{"47371":{"#nid":"47371","#data":{"type":"event","title":"I2S Competition Workshop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe I2S Competition organizers welcome Tina Guldberg, a research engineer in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.marc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EManufacturing Research Center\u003C\/a\u003E, and Michael Chang, senior research scientist in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sustainable.gatech.edu\/index.php\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EBrook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems\u003C\/a\u003E, as featured speakers for this workshop on \u0022Developing Product and Service Ideas for Sustainable Ventures\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis is also the third workshop in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/fac_research\/centers_initiatives\/bpc\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Business Plan Competition\u003C\/a\u003E, an initiative of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ile.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout I2S:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIdeas to SERVE (I2S) is for current Georgia Tech students and recent alumni who have a very early stage product\/serve idea or venture concept that is focused on creating a better world. All great ventures and organizations begin with great ideas. The I2S is a competition of ideas; where creativity, imagination, and technology are applied to:\u003Cbr \/\u003E- Solving community and social issues (for example reducing the effects of poverty, alleviating hunger, promoting physical and psychological health and wellness); and\/or\u003Cbr \/\u003E- Sustaining our environment (for example improved water management, improved air and water quality, reduction of the rate of depletion of natural resources, developing alternate sources of energy).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A competition for Georgia Tech students and recent alumni who have a very early stage product\/serve idea or venture concept that is focused on creating a better world. The theme of this workshop is \u0022Developing Product and Service Ideas for Sustainable Ventures.\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Developing Product and Service Ideas for Sustainable Ventures\u0022"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2009-11-11 15:39:47","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:20","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2009-11-18T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2009-11-18T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2009-11-18T19:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2009-11-18 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2009-11-19 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2009-11-19 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/mgt.gatech.edu\/fac_research\/centers_initiatives\/bpc\/competition\/index.html","title":"I2S Competition overview"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2983","name":"business plan competition"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"807","name":"environment"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"4449","name":"ideas"},{"id":"167044","name":"society"},{"id":"166847","name":"students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute for Leadership \u0026amp; Entrepreneurship\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-3278\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Dori Pap\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}