Empower Your Pitch Finale and Celebration

In the exhilarating third and final round, a diverse panel of judges, experts in research communication, will select three winners, while the audience chooses an additional winner. 

The stage is set for a live, in-person contest at Texas Career Engagement! 

We will be inviting university and community leaders to join us in celebrating the state of graduate research at The University of Texas at Austin. 

Esteemed judges include: 

• Omar Abdullah, Ph.D., President of AchieveNEXT 
• Conor Cunningham, MS, Austin Engineering Site Leader at Microsoft 
• Edward Latson, CEO and President of Opportunity Austin 
• Art Markman, PhD, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at UT Austin 
• Luis Patiño, President and CEO of Austin PBS and Austin City Limits

Hors d’oeuvres and libations will be served.

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