{"638730":{"#nid":"638730","#data":{"type":"event","title":" IPaT Think Tank - Sept. 24","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELeveraging the Convergence Innovation Competition \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate: September 24, 2020\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime: 3:30-4:30 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and students, please join us to explore how your current student research and course projects can leverage the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition (CIC)\u003C\/a\u003E to improve their impact and visibility.\u0026nbsp;The CIC\u0026nbsp;is dedicated to helping students create and showcase innovative and viable products with the support of campus and industry resources. Winning entries include a viable prototype that addresses an existing need in one of the competition\u0026rsquo;s convergence areas. The fall 2020 competition introduces convergence areas covering\u0026nbsp;a wide range of global and social issues.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring this Thursday Think Tank, we will:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIntroduce the new convergence areas\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EExploring the alignment and intersections of current course topics and research initiatives with the convergence areas\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBrainstorm problems worth solving taken from current events (i.e. COVID-19, systemic racism, voting and civic participation, etc.)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EHighlight the ways faculty can encourage student participation based on class projects, including different deliverable timelines\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJoin us virtually through BlueJeans at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bluejeans.com\/453271000\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bluejeans.com\/453271000. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you would like to call into the conversation using a phone, you can access using the phone numbers below:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n+1.408.419.1715 (United States(San Jose))\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n(see all numbers - https:\/\/www.bluejeans.com\/numbers)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMeeting ID: 453 271 000\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nEnter the meeting ID followed by #\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Leveraging the Convergence Innovation Competition"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2020-09-02 19:46:29","changed_gmt":"2020-09-18 18:06:39","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-09-24T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-09-24T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-09-24T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-09-24 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-09-24 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-09-24 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"148261","name":"IPaT Thursday Think Tank"}],"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":""}}}