Entrepreneurship and Graduate Education
The eighth annual Graduate College Symposium on Graduate Education for graduate faculty, students and alumni
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Illini Union Rooms A, B & C
1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Addressing the complex problems of today and tomorrow takes individuals who are innovative and who can transform their ideas into actions in various social, cultural, and economic contexts – in short, it takes entrepreneurs from all disciplinary backgrounds. Fostering a robust entrepreneurial culture in graduate education can help the next generation to begin solving tomorrow’s problems today.
Join faculty, staff, alumni, and graduate students for a campus-wide discussion on why and how we can create such a culture, what higher education can learn from entrepreneurialism (as it is broadly defined), and how we can enhance society, knowledge, and graduate education.
Please attend as much of the event as your schedule permits. This event is free and open to the entire campus community, but registration is requested.
Program
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1:30 |
Welcome and introductory remarks (Illini Rooms B & C)
Debasish Dutta, Dean of the Graduate College
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| 1:40 |
Keynote address, Entrepreneurial Thinking in Graduate Education: A National Need?
Lee T. Todd, Jr., President of the University of Kentucky, Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
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| 2:45 | Break |
| 3:00 |
Concurrent panel discussions
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Panel 1: Academic, Social & Cultural Entrepreneurship (Illini Room A)
Jim Bellanca, International Renewal Institute
Liora Bresler, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Laura Huth, do good Consulting
Andrea Golato, Graduate College and Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, moderator
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| Panel 2: Entrepreneurship & Commercial Enterprises (Illini Rooms B & C)
Hans Blaschek, Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER)
David Carroll, CU Aerospace and Autonomic Materials Inc.
Mark Laufenberg, PowerWorld Corporation
Jay Kesan, College of Law, moderator
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4:00
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Resource Fair and Reception (South Lounge) |
Read more about the speakers and panelists here.
Tune in to WILL AM 580 on Thursday, February 25th at 10:06 a.m. to hear Lee T. Todd, Jr. interviewed by David Inge on Focus 580.
This event is co-sponsored with the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership.