Graduate students and recent degree holders from diverse academic backgrounds who are passionate about innovation, making a difference through social impact careers, and students interested in non-academic “industry” roles.

Through facilitated breakout groups, participants will learn to blend the principles of design thinking with career development, and building social capital:

• Ideate Creative Solutions: Generate innovative ideas for through brainstorming and collaborative exercises.
• Leverage Mentorship: Connect with experienced professionals to gain guidance and support.
• Give Back Through Mentorship: Share their knowledge and expertise with others.
• Build Strong Relationships: Foster meaningful connections with peers and industry leaders.

• Radical Curiosity: Embrace a mindset of curiosity and openness to new ideas.
• Mindful Design: Intentionally shape your life and career path.
• Experimentation: Test out different approaches and learn from your experiences.
• Radical Collaboration: Work with others to achieve shared goals.
• Radical Self-Trust: Believe in your ability to create the life you want.

PIN Website: https://pingeorgia.org/ 

Enterprise Innovation Institute Website: https://innovate.gatech.edu 

• Rapid Deployment Medical Training, Co-Founder: Joseph Ashley
• RDMT provides variable and realistic wound packing and tourniquet application training aids for the military and first responders. 

• kineVision, Founder: Norh Asmare
• Enhancing athlete training sessions with deep analytics collected via computer vision. 

• In Good Company, Founder: Sarah Naumann
• IGC is a B2B service helping the service industry resolve labor challenges by training managers to obtain and retain talent from the disabled community.