{"665995":{"#nid":"665995","#data":{"type":"event","title":"SoccerCon: The Atlanta Conference on Soccer \u0026 Social Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor nearly 150 years, the beautiful game has evolved through innovation in rules, training, governance, strategies, participation, media, stadiums, fan engagement, branding, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis inaugural Soccer Con examines a wide range of innovation in soccer, with special emphasis on social innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cInnovation is the complete process of taking new ideas and devising new or improved products or services\u201d \u2013 Dan Breznitz, University of Toronto\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESoccerCon is a biennial conference, with new themes every two years. This will be like no other conference, incorporating scholars, journalists, coaches, activists, fans, youth leaders, players, alumni, emerging scholars, and Georgia Tech students. SoccerCon strives to incorporate and support marginalized voices and to support emerging scholars. Students from the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs;\u0026nbsp;the Global Development program;\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College;\u0026nbsp;the Honors Program;\u0026nbsp;the minor in Sports, Technology, and Society; and the Vertically Integrated Project\u0026nbsp;on Soccer, Community, Innovation \u0026amp; Politics\u0026nbsp;will participate in all aspects of the conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Atlanta Conference on Soccer \u0026amp; Innovation will take place from March 29-30, 2023.\u0026nbsp;The evening of March 29\u0026nbsp;will include a large public event, keynote speakers, posters of research papers, and will celebrate innovation in soccer organizations for marginalized communities. March 30\u0026nbsp;will have panels and workshops and one larger public event during the day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor updated information on the Atlanta SoccerCon, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.AtlSoccerCon.org\u0022\u003Ewww.AtlSoccerCon.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor nearly 150 years, the beautiful game has evolved through innovation in rules, training, governance, strategies, participation, media, stadiums, fan engagement, branding, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis inaugural Soccer Con examines a wide range of innovation in soccer, with special emphasis on social innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This conference examines the wide range of innovations in soccer and the associated power dynamics."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2023-02-20 20:50:06","changed_gmt":"2023-03-23 19:23:48","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-03-29T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2023-03-30T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-03-30T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-03-29 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-03-30 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-03-30 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665994":{"id":"665994","type":"image","title":"SoccerCon 2023","body":null,"created":"1676925491","gmt_created":"2023-02-20 20:38:11","changed":"1676925491","gmt_changed":"2023-02-20 20:38:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251850","name":"logo soccercon.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo%20soccercon.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo%20soccercon.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":363251,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logo%20soccercon.jpg?itok=OEXA-KIN"}}},"media_ids":["665994"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.AtlSoccerCon.org","title":"Conference Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"},{"id":"1793","name":"Sports\/Athletics"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKirk Bowman\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKbowman@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}