June 10-11, 2021 | Virtual Event
Drive Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
Attend virtually, thrive continually. June 10-11, 2021
Entrepreneurship Rocks!
Interim Webinar: February 9, 12-1:15pm EST via Zoom
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Music as an Entrepreneurial Venture (Feb. 9, 2021)
Learn More » The Deshpande Symposium proudly presents a discussion with Greg Harris from the Rock and Roll Hall of fame about the role entrepreneurship plays in the music industry.Previous Webinars
Managing in Times of Crisis (Nov. 17, 2020)
Watch Now » The Deshpande Symposium presented a panel of distinguished academic and industry leaders who discussed navigating their organization through the unexpected challenges of 2020.National speakers and esteemed colleagues share best practices and emerging opportunities
The Deshpande Symposium is an annual gathering of like-minded practitioners focused on accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship across the college and university environment. With the impact of the COVID-19 readily upon us, this year’s Symposium will be entirely virtual. Though not what we originally planned, a virtual Symposium will still bring our extended higher ed innovation and entrepreneurship community together to share best practices, connect with colleagues and highlight all the terrific work being done on campuses across the country and around the world.
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. NSF is an $8.3B independent federal agency and the only government agency charged with advancing all fields of scientific discovery, technological innovation and STEM education. Read More »
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For more information, please contact entrepreneurship@uml.edu Follow us on Linkedin and Twitter. Please feel free to share this event information with your colleagues.Steering Committee Members:
- Burton D. Morgan Foundation
- Deshpande Foundation
- Houston Community College
- Middlesex Community College
- Queen's University
- Texas A&M
- University of Akron
- University of Massachusetts Lowell
- University of North Carolina
- VentureWell
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