Deshpande Symposium on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Ed

National speakers and esteemed colleagues share best practices and emerging opportunities

The Deshpande Symposium is an annual gathering of like-minded professionals focused on accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship within higher education institutions and through partnerships with private, public and non-profit organizations. We are excited to be gathering in person again this year in Cleveland, where we will share and learn best practices for developing entrepreneurial ecosystems, and the importance that diversity, equity and inclusion plays in their success.

National speakers and esteemed colleagues discuss best practices and emerging opportunities:

Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum
University Research Commercialization and Startups
Developing Entrepreneurial Universities, Culture & Ecosystems

2021 Keynote Speakers

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

The Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan is a computer scientist and engineer and the 15th director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Panchanathan was nominated to this position by the President of the United States in 2019 and subsequently unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 18, 2020 ... Read More » Watch a Recording of this Keynote »

Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D.

Gilda A. Barabino is President of Olin College of Engineering. She previously served as the Daniel and Frances Berg Professor and Dean at The City College of New York’s (CCNY) Grove School of Engineering. Prior to joining CCNY, she was the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory ... Read More » Watch a Recording this Keynote »

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