{"70949":{"#nid":"70949","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Social Business and Microcredit Forum","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe University System of Georgia will host the Georgia Social Business and Microcredit Forum, Focusing on Youth Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, and Helping Communities in Georgia,\u0026nbsp;on Tech\u0027s campus at the Ferst Center. The forum is part of the University System\u2019s statewide economic development partnership efforts with other Georgia entities. Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of the microcredit concept, will deliver a keynote address.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference will bring together economic development interests from all regions of the state to hear Professor Yunus\u2019 social business concept of combining business know-how with the desire to improve quality of life. Student teams from colleges across the state will be challenged to develop business solutions to pressing local and state issues. Their application of these ideas will be judged and winners announced at the end of the day-long conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/social_business_microcredit\/agenda\/\u0022\u003Efull agenda\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is available online from the USG; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/social_business_microcredit\/registration\/\u0022\u003Eregister online\u003C\/a\u003E for the conference beginning Oct. 6.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe University System of Georgia will host the Georgia Social Business and Microcredit Forum, Focusing on Youth Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, and Helping Communities in Georgia,\u0026nbsp;on Tech\u0027s campus at the Ferst Center.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A University System of Georgia forum on entrepreneurship and economic development."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-10-05 16:58:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:15","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-10-17T10:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-10-17T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-10-17T16:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-10-17 14:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-10-17 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-10-17 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/social_business_microcredit","title":"Social Business and Microcredit Forum"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3546","name":"microcredit"},{"id":"10446","name":"Professor Muhammad Yunus"},{"id":"167573","name":"social business"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"},{"id":"1966","name":"usg"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}