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Global Entrepreneurship Week

November 16, 2009 - November 20, 2009
6:00 p.m.
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The School of Business is proud to join organizations around the world in promoting Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative aimed at young people everywhere. During the week of November 16, the School, along with many other schools and colleges throughout UM, will conduct a range of activities designed to inform, mentor and engage the next generation of entrepreneurs. Campus Global Entrepreneurship Week events are coordinated by The Launch Pad at the University’s Toppel Career Center.

View the full ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK CALENDAR.

See below for the schedule of events that will be hosted by the School of Business. For more information about these events, contact Ken Colwell, director of entrepreneurship programs, at kcolwell@miami.edu.

Monday, November 16
Time Event Speakers Location
 5:30 p.m.

Dinner event*
 MIT Enterprise Forum:
The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy
 
Registration: mitforumfl.org
 Bo Fishback
VP, Entrepreneurship,
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    
Helen Greiner
CEO, The Droid Works

Daphne Zohar
Founder and Managing Partner, PureTech Ventures

Eric Kriss
University of Miami School of Business Entrepreneur-in-Residence and Chairman, Kriss Motors Corporation

Marty Schultz
Founder, McGruff SafeGuard

Manny Negriero
Founder and CEO, Health Research Sciences
 McLamore Executive
Dining Room




Tuesday, November 17
Time Event Speakers Location

6:30-7:00 p.m.
Networking Reception, Light Snacks
     
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Panel Session
       
8:30 p.m.
Networking Reception -
Meet the Entrepreneurs 

Panel Discussion Q & A:
Entrepreneurship in the Global Economy
       
 Registration: http://thelaunchpad.org/rsvp-entrepreneurship-global-economy-panel-discussion

David Clarke
Founder and Managing Partner, BGT Partners

Ruy Chaves
Founder and Chairman Plastrom Sensormatic

Scott Deutsch
Founder and President, Orange Clothing Co.

Kenneth Rader
Founder and President,
The Cereal Bowl

Marc Junkunc
Assistant Professor
of Management (moderator)

 McLamore Executive
Dining Room
4:00 p.m.

Reception Follows

Presentation by Romero Britto:
The pop artist will address issues specific to artists as entrepreneurs and share his story of earning international recognition with his designs.
            
 Registration: http://thelaunchpad.org/rsvp-romero-britto

              

 Romero Britto
Artist
 Storer Auditorium
 


Wednesday, November 18
Time Event Speakers Location
2:00

Light Snacks
 Panel Discussion:
Progressive Strategies in Modern Business
           
Registration: http://thelaunchpad.org/rsvp-new-approaches-traditional-industries
               
 Bob Rosen (Mgt Consulting), Betty Amos (Restaurants), Tom McNulty (Healthcare), Matt Cole (Private Equity), Arthur Steier (Renewable Energy)
 Hurricane 100 Room
Bank United Center
5:30 p.m.

Reception Follows
 Cobb Lecture Series:
Thoughts on Leadership
          
Registration:
Blanca Ripoll, 305-284-4643
      
 Leonard Abess
CEO
City National
Bank of Florida
 Storer Auditorium




Thursday, November 19
Time Event Speakers Location
5:30 p.m.
 
Dinner/Cocktails		 Presentation:
Five Questions/One Page: No Nonsense Strategic Planning for Growth Driven Companies

 Registration: Admin@eosofla.org
      
 John Lilly
President, John Lilly Strategic Insights LLC (JLSI)
 Hurricane 100 Room
Bank United Center




Friday, November 20
Time Event Speakers Location
11:00 a.m.

Presentation:
How to Grow a Global Business
      
 Registration: http://thelaunchpad.org/rsvp-presentation-how-grow-global-business

          

 Sen. Jeremy Ring
District 32 (Margate), Former Yahoo! executive
 Storer Auditorium

*There is a fee for this event to cover the dinner. Student rate is $10.

    School of Business Administration
    P.O. Box 248027, Coral Gables, Florida 33124-6520
 
 
TEL: 305-284-4643
FAX: 305-284-6526