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Spring Conference 2025
Creative Media Industries Institute
25 Park Pl NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
GSU Screening Room
3rd Floor, Room 306
Friday, April 4, 2025
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Welcome
9:00 a.m. "Why AI?" - A Panel Discussion (1 hour)
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Moderator: Dr. Beverly Wright - Academic Program Director, UGA and VP of Data Science & AI, Wavicle Data Solutions
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Dr. Berkley Baker - Professor, Georgia State University
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Ms. Elizabeth Strickler - Professor, Georgia State University
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Ms. Brandy Stanfield-Nagel - Sr. Program manager, EI2 Global, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:00 a.m. Coffee Break
10:15 a.m. Learning Session A – AI & Entrepreneurs (45 minutes)
CMII, Room 211
Moderator: Dr. Toney Duckworth-Chambless - Professor, Valdosta State University
Expert: Dr. Beverly Wright - Academic Program Director, UGA and VP of Data Science & AI, Wavicle Data Solutions
Expert: Dr. Ravi Brahmbhatt, Houston Community College
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10:15 a.m. Learning Session B – AI in the Entrepreneurship Classroom (45 minutes)
CMII, Screening Room, Room 306
Moderator: Dr. Carmella Lennon - Professor, Savannah State University
Expert: Dr. Berkley Baker - Professor, Georgia State University
Expert: Ms. Elizabeth Strickler - Professor, Georgia State University
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11:45 a.m. Lunch Served
12:15 p.m. Announcements – Share Community Activities
12:30 p.m. Tour of Georgia State’s incubator and innovation centers
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CMII
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LaunchGSU
2:30 p.m. End of Conference
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Past Events
Fall Conference 2024:
Oct. 25
Theme: “Growing the Entrepreneurial Mindset”
Session 1: Mindset -- Cultivating Resilience and Innovation in Entrepreneurship
Lunch Panel: Ready for the Shark Tank: Reflections
with Kristen Dunning
Session 2A: Empowering Entrepreneurs -- Accessing Innovative Resources
Session 2B: Leveraging Resilience through, Networks, Heritage and Identity
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​​Hosted by Clayton State University College of Business
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October 25, 2025
8:45am to 2:30pm including a tour
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Fall Conference 2023: Oct 20
Entrepreneurship educators are invited to the semi-annual Conference for Innov8ga (previously known as GUEI/Georgia University Entrepreneurship Initiative.)
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Theme: How Might We Encourage Community and Entrepreneurship via Interdisciplinary Partnerships
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Hosted by the Mercer Innovation Center
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October 20, 2023
8:45am to 2:30pm
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Join us to meet and learn more from partners in Who's Who in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and hear panel discussions about building interdisciplinary partnerships.
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Featured Ecosystem Partners include
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ATDC
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Curiosity Lab
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Fort Valley State University FAB LAB
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Georgia MEP
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Food Entrepreneurship Education
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iVue
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Sigma Nu Tau
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CSA
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TiE Atlanta
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Veterans’ Entrepreneurship Initiative
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Poverty Entrepreneurship Program / Notre Dame
Spring Conference 2024: Apr 12
Theme: How Do We … TEACH Entrepreneurship Across the State? What are the Best Practices in Entrepreneurship Education?
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Session 1: What are our Methods and Best Practices in Curriculum? (50 minute breakout sessions followed by 30 minute panel of breakout room representatives of key insights)
Session 2: What Opportunities in Experiential Learning Do We Offer? (50 minute breakout sessions followed by 30 minute panel of breakout room representatives of key insights)
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Hosted by the University of Georgia at Studio 225 - Student Center for Entrepreneurship
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April 12, 2024
8:45am to 2:30pm + optional tour
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Spring Conference 2023: Feb 17
Entrepreneurship educators converged on the Golden Isles in Feburary 2023 to discuss "How Might We ... Collabor8 in Entrepreneurial Education?"
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Panel 1: Public, Private, Higher Ed: Removing barriers to meaningful partnerships
Panel 2: Entrepreneurship Education in the Ecosystem: Removing barriers to resources
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Hosted by the Lucas Center at the College of Coastal Georgia in the Southeast Conference Center
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February 17, 2023
9am to 2:30pm