{"id":66092,"date":"2018-12-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-emerge-americas-announces-partnerships-with-leading-universities-and-colleges\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:02:24","slug":"emerge-americas-anuncia-alianzas-con-institutos-y-universidades-lideres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/emerge-americas-anuncia-alianzas-con-institutos-y-universidades-lideres\/","title":{"rendered":"eMerge Americas Announces Partnerships With Leading Universities And Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 5, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0eMerge Americas, the premier technology event connecting <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> to the rest of the world, announced today new partnerships with <span class=\"xn-org\">Florida International University<\/span> (FIU), the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Miami<\/span> (UM), <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade<\/span> College (MDC) and <span class=\"xn-person\">Broward College<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>For the first time, all four higher-ed institutions will converge at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami Beach<\/span> Convention Center for the eMerge Americas annual event on <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 29-30, 2019<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Talent development and retention is critical to the growth and sustainability of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> tech ecosystem,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Felice Gorordo<\/span>, eMerge Americas CEO. &#8220;As important ecosystem partners, we are honored to build on our long-standing partnerships with FIU, UM, MDC\u2013and now, Broward College\u2013to help develop a pipeline of homegrown talent and opportunities.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>FIU and Cyxtera Technologies will be hosting their inaugural on-site cybersecurity augmentation training program at eMerge Americas. Drawing from experience in fund-formation, eMerge Americas and its partners will also assist FIU in launching and structuring an early stage, pre-seed venture fund.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At FIU we are committed to life-long learning,&#8221; said FIU President <span class=\"xn-person\">Mark B. Rosenberg<\/span>. &#8220;We look forward to joining forces with other anchor institutions in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> and help eMerge participants gain important skills to get and create 21st century jobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, MDC opened the Cybersecurity Center of the Americas, a hyper-realistic training platform aimed at detecting, stopping, and remediating cyberattacks in real-time. MDC&#8217;s Cybersecurity Center will provide training to students, public and private sector organizations, as well as cybersecurity professionals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In partnering with eMerge Americas, MDC seeks to continue expanding our <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and prepare our students to compete in tomorrow&#8217;s workforce today,&#8221; said Eduardo J. Padr\u00f3n, the President of <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami Dade<\/span> College.<\/p>\n<p>eMerge Americas has also partnered with UM on the Latin American (LatAm) Roadshow to engage innovative university startups as part of the Hemispheric University Consortium, a platform for collaboration in technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the Hemispheric Consortium launched at eMerge Americas, the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Miami<\/span> is partnering with the leading universities across the region and helping foster a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem throughout the Americas,&#8221; said Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Julio Frenk<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Miami<\/span> President.<\/p>\n<p>Together, eMerge Americas and UM are hosting pitch competitions as a cornerstone of the LatAm Roadshow at the Universidad de los Andes (<span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>), Technol\u00f3gico de <span class=\"xn-location\">Monterrey<\/span> (<span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>), Universidad de las Am\u00e9ricas (<span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>) and the Universidade de S\u00e3o <span class=\"xn-person\">Paulo (Brazil)<\/span>. The top two winners from each university will be fast-tracked into the eMerge Americas Global Startup Showcase in April.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, <span class=\"xn-person\">Broward College<\/span> will have a presence at the upcoming eMerge Americas 2019 event showcasing their cutting-edge and entrepreneurially focused program both on the exhibit floor and on stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are consistently looking for new and innovative ways to help students embrace an entrepreneurial mindset,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Gregory Adam Haile<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Broward College President<\/span>. &#8220;This collaboration with eMerge Americas, a leader in technology and innovation, will provide a platform for our entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas and make business connections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The eMerge Americas 2019 lineup, featuring all four higher-ed institutions, sets the stage for another successful year of innovative collaboration and thought-leadership with game-changers in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> tech community.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced registration for eMerge Americas 2019 is now open at emergeamericas.com.<\/p>\n<p><b>About eMerge Americas<br \/><\/b>eMerge Americas is the premier technology event connecting <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> to the rest of the world held annually at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami Beach<\/span> Convention Center. By connecting global industry leaders and investors with America&#8217;s top business executives, technology decision-makers, and entrepreneurs, eMerge Americas is transforming <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami<\/span> into the tech hub of the Americas. In 2018, eMerge Americas attracted more than 15,000 attendees from 400 participating companies and more than 40 countries. eMerge Americas serves as a catalyst in order to propel innovation and investment in <span class=\"xn-location\">South Florida<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>. The eMerge Americas founding partners include: Medina Capital, A Rod Corporation, Greenberg Traurig, Knight Foundation, <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade County<\/span>, and the Miami Herald. For more information about eMerge Americas, please visit: emergeamericas.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  eMerge Americas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 5, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0eMerge Americas, the premier technology event connecting <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> to the rest of the world, announced today new partnerships with <span class=\"xn-org\">Florida International University<\/span> (FIU), the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Miami<\/span> (UM), <span class=\"xn-location\">Miami-Dade<\/span> College (MDC) and <span class=\"xn-person\">Broward College<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>For the first time, all four higher-ed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}