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The Think Tank Competition– Student Competition with the Nonthermal Processing Division 2024

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Date:

May 9-23, 2024

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This event is hosted as a collaboration between the Institute of Food Technologists and the National Mango Board.

This opportunity is only open to IFT Student members. Click here to become a member to participate in this opportunity.

The Nonthermal Processing Division is hosting an interactive student third annual “Think Tank” competition. This event will be similar to the TV show “Shark Tank.” During the event, a real world case study challenge currently faced by the science of food community will be presented to the student participants. Each team will be required to utilize nonthermal food processing technology(s) to solve the problem and present their solutions in the form of a pitch.

As typical hackathons are open source for majority benefit, all concepts and solutions from this 2024 Think Tank team competition will be considered open source and may be developed by anyone who sees the end results.

Meeting Details :

Thursday May 9^th 2 pm- 4 pm CT

· Welcome from the Nonthermal Processing Division Leadership team

· Introduction of the competition and student team announcements

· Expert Panel Discussion to introduce Nonthermal Processing Technologies

· Panel Discussion with last year’s Think Tank Winners

· Q&A with the Panels

· Closing information and rules

May 10^th- May 22^nd

· Work with your team to create slides and 6-minute presentation

Tuesday May 23^rd 2 pm- 4pm CT

· Student teams present pitch presentation for jury with Q&A

· Career panel with various food professionals as judges deliberate.

· Shark Tank style competition- the group with the highest virtual money wins!

Prizes:

The winning team will receive a $1000 prize, second place will receive a $750 prize, and third place will receive a $500 prize. Prizes will be divided amongst members.

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