Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday February 9, 2017 - Friday February 10, 2017
      8:00 am - 4:59 pm
  • Location: 3rd Floor, Student Center
  • Phone:
  • URL:
  • Email:
  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
    Free food
Contact

Brian Doyle, Graduate SGA - Vice President of Graduate Events

Summaries

Summary Sentence: The Career, Research, and Innovation Development Conference (CRIDC) will be held February 9, 2017 in the Student Center Ballroom.

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Hear from qualified professionals in a wide range of fields share about their experiences in consulting, negotiating job offers, becoming entrepreneurs, applying for a postdoc etc. Feel free to come for individual sessions or stay for the whole day! Make sure to take advantage of this great event hosted by the Graduate Student Government Association, Center for Career Discovery and Development (C2D2) and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).

Students will be competing for over $60,000 in travel awards during the session in the afternoon at CRIDC! The poster session offers the opportunity to get experience in conveying research to judges from industry and Georgia Tech as well as getting feedback for how to best communicate science in both formal and informal settings. Leading up to the poster session, students have had several opportunities to get tips and advice from CTL through workshops in January.

The list of companies who will have representatives attending CRIDC is as follows:

  • Boston Consulting Group
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • McKinsey & Co
  • Bain & Co
  • Jabian Consulting
  • American Cancer Society, Inc
  • GE Power
  • Eaton
  • Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Sandia National Labs
  • U.S. Naval Research Labs
  • Savannah River Laboratory
  • FraudScope
  • Mavric
  • DHX Electric Machines
  • Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
  • Welsh Government (British Consulate General)
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Atlanta BEST Program
  • School of Physics
  • Advanced Technology Development Center
  • Georgia Center for Nonprofits
  • Boys and Girls Club of America
  • CARE, USA
  • Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Student
  • Habitat for Humanity International
  • Georgia State University
  • Spelman College
  • Morehouse College

Related Links

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Graduate Studies

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Undergraduate students, Graduate students
Categories
Career/Professional development, Conference/Symposium, Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium, Student sponsored
Keywords
graduate students, Career Advice, Research, research conference, grad-ctl
Status
  • Created By: James Black
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Nov 29, 2016 - 11:48am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:13pm