The topic of smart buildings was taken one step further at a thought leadership conference sponsored by The Economist. In that session, G. P. "Bud" Peterson, President, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeff Seabright, Vice President for Environment and Water Resources, The Coca Cola Company; Nancy Kete, Program Director, World Resources Institute; and Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Correspondent, The Economist discussed “Intelligent Urbanization.”