents of rural communities to improve participation in the global economy while preserving a treasured way of life.
Dr. Jacknis is familiar with the Intelligent Community movement. For ten years he was the CIO for Westchester County, New York. In 2008, under his leadership his community was named one of the world's Top7 Intelligent Communities.
