{"673984":{"#nid":"673984","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Convergence Innovation Competition Expanding to Asia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\u0022\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition\u003C\/a\u003E (CIC), one of Georgia Tech\u2019s oldest and most storied innovation competitions, is expanding to five Asian countries: China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Founded in 2007, the competition is organized by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003EInstitute for People and Technology\u003C\/a\u003E (IPaT) and has been sponsored in the past by AT\u0026amp;T, Verizon, Google, Cisco, Siemens, Panasonic, NTT, and other companies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECIC aims to build entrepreneurial confidence, people-centered mindsets, and encourage innovation while responding to today\u2019s global challenges and opportunities. Innovative projects in the contest are expected to align with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\u0022\u003E17 United Nations sustainability goals\u003C\/a\u003E and can fall within \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/research\u0022\u003EIPaT\u2019s current research focus areas\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIt seemed only natural that the Convergence Innovation Competition would one day expand beyond our campus walls,\u201d said Michael Best, executive director of IPaT and professor with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs. \u201cGeorgia Tech attracts talent across the world and our researchers collaborate with many international institutions and faculty. With the Asian expansion of CIC, we are creating a competition where global teams can tackle global challenges, showcasing meaningful innovations which align with IPaT\u2019s people-centered research.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDuring his most recent and very tightly scheduled Asian innovation competition roadshow tour this spring, Best visited Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Ze University in Taiwan; Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Universiti Malaya, Multimedia University, and Universiti Putra in Malaysia; and King Mongkut\u0027s University of Technology North Bangkok in Thailand.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAll of these universities were excited to partner with Georgia Tech and be among the first southeast Asian anchor universities to help sponsor and support the competition according to Best who is also a professor in the School of Interactive Computing. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EBest was specifically seeking to identify faculty fellows at each university who would be responsible for advertising the CIC Asia opportunity among students at their university, encouraging team submissions, while also providing advice and mentorship to participating student teams.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAs added support, the Shenzhen Georgia Tech Education Foundation is helping to organize this year\u2019s competition with the assistance of Shelton Chan, managing director of the foundation. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECIC semi-finalists will receive travel support to attend a gala competition on December 7th in Taiwan. The finalist will go on to receive travel support to visit innovation events and engage with entrepreneurship programs at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. In addition, the semi-finalist teams will receive $1,000 while the finalist team will receive $2,000 to help launch their ideas.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDetailed information about this year\u2019s Asian Convergence Innovation Competition can be found here: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\/cic\u0022\u003EConvergence Innovation Competition\u003C\/a\u003E (CIC), one of Georgia Tech\u2019s oldest and most storied innovation competitions, is expanding to five Asian countries.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC), one of Georgia Tech\u2019s oldest and most storied innovation competitions, is expanding to five Asian countries."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-04-04 14:13:06","changed_gmt":"2024-04-04 14:14:17","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673611":{"id":"673611","type":"image","title":"Andri Andriyana","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMichael Best with professor Andri Andriyana, director, International Relations Centre at the Universiti Malaya.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1712239709","gmt_created":"2024-04-04 14:08:29","changed":"1712239780","gmt_changed":"2024-04-04 14:09:40","alt":"Michael Best with professor Andri Andriyana, director, International Relations Centre at the Universiti Malaya.","file":{"fid":"257027","name":"Mike-and-Andri-Andriyana-copy-v2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/04\/Mike-and-Andri-Andriyana-copy-v2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/04\/Mike-and-Andri-Andriyana-copy-v2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":98273,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/04\/Mike-and-Andri-Andriyana-copy-v2.jpg?itok=zer9x1qY"}},"673612":{"id":"673612","type":"image","title":"Shelton Chan","body":"\u003Cp\u003EShelton Chan, managing director of the Shenzhen Georgia Tech Education Foundation, with Michael Best\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1712239812","gmt_created":"2024-04-04 14:10:12","changed":"1712239922","gmt_changed":"2024-04-04 14:12:02","alt":"Shelton Chan, managing director of the Shenzhen Georgia Tech Education Foundation, with Michael Best","file":{"fid":"257028","name":"Shelton-and-Mike.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/04\/Shelton-and-Mike.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/04\/Shelton-and-Mike.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":220802,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/04\/Shelton-and-Mike.jpeg?itok=tz5qdD4e"}}},"media_ids":["673611","673612"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}