President Wayne Clough Invited by White House to G8 Summit Symposium

Newswise — Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough has been invited by the White House to participate in the G8 Business and University Leaders Symposium on Innovation in Moscow this week.

The symposium will be an open discussion among selected leaders from business and education known for their successes in innovation and cutting-edge research. The dialogue will focus on the development of a favorable policy framework designed to stimulate successful partnerships between business, governments and academic institutions.

"I am honored to represent Georgia Tech and the United States in the G8 Business and University Leaders Symposium on Innovation," said Clough. "Georgia Tech is proud to be recognized as one of the world's most innovative technological universities and I look forward to sharing our views on topics so vital to the future of the global economy."

The results of the symposium will be presented to the G8 leaders at the G8 summit next week in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's premiere research universities. Ranked ninth among U.S. News & World Report's top public universities, Georgia Tech educates more than 17,000 students every year through its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech maintains a diverse campus and is among the nation's top producers of women and African-American engineers. The Institute offers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate students and is home to more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the Georgia Tech Research Institute. During the 2004-2005 academic year, Georgia Tech reached $357 million in new research award funding. The Institute also maintains an international presence with campuses in France and Singapore and partnerships throughout the world.