Development centers bring together students, faculty and women in their own communities to generate new product ideas through Innovation Workshops. Students and faculty work throughout the school year on projects that create prototypes or actual products from the ideas generated at workshops.
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These fields will impact our personal, social, economic and political lives in the near and long-term future. To attract women into these fields, we must change their image and make their relevance to women's lives, families and communities evident. When projects are inspired by women's needs, they can make that connection. The nation's high-tech companies are crying out for additional talent. IWT's mission is to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology and to increase the positive impact of technology on the lives of all the world's women.