{"60723":{"#nid":"60723","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Global BCS IT Association for Southeast Inaugurated at Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Advanced Communication Policy (CACP) in Ivan Allen College\u2019s School of Public Policy launched Georgia Tech as the southeastern hub for international interdisciplinary IT networking August 18-19. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECACP is establishing on campus the US Southeast Regional Group of the BCS, Chartered Institute for IT.  BCS is a 70,000 member interdisciplinary IT professional association centered in Europe, Southeast Asia, India, and Hong Kong.  It is well-known internationally for success in linking academia and industry to create global networking connections for its membership. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is a good place to house BCS for the Southeast because of our leadership in wireless, disability technologies, and computer science, as well as our large community of international students,\u201d said CACP Executive Director Helena Mitchell. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe inaugural event was intended as a springboard for building a strong regional group from IT entities across campus.  BCS\u2019 more than 50 specialty groups include Open Source, Green IT, E-Women, Security, and Artificial Intelligence. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThose interested in learning more about campus leadership may contact CACP.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"The Center for Advanced Communication Policy (CACP) in Ivan Allen College\u2019s School of Public Policy launched Georgia Tech as the southeastern hub for international interdisciplinary IT networking August 18-19.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CACP introduces interdisciplinary IT networking group to campus"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-08-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:19","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60724":{"id":"60724","type":"image","title":"...","body":null,"created":"1449176281","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:01","changed":"1475894528","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:08"}},"media_ids":["60724"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.bcs.org\/","title":"BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cacp.gatech.edu\/","title":"CACP"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3635","name":"BCS"},{"id":"3632","name":"CACP"},{"id":"2679","name":"it"},{"id":"10534","name":"IT association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=rkeane3\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}