{"669980":{"#nid":"669980","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Fall 2023 Convergence Innovation Competition Submission Deadline","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe fall 2023 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\u0022\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition \u003C\/a\u003E(CIC) invites students to submit projects with innovative socio-technical solutions for today\u2019s most pressing challenges. Areas for project submission can be found on the competition\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\/areas\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eareas of interest\u003C\/a\u003E website. Student projects\u0026nbsp;are submitted\u0026nbsp;electronically through the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\/what-how-to\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecompetition website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout the Competition\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;CIC\u0026nbsp;encourages students to create innovative, viable products and experiences with the support of campus and industry resources and guidance. Areas of interest 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.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs part of the competition, one team is awarded a Golden Ticket to participate in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/create-x.gatech.edu\/launch\/startup-launch\u0022\u003ECreate-X Startup Launch\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eprogram during the summer! Winning team members and runner up team members receive a prize for participating. The prizes vary each semester and typically include electronics and other unique items. The winning CIC teams go on to launch, commercialization, other competitions, as well as internship and job opportunities strengthened by their competition experience. CIC runs in the Fall and Spring semesters and is produced by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rnoc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGT-RNOC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology (IPaT)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the competition at the\u202f\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDeadline to submit projects for the Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Deadline to submit projects for the Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC)"}],"uid":"34483","created_gmt":"2023-09-27 19:10:56","changed_gmt":"2023-09-27 19:12:21","author":"fsumpter3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-11-12T00:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2023-11-12T23:59:59-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-11-12T23:59:59-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-11-12 05:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-11-13 04:59:59","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-11-13 04:59:59","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Online","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"},{"id":"63931","name":"CIC"},{"id":"63951","name":"Convergence Innovation Competition"},{"id":"12888","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"104921","name":"GT-RNOC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaith Sumpter\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Efaith@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}