{"602038":{"#nid":"602038","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Spring 2018 Convergence Innovation Competition Demo and Judging","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnother year, another exciting semester of innovation and collaboration!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Network Operations Center (GT-RNOC) and the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) will host the invitation-only Spring 2018 Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) live demo and judging event on \u003Cstrong\u003E April 12, 2018, \u003C\/strong\u003Ein both Atlanta and Georgia Tech Lorraine. This semester\u0026#39;s categories include:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHealth and Wellness\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESmart Cities and Internet of Things (IoT)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EArts and Culture\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESports and Fan Experience\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the competition at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cic.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the CIC\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) encourages students to create innovative, viable products and experiences whether they are projects for classes, individual classes or even beyond that. Categories are determined by our campus, industry, and community partners. Winning entries will include a working end-to-end prototype which operates on converged services, media, networks, services, and platforms as well as a value proposition model. CIC winners go on to commercialization, other competitions, as well as internship and job opportunities strengthened by their competition experience. CIC is an annual event produced by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rnoc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGT-RNOC\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EIPaT\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GT-RNOC and IPaT will host the  judging and demo event of the Spring 2018 CIC on April 12 in both Atlanta and Georgia Tech Lorraine."}],"uid":"27980","created_gmt":"2018-02-07 15:23:27","changed_gmt":"2018-02-07 15:28:51","author":"Alyson Key","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-04-12T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2018-04-12T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-04-12T20:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-04-12 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-04-13 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-04-13 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"594329","name":"Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"177040","name":"convergence innovation competiton"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}