9th Annual Symposium
June 10-12, 2020 in Cleveland, OH
June 10-12, 2020 in Cleveland, OH
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Downtown Cleveland: June 11 from 6-10pm
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June 10-12, 2020
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National speakers and esteemed colleagues share best practices and emerging opportunities
The Deshpande Symposium is a gathering of like-minded practitioners focused on accelerating innovation and entrepreneurship across the college and university environment. The Symposium provides a venue for attendees to learn from each others' experiences; to gain wider exposure for their ideas, successes and start-ups; and to collaborate on activities that increase innovation and entrepreneurship in their academic communities.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
2020 Keynote Speakers
Daniel Isenberg
Daniel Isenberg (@danisen) is founding executive director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Platform and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. From 1981-7 and 2005-9 Dan was a professor at the Harvard Business School, and in the interim (1987-2005) was an entrepreneur and venture capitalist in Israel. Dan authored Worthless Impossible and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value (Harvard Business Review Press 2013), and over 30 digital and print articles on entrepreneurship in the Harvard Business Review ... Read More »
Contact Us
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:
- Arizona State University
- Burton D. Morgan Foundation
- Deshpande Foundation
- Houston Community College
- Middlesex Community College
- Queen's University
- Rice University
- University of Akron
- University of Massachusetts Lowell
- University of North Carolina
- VentureWell
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Nominate a Colleague or Institution for the 2020 Deshpande Awards for Excellence in Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Nominate a Colleague or Institution!Deadline: April 30, 2020
Lead a Panel Discussion at the 2020 Symposium!
Share Your Experiences & Learn From Others Panel Topic Submission FormDeadline: January 31, 2020
2019 Symposium Highlights
Thank you to all our keynote speakers, panelists, sponsors and participants for making the 2019 Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education a terrific success! We would also like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 Deshpande Symposium Awards for Excellence in Higher Education Entrepreneurship.
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