2011 Workshop
Tentative Conference Agenda
Wednesday March 23 |
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0900 – 1000 |
Registration |
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1000 – 1030 |
Opening and Welcome |
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1030 – 1130 |
Official Inauguration Oh Yeon-Cheon, President of SNU Keynote Address |
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1130 – 1200 |
Making the most of the next three days |
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1200 – 1330 |
LUNCH |
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1330 – 1430 |
PANEL - East Meets West: Cultural Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Anish Parikh, CEO of Onsemble |
Business Plan Competition (BPC) Workshop John Harthorne, CEO of MassChallenge |
1430 – 1530 |
FIRESIDE CHAT - Developing a Knowledge Economy: A SMART Move for Singapore |
Elevator Pitch Competition Training Session |
1530 – 1600 |
COFFEE BREAK & Networking Game |
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1600 – 1700 |
KEYNOTE Nader Darehshori, Former CEO of Houghton Mifflin, Director of State Street Bank and Founder of Aptius Education and Cambium Education |
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1830 – 2100 |
NETWORKING COCKTAIL @ THE RITZ |
Thursday March 24 |
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0915 – 0930 |
Presentation of Agenda |
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0930 – 1030 |
KEYNOTE William Aulet, MD of MIT E Center and Founder of SensAble, Inc. |
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1030 – 1100 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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1100 – 1200 |
PANEL - Tech Transfer & The Role of Universities Gary Palin, Exec. Director of Dougherty Center for Entrepreneurship Leadership at Elon University |
PANEL - Agents of Change: Young Entrepreneurs & their Impact Josh Schuler, Director of Lemelson-MIT Program |
1200 – 1330 |
LUNCH |
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1330 – 1430 |
PANEL - Energy, Biotech and IT: The Story of Tech Startups William Aulet, MIT E Center |
PANEL - Attracting VC to your Region Richard Kivel, CEO of Rhapsody Biologics and Chairman of MIT Enterprise Forum (moderator) |
1430 – 1530 |
CASE STUDY - Outside the Comfort Zone: Immigrant Entrepreneurs Sokwoo Rhee, Founder and CTO of Millennial Net |
Elevator Pitch Contest Preliminaries |
1530 – 1600 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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1600 – 1700 |
KEYNOTE Sanjay Nayak, CEO of Tejas Networks |
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1830 – 2100 |
Han River Miracle COCKTAIL @ THE FRADIA |
Friday March 25 |
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0915 – 0930 |
Presentation of Agenda |
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0930 – 1030 |
KEYNOTE Lee Soo Man, Founder and CEO of SM Entertainment |
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1030 – 1100 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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1100 – 1200 |
PANEL - Government Initiatives & Public Policy to Foster Enterprise Mohammad Asfour, Chairman of Jordan Green Building |
CASE STUDY – Reverse Outsourcing: Cross Continental Education Tiger Lee, Founder & CEO of SpeakCare |
1200 – 1330 |
LUNCH |
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1330 – 1430 |
PANEL - Entrepreneurship in the World of Entertainment Daniel Gutierrez, Co-founder of Nanigans |
CASE STUDY – Succeeding as a Woman Entrepreneur in Asia Ramesh Ramachandra, Managing Director of Business Breakthrough Tech. |
1430 – 1500 |
Elevator Pitch Competition Finals Judges: Jimmy Jihoon Rim, Softbank Ventures; Howard Califano; Greg Moon, CEO and President of Softbank Ventures |
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1500 – 1600 |
KEYNOTE Jae Woong Lee, Founder of Daum |
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1600 – 1630 |
Experiences, Lessons, & Relationships: Recap of three days in Seoul |
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1900 – 2200 |
GALA DINNER @ THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA |