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 -- Tampa, FL -- Student finalists in grades K to 12 from Central and South West Florida will compete at the Florida Invention Convention on Saturday, August 10, 2019. The event is being held at the University of South Florida Marshall Student Center from 9 AM to 3 PM. The students have participated in other Invention, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and or STEM Education programs and have been invited to participate with their invention or business and were selected from Alachua, Brevard, Hillsborough, Lee, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk County School Districts for this year's event. Winners of the state finals advance to the National Invention Convention held at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation next year. "Florida is full of talented and bright young learners, and this celebration of invention gives students the opportunity to share what they have created," said Tracy Zuluaga, coordinator of the Florida Invention Convention. "This competition gets students involved in authentic, project-based