{"650715":{"#nid":"650715","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Fall 2021 Convergence Innovation Competition Winner Announcement ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFall 2021 Convergence Innovation Competition\u0026nbsp;Winner Announcement\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThursday, November 18, 2021, 3:30-4:30 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe finalist projects from the Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) will be featured in the\u0026nbsp;IPaT\u0026nbsp;Thursday Think Tank series.\u0026nbsp;A question and answer on the finalist team experiences\u0026nbsp;moderated by\u0026nbsp;Julia Kubanek,\u0026nbsp;Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research, and\u0026nbsp;Beth Mynatt,\u0026nbsp;Executive Director of the Institute for People and Technology, will\u0026nbsp;kick off the session.\u0026nbsp;We will announce the winning teams including the recipient of the Create-X golden ticket for the Startup Launch program in summer 2022.\u0026nbsp;The session will be from 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET via\u0026nbsp;BlueJeans.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout the Competition\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe CIC encourages students to create innovative, viable products and experiences whether they are projects for classes, individual classes or even beyond that. Convergence areas 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\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rnoc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGT-RNOC\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ipat.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology (IPaT)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the competition at the\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cic.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe finalist projects from\u0026nbsp;the Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC)\u0026nbsp;will be featured in the IPaT Thursday Think Tank series.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The finalist projects from the Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC) will be featured in the IPaT Thursday Think Tank series."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-09-13 17:58:59","changed_gmt":"2021-10-01 00:48:24","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-11-18T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2021-11-18T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-11-18T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-11-18 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-11-18 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-11-18 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"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":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaith Sumpter\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nfaith@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}