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DTSTART:20100325T143000Z
DTEND:20100325T150000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a complimentary breakfast in the main stage area.
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LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T143000Z
DTEND:20100326T000000Z
SUMMARY:Conference registration
DESCRIPTION:Register your arrival\, pick up your name tag\, and grab a program.
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Prefunction space outside the ballroom\, third level\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T150000Z
DTEND:20100325T160000Z
SUMMARY:Opening plenary with Tina Seelig and James Barlow
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the kickoff session of the NCIIA annual conference\, designed to ignite innovation. Come prepared for an experiential exercise that will get your creative juices flowing and stimulate spirited collaboration. You will get a chance to work with your colleagues on a fast-paced challenge focusing on strategy\, team work\, and creative problem solving.
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:New Models of Monetizing IP in the University and Corporate Environments
DESCRIPTION:Panelists will discuss innovative approaches to monetizing intellectual property. Examples to be presented include the approach of Intellectual Ventures\, which creates new inventions\, invests in existing inventions\, and partners with individuals\, universities\, and research labs to develop inventions; emerging models in the university landscape such as the iBridge Network\, an online platform that a...
CATEGORIES:INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:A Total Immersion Strategy for the Entrepreneurial Education of Engineering Students at Lawrence Technological University
DESCRIPTION:The KEEN mission is to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in engineering graduates to foster the innovative application of technical expertise to customer needs. KEEN also stresses the concept that the entrepreneurial mindset incorporates social values and business acumen. This process is transformational and requires a comprehensive approach involving faculty\, alumni\, curricular\, and co-curricula...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Engineering Students at Kettering University
DESCRIPTION:Kettering University has been a member of the KEEN network of engineering schools for four years. We have moved from (1) the initial formation of a single class on entrepreneurship and a student society\, to (2) a full-blown program to institute entrepreneurship across the entire curriculum\, to (3) the next phase of instilling entrepreneurship across the entire university--faculty\, students\, staff\,...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Instilling the Engineering Entrepreneurial Mindset in College Undergraduates
DESCRIPTION:Many universities offer entrepreneurship education. The Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) offers a different form of entrepreneurial education for engineering students. In contrast to entrepreneurship education\, the KEEN schools are changing engineering education by instilling the entrepreneurial mindset into all of their engineering students so that as graduates these engineers will...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Technical Entrepreneurship Case Studies for Incorporation Into Undergraduate Technical Classes
DESCRIPTION:The University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) has developed a number of technical entrepreneurship case studies that are designed to be integrated into existing engineering fundamentals courses. These case studies are intended to illustrate ways that entrepreneurs have capitalized on their knowledge of specific engineering topics covered in typical undergraduate courses to create successful business ventu...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Developing Entrepreneurship Curricula for Sustainable Development
DESCRIPTION:Interest in technology entrepreneurship aimed at solving the most intractable of global problems in the developing world is at an all-time high. A vast number of education programs\, especially in engineering- and design-related degree programs\, focus on developing appropriate technology solutions to Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) challenges in sectors such as food\, water\, energy\, health\, education an...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Guiding Principles for Sustainable Humanitarian Engineering Projects
DESCRIPTION:The engineering profession must embrace a new mission statement: to contribute to the building of a more sustainable\, stable\, and equitable world. Recently\, engineering students and professionals in the US have shown more interest in directly addressing the needs of developing communities worldwide. That interest has taken the form of short- and medium-term international trips through Engineers Wi...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:PIET: Building a heuristic\, interdisciplinary program focused on commercializing clean energy technologies in the developing world
DESCRIPTION:In 2008\, the University of California\, in partnership with NCIIA\, created the Program for International Energy Technologies (PIET) in order to accelerate the dissemination of low cost\, clean energy\, energy efficient solutions into the market in developing countries. The main objectives of this initiative are to: build an on-going program that will educate and engage UC Davis students in energy-rel...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Commercializing Service-learning Projects
DESCRIPTION:We received a 2008 Sustainable Vision grant from the NCIIA for a proposal titled "Pico-hydropower franchises: a test bed in rural Honduras." This grant enabled us to establish two village-level electricity companies in north-central Honduras\, which have become development laboratories to determine best practices for both our technical and business operations. Our goal has been to refine our engine...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Development of a Business Model for the Implementation of a Sustainable Point of Use Water Filter Program in the Dominican Republic
DESCRIPTION:The lack of clean water remains a critical public health challenge throughout the developing world\, and developing viable\, sustainable programs is part of this challenge. This presentation describes a business model that was developed in partnership with a Dominican Republic NGO through a NCIIA Sustainable Vision grant. The program incorporates elements of health promotion\, social marketing\, micro...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:The Twig Light: Ultra low-cost lighting in Ghana
DESCRIPTION:This session describes the development of a new\, low cost\, sustainable light source for poor villagers in developing countries called the Twig Light. The light makes use of a compact thermoelectric generator sandwiched and providing a thermal bridge between two pieces of ten-centimeter aluminum channel approximately fifteen centimeters in length. The lower section is cooled by sitting it in a smal...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T160000Z
DTEND:20100325T173000Z
SUMMARY:Teaching Entrepreneurship Using Design Pedagogy
DESCRIPTION:This workshop introduces the pedagogy for the Babson College course Social Entrepreneurship by Design (SED). The course integrates stakeholder collaborative design and entrepreneurship for the purpose of developing new products or services that contribute to the solution of a social problem. Attendees of this workshop will participate in small teams to experience facets of designing new social ent...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T173000Z
DTEND:20100325T180000Z
SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Second Floor\, Second Floor
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Beyond the Business Plan: Building implementation into an entrepreneurship curriculum
DESCRIPTION:This session reports on an innovative entrepreneurship curriculum designed to facilitate the actual implementation of student business ventures as part of a core entrepreneurial curriculum across disciplines. The capstone experience in many university entrepreneurial programs revolves around the development and review of business plans in courses or competitions. This curriculum was created to emp...
CATEGORIES:COMMERCIALIZATION OF STUDENT VENTURES
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Building Startup Businesses through Commercializing Student Capstone Project Outcomes
DESCRIPTION:Michigan Technological University\, in collaboration with MTEC SmartZone\, has developed a program for targeted development of student-led startup companies based on outcomes of engineering capstone design projects. Under the SmartTrac program\, student teams that include a cross-section of business\, engineering\, and communications skills form companies who conduct the necessary business and technica...
CATEGORIES:COMMERCIALIZATION OF STUDENT VENTURES
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Determining the Right Framework to Improve New Technology Venture Processes
DESCRIPTION:Continuous process improvement (CPI) has improved product and business performance in many industries and business sectors. However\, it has not been widely adopted in the new technology venture (NTV) sector. The resistance to CPI adoption has been attributed to the perception of insufficient payoff and protracted timelines. In addition\, there has been a tendency toward heroic management of chaotic...
CATEGORIES:COMMERCIALIZATION OF STUDENT VENTURES
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:A Multi-university Collaborative in Entrepreneurship
DESCRIPTION:Since 2006\, two state universities and one private university in Michigan have been working together to educate students to become more entrepreneurial through curricular and extra-curricular activities. By leveraging strengths of the collaborating universities\, University Collaboration in Entrepreneurship Education (UCEE) brings the best resources to its collective 65\,000 students. UCEE collabora...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Learning Entrepreneurial Competencies in a Multidisciplinary\, Multi-level Setting
DESCRIPTION:Students from a variety of majors at North Dakota State University have opportunities to select elective courses that focus on entrepreneurial skills and competencies. One of these is a multi-level\, multidisciplinary\, multi-year course known as the Bison Microventure. It is a one-credit elective course in applications of micro-technologies to product and process development for medical and dental...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:The Good\, The Bad and The Ugly? Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a Joint Commercialization of Technology Program
DESCRIPTION:This session reports on the successes and failures experienced during the implementation of a graduate-level Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship program. The two-year program on commercializing technology was launched in 2008 and is jointly delivered by the University of Portland (UP) and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The innovative courses developed for the program have been a...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Insights from Young Entrepreneurs
DESCRIPTION:In most colleges\, entrepreneurship programs strive to help students be "major+" graduates: students complete their selected major and gain the unique "plus" skills and knowledge in entrepreneurship. Does this approach succeed? This panel brings together five or six young graduates from a variety of colleges and majors with entrepreneurship programs to discuss how well their education has served (o...
CATEGORIES:STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Credit Well Deserved: Strengthening the business case for Corporate Social Responsibility and poverty alleviation
DESCRIPTION:We provide a new conceptual model that has the potential to bridge the capacity of companies and the needs of the underserved by harnessing the opportunity of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Analysts have suggested that CSR initiatives have the potential to effectively address global poverty and economic development issues. This paper makes a business case for corporations to align their CS...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--TOOLS
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Open Design-based Strategies to Enhance Appropriate Technology Development
DESCRIPTION:The appropriate technology (AT) movement is being driven by inventors and innovators who are interested in designing technologies that are culturally\, environmentally and economically appropriate\, and feasible to construct and use for people anywhere in the world. This paper examines how open sharing of designs\, specifications and technical information can enhance effectiveness\, widespread use\, an...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--TOOLS
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Social Entrepreneurship
DESCRIPTION:This study examined social entrepreneurship in the context of the academic field by looking at forms of implementation at universities across the country. Thirty-two universities were selected to be contacted about their respective programs. The goal of contacting universities was to create an easily viewed and comprehensive database featuring key information about each SE program. The included un...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--TOOLS
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T180000Z
DTEND:20100325T193000Z
SUMMARY:Build-It Modules: A hands-on approach to teaching appropriate technologies and manufacturing techniques
DESCRIPTION:Build-It modules are designed to give students experience with a variety of tools and manufacturing techniques while at the same time exposing them to simple\, elegant appropriate technologies. These modules show both rapid prototyping equipment as well as techniques that are used in workshops in the developing world. Basic shop safety training is incorporated into all modules and\, in the spirit of...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T193000Z
DTEND:20100325T213000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and keynote speaker Doug Richard
DESCRIPTION:Doug Richard is a leading proponent and practitioner of entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom and the US. In this keynote address\, Doug will discuss entrepreneurship\, its importance in the modern economy\, and the role of government and universities in catalyzing entrepreneurship. Doug will talk about: Why the public interest is best served by self-interest; Why the most successful enterprises are...
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:OPEN for Review: Differing approaches to student performance assessment in entrepreneurship courses
DESCRIPTION:Over the last several years\, programs that teach entrepreneurship have found and/or developed a variety of ways to assess student performance. Although assessment has been discussed in many forms at the NCIIA conference and other national meetings\, it should be an ongoing topic--one in which new and emerging programs can learn from those with more experience. This panel/discussion will focus on tr...
CATEGORIES:ASSESSMENT
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:Collaborative Innovation Program: A creative conspiracy for cross-college collaboration at the Rochester Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION:The 2007 inaugural address of RIT's ninth president\, William Destler\, highlighted the breadth and diversity of curricular offerings at RIT from business\, engineering\, and computing to design\, fine art\, and craft. In his address\, Dr. Destler included this challenge: "What if RIT students had the experience of working on complex societal problems with students from different majors on teams in...a c...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:Initiating and Sustaining Early Stage Programs in Technology Innovation and Commercialization
DESCRIPTION:Four Michigan public universities\, collaborating with private sector for-profit companies and state government agencies supporting technology commercialization and innovation\, have successfully implemented methods for building and sustaining entrepreneurship\, technology development and commercialization at emerging research institutions: distributing the cost\, promoting best practices and affectin...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:Organic Development of a Student Run Accelerator at University of Michigan
DESCRIPTION:The nearly exponential growth of the entrepreneurial community at University of Michigan (U-M) is largely attributed to the students themselves. In January 2008\, U-M launched the Center for Entrepreneurship to support these students. Through these and other similar efforts\, students of like mind on a campus of nearly 40\,000\, can network\, share ideas and pursue their passions. By January 2009\, seve...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:For Whose Benefit?
DESCRIPTION:Engineering student projects that address problems in the developing world are becoming increasingly common. Difficulties that arise from collaboration with remote communities and academic institutions raise important ethical questions\, e.g\, the degree to which meaningful input from the stakeholders is incorporated into the technical component of the project and the quality and duration of the int...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:Are You Innovative?
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is a result of an on-going NCIIA-sponsored project for the design and development of an innovation-focused event (Ideation to Innovation\, I2I). In this hands-on\, interactive workshop participants will learn about: (a) the traits of innovative individuals\, and (b) enhancing individuals' innovative skills. Innovators share some common traits\, many of which can be learned and enhanced....
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:A Simplified Method of Fermi Estimation for the Student Innovator
DESCRIPTION:During the innovation process\, it is often necessary to make quick estimates such as market size. The Fermi estimate is a quantitative tool that produces a quick\, rough estimate of a quantity\, which is either difficult or inconvenient to measure directly. Although numerous worked-out solutions to Fermi questions are available in the literature\, a systematic approach to solving them is not. To meet...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS AND RESOURCES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:Entrepreneurship and Technology Education Pedagogy: A web-based assessment approach
DESCRIPTION:There is a growing need for models and pedagogy that assimilate state of the art academic research with knowledge gained in practice and input from strategic stakeholders. In this session\, we present a web-based venture readiness assessment tool crafted with input from focus groups and surveys of equity investors (angels and venture capitalists) and entrepreneurs. The tool was designed to provide...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS AND RESOURCES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100325T213000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:Using Live Cases in Entrepreneurship Problem-based Learning
DESCRIPTION:One challenge of learning entrepreneurial skills and knowledge is that the classroom is an academic setting (silo knowledge delivery\, controlled time tasks\, tests to evaluate knowledge gained)\, not a business setting (use of broad knowledge bases\, non-predictable tasks and time\, success based on overall project execution). One way to bring the realities of entrepreneurship into the class is to hav...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS AND RESOURCES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100325T230000Z
DTEND:20100326T003000Z
SUMMARY:Poster session
DESCRIPTION:Featuring twenty posters covering a wide range of topics\, an open bar and time to network.
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Prefunction space outside the ballroom\, third level\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T020000Z
DTEND:20100326T065959Z
SUMMARY:Dinner in small groups
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CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Out and About\, Out and About
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T150000Z
DTEND:20100326T160000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T150000Z
DTEND:20100325T230000Z
SUMMARY:Conference registration
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Prefunction space outside the ballroom\, third level\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:The Last Mile: Building an innovation ecosystem to support technology entrepreneurs
DESCRIPTION:The last mile in the development of a new venture\, moving from feasible concept to business\, can result in the venture never starting. Entrepreneurs\, especially those in rural communities\, often lack access to the resources and expertise needed to harden the concept and convert it to an operating business. In 2009\, the N2TEC Institute launched a unique summer accelerator program that included an A...
CATEGORIES:COMMERCIALIZATION OF STUDENT VENTURES
LOCATION:Washington\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset for Engineering Faculty and Students
DESCRIPTION:To achieve the development of the entrepreneurial mindset\, Lawrence Technological University is implementing a holistic approach that will infuse entrepreneurship in the engineering curriculum. This total immersion strategy consists of modifying thirty courses comprising nearly 70% of all engineering coursework (including courses in Humanities\, Natural Sciences\, and Mathematics). The faculty teach...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:Design\, Implementation and Assessment of Entrepreneurial Workshops for an Entire University Faculty
DESCRIPTION:Kettering University is implementing an entrepreneurship initiative across the university. The topic will be included in various forms in all disciplines--engineering\, applied math & science\, business and liberal studies. The goal is a university-wide culture change resulting in a mindset of entrepreneurial spirit. A series of eight workshops is described enabling faculty to participate in the cul...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b1d3c9fc681e70f75e52f3c8b6146e90@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:Enhancing the Product Realization Process By Emphasizing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
DESCRIPTION:This paper outlines the experiences at the School of Engineering at the University of Dayton in the implementing the Product Realization Process (PRP) in industry-sponsored capstone team design projects with an emphasis on innovation\, entrepreneurship and developing business plans. In 1996 we began using the PRP in engineering capstone courses with eleven projects from four companies. We now imple...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8103faa60cc33ceb8b67171706184f98@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:New Models of Engineering Education: The Kern Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy (KIEA)
DESCRIPTION:There is an urgent and critical need to restore and improve the competitive position of the United States' economy. The education of our future engineers is at the forefront of these challenges. Working\, living\, and prospering in this challenging environment require a new breed of leaders\, and especially engineers\, with a broader set of skills and experiences. This paper will focus on a new model...
CATEGORIES:KEEN
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f52a6ea96c8a90cb1ee30033289ed45a@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:L-RAMP Presentation and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Villgro (formerly Rural Innovations Network) is a social enterprise established in 2001 and based in the Chennai District of Tamilnadu State in India. Its mission is to identify and incubate grassroots technological innovations that can have a significant impact on rural lives and enable these innovations to reach rural markets. Villgro identifies these innovations and helps to develop and market...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:11667eb9462864a4a8f2e8bdfa48ace0@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:Engineering the Common Good Through Service-Learning
DESCRIPTION:Both practitioners and researchers are discovering that service-learning is not only a powerful pedagogy for increased learning of course content but also an effective means to engage students and faculty in serving communities for the common good. Come learn the what\, why\, and how of integrating service-learning into existing courses and assessing the benefits to students\, faculty\, community\, and...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0cd2d93d5d4ff1c58fdd1076a381098d@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T160000Z
DTEND:20100326T173000Z
SUMMARY:NCIIA Grants and Resources
DESCRIPTION:Through the stories of three students and faculty\, learn how to fully leverage NCIIA grants and resources for success. This session will provide an update on current and future NCIIA programs and participants will be able to query NCIIA staff on programs\, including: grants for student teams and faculty (in the $20\,000-$50\,000 range) to support technology innovation\, entrepreneurship and social imp...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS AND RESOURCES
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e5d8b9a93d719b4e63b91bcd65b8d1f5@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T173000Z
DTEND:20100326T180000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Second Floor\, Second Floor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d5b042b329432eee03df995a0c7a5e69@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Coordinating Product Development Across Widely Different Age Groups and Disciplines
DESCRIPTION:Our student program to conceive\, prototype\, and potentially launch products--particularly in the medical technology arena--spans a wide range of age groups and subject areas. Student levels range from middle school to graduate school (including medical school) and cover disciplines as varied as physics\, history\, and business. Part of the glue holding the program together is an adaptable curriculum...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4a1aff06f7da8fdac794f4c3be70013a@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Creativity and Innovation in Business 2010
DESCRIPTION:Success in business requires innovation. Today's model calls for a more intuitive integration of creativity throughout the decision making process: the application of design thinking to business. There is a great opportunity for design to improve one's ability to increase a firm's value offerings. While goods are traditionally embedded with value\, there is currently a paradigm shift occurring in m...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:d87790f7bc54ffb189fb79cba735cc69@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Cultivating Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Looking back at the history of science and technology over the last few hundred years\, we can identify people such as Thomas Edison\, James Watt and Graham Bell as innovators\, due to the outward result of their endeavors. However\, it is harder to recognize Isaac Newton as an innovator\, even though he was able to develop the concept of calculus\, almost overnight\, to overcome the hurdles to the mathe...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6aa6a5b81cc30c57ef3b5bf8fe90bd75@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Preparing Students to Travel Overseas: Experiences from MIT's D-Lab
DESCRIPTION:For many students\, addressing challenges faced in developing countries is the most rewarding application of their education. Over the several years of their existence\, D-Lab courses at MIT have been taken by many students\, most of whom travel to developing countries as part of their project work. Instructors and students alike frequently face interesting and surprising challenges before and during...
CATEGORIES:STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Washington\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9a4158b5e4bfe603bbf255125ca6fc81@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Design With the Majority: The collaborative design of a cargo bicycle for Uganda
DESCRIPTION:This session describes the exciting and rewarding process of designing a bicycle that was created in collaboration with Ugandan bicycle couriers. In Uganda\, many residents use low cost\, poor quality bicycles for their primary means of transportation. The design process started with a connection to an American resident of Uganda. This mediator formed a "design team" of Ugandan couriers who gathered...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1ec56d153f51712dca7c63935e15baad@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Lead Battery Manufacturing Certification in the Developing World: Applying BEST standards in India and Vietnam
DESCRIPTION:The lead battery industry in developing countries is growing rapidly as a result of rapid motorization\, increases in off-grid power technologies\, and requirements for backup power supplies. Unfortunately\, sustainable collection policies and recycling practices have not been adopted by most nations. As a result of the lack of formal recycling infrastructure and relatively high values of lead\, lead...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a994a2c58265e2ed54b9f11b684a740d@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Sustainable Design for Sub-Saharan Africa
DESCRIPTION:This presentation describes a multi-year collaboration between Malian and American schools of engineering\, business and agriculture in the design of an evaporative cooler to efficiently cool a small building in sub-Saharan Africa. Highlights include an innovative water delivery system that can simultaneously cool beverages\, easy-to-use pad holders designed to fit indigenous pad materials\, and a de...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9e9b66f3cf29167e2aac6e74729d10c2@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T180000Z
DTEND:20100326T193000Z
SUMMARY:Cash is Queen\, People are King: A workshop on creating high-functioning student E-Teams
DESCRIPTION:The teams that apply for\, and are funded by\, NCIIA grants are parallel in structure and function to real-world startup teams. Many have an initial imbalance of skill sets that require recruiting partners from complimentary areas of expertise. When formed\, it's inevitable that E-Teams encounter some type of conflict. As the world of entrepreneurship is littered with teams gone wrong\, this workshop...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:f41ed1acbaaf02312118633f53c6ba32@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T193000Z
DTEND:20100326T213000Z
SUMMARY:Julia Novy-Hildesley\, Executive Director\, The Lemelson Foundation
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:35535b42a574caee4228c092a451bb0a@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T193000Z
DTEND:20100326T213000Z
SUMMARY:Olympus Innovation Awards luncheon
DESCRIPTION:Recognizing faculty excellence and innovation in higher education.
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:fea64246d02da80963114c688ed93b5a@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:http://nciia.org/competitions/olympus
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:Student Development Workshop (students only)
DESCRIPTION:One of the many challenges when setting up your venture is knowing how and where to spend that scarcest resource of all\, your time. Building your networks\, developing your product or service\, understanding how your strategy evolves along with every new bit of information you discover\, and working out how to keep your business progressing the way you want can be tough with so many moving pieces. Th...
CATEGORIES:STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:14dcd1e6fd157fcd6381da4cb3a71a46@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:Developing Social Entrepreneurship at WPI
DESCRIPTION:Social entrepreneurship is the use of entrepreneurial principles to solve a social problem or create sustainable social value. This study assessed the feasibility of initiating a social entrepreneurship program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The feasibility was measured by gathering data from two different environments: WPI's campus\, and universities in the US offering social entreprene...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a98d954246544f58363f552fb429c9e2@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:Eplum Model of Student Engagement: Preliminary assessment findings
DESCRIPTION:We have developed the Eplum model to engage students and faculty across campus in humanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurial ventures. The objective is the convergence of disciplines\, concepts\, cultures\, and countries toward a freer\, friendlier\, fairer and more sustainable planet. The model engages students and faculty in well-defined global civic engagement projects in various formal and...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7058cf0ad3ae451f00346d04425980ec@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:Integrating Sustainable Community Development in Engineering Education
DESCRIPTION:In 2004\, we received a grant from NCIIA to develop a new graduate course in development engineering. It went through four iterations based on feedback received from students and faculty. The final iteration was offered in academic year 2008-09 as a six-credit hour course titled Sustainable Community Development I (SCD I\, fall) and II (SCD II\, spring). SCD I emphasizes a public health perspective a...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8564054328ac40886cdd492edfd6ff23@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:SRII/NCIIA Driving Universities' Research & Curriculum Development
DESCRIPTION:NCIIA and SRII (Service Research Innovation Institute) are collaborating to drive university research and curriculum development to meet the future skills and expertise required to further grow the Service economy globally. The panel discussion will include the following: SRII's overall strategy for driving Service Innovation; SRII's focus on research and curriculum development in university progr...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT
LOCATION:Washington\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:db9f215299193c3b30dbcc8cb1de7ae3@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:Assessing the Outcomes of Entrepreneurship Education on Engineering Students
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is designed to provide attendees with an overview of tools to assess student learning outcomes related to entrepreneurship education. By the end of the workshop\, attendees should have a set of assessment resources that they can adopt in their engineering-based and campus-wide entrepreneurship programs. The presenters will introduce a new assessment tool that was developed for an in-d...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2bfb89d1182f9fdfd0fd3657b73b2a69@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:IdeaBounce as a Pedagogical Model
DESCRIPTION:IdeaBounce is a website and event used to facilitate idea creation and collaboration. Budding entrepreneurs post information about their ideas (without giving away too much) at www.ideabounce.com\, then deliver a two-minute elevator pitch to solicit additional feedback. This allows for virtual and in-person connections. In the classroom\, faculty can require each student or groups of students to pos...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS AND RESOURCES
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1a542843564a5a4268383b1f221c9729@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100326T213000Z
DTEND:20100326T230000Z
SUMMARY:Implementing a Design Value Matrix for the Industrial Design Process
DESCRIPTION:This session presents a new design user value-measuring matrix that can be highly beneficial in the industrial design educational environment. This value-measuring matrix provides a system to analyze user and market characteristics to direct appropriate design solutions. Developing a successful product is the key goal in any design development process. This innovative new value matrix enables stud...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS AND RESOURCES
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:9407f6a893584f799cba085f3e8f5aae@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T013000Z
DTEND:20100327T065959Z
SUMMARY:March Madness for the Mind
DESCRIPTION:The March Madness for the Mind exhibition is a celebration of student E-Team innovation and entrepreneurship. Each year\, top E-Teams (collaborating groups of college students\, faculty and industry mentors) showcase their work in a science or technology museum during NCIIA's annual meeting\, many unveiling their cutting-edge innovations to the public for the first time.
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Exploratorium\, Exploratorium
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3e579a2b1ade0a0eb375b09236bcf6e0@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T150000Z
DTEND:20100327T160000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast plenary: Steve Blank
DESCRIPTION:Steve Blank\, author of Four Steps to the Epiphany\, will share currents and trends in Silicon Valley as they relate to entrepreneurship and design thinking educators.
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b7e63573fb196ba91bc941a2ba69c050@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T150000Z
DTEND:20100327T183000Z
SUMMARY:Conference registration
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Prefunction space outside the ballroom\, third level\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8b3729c52732370a9635546c1d898721@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:Engineering-Liberal Arts Entrepreneurship Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Union College is a Liberal Arts school with a nationally recognized engineering program. Students at Union College are encouraged to reach beyond traditional disciplines in order to insure they have the breath of education necessary to succeed in the competitive global economy. The Engineering-Liberal Arts Entrepreneurship Seminar is part of an ongoing program at Union College to support innovatio...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:e79e1de25442378346376e3c6a2e5a1a@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:The Odd Couple of Engineering and Entrepreneurship: Playing at a university near you
DESCRIPTION:Engineering is a meticulous and methodical neat freak; entrepreneurship is a disheveled compulsive gambler. Engineering lived happily in a crowded but fastidiously kept curriculum; that all changed when Entrepreneurship moved in and started unpacking. This is the story of how the two have gotten along and how they're able to share the same space. This paper gives a map of a prototypical mechanical...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:eb2105b50755b868fffa3499fb0a291d@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:The Skandalaris Approach to Developing Entrepreneurs
DESCRIPTION:This session will explain and explore the four-step Skandalaris Philosophy to Developing Entrepreneurs\, which is being implemented across the seven Schools and Colleges at Washington University in St. Louis. This new approach to entrepreneurship pedagogy includes multi-level\, multidisciplinary courses which\, as a whole\, increase students' self-efficacy and confidence in their skills to pursue entr...
CATEGORIES:CURRICULAR MODELS AND PEDAGOGY
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1324ff39144c502f1e8c966fe4b72e6f@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:Future Trends Research Methods for New Material Applications: Common goals in curriculum and industry
DESCRIPTION:Bayer Material Science and Carnegie Mellon University's Industrial Design Program joined together to forecast new material technology applications in specific markets. Though industry and educational collaboration is not unique\, it is the problem set of appropriate design ideation for particular material technology and the innovative design process that provides a rare combination of results. The...
CATEGORIES:DESIGN
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:29c7e56e3f0ba04bb4c11cdad11cca5c@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:The E-word: Preparing our next-gen industrial designers for entrepreneurial careers
DESCRIPTION:In the world of design education\, students often have strong ambitions to become entrepreneurs in capacities ranging from self-employment to manufacturing their own products. Educators have armed students with tools they need to become competent industrial design professionals but fall short in readying them for opportunities in entrepreneurial ventures. This session will focus on new curriculum c...
CATEGORIES:DESIGN
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c8cb7493801a9c96f9ceb7c9fc6bdb0b@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:Tinkering\, A Vehicle for Teaching Innovation in the University Industrial Design Studio
DESCRIPTION:One of the inherent dilemmas regarding the teaching of innovation is that if we\, as teachers\, become too prescriptive or recipe-oriented with our assignments and lectures\, we run the risk of missing the very essence of innovative thinking. How do we teach a subject that really can't be taught in the same formal manner as a language or science course? The answer lies in the teacher's ability to not...
CATEGORIES:DESIGN
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8d76d5e89d6aeaa5dfb98168ca755711@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:Creating Supply Chains for New Ventures in Developing Countries
DESCRIPTION:Supply chain development is critical in starting up new business ventures in both the developed and developing worlds. Supply chain modeling can help optimize profits and product quality. However\, several modeling assumptions must be re-defined for developing countries. In the process of starting a business in Ghana\, it became obvious that supply chain modeling is not the same as it is in the US a...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--TOOLS
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:71d47ca391d571c8e52d2d7c09844246@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:Project Management Techniques for BoP Student Enterprise Projects
DESCRIPTION:A specific example from Colorado State University's Global Social Sustainable Enterprises Program demonstrates the creation and execution of student projects targeting Base of the Pyramid customers with triple-bottom-line business enterprises. This paper provides an overview of project process and discusses one particular project in depth. The Running Water International team created a successful...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--TOOLS
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:6c619bf7f5ebe1898be3138dfe0a8dc5@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:Systems Approach to the Development of a Code of Ethics for an Entrepreneurial Telemedicine Venture in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Students at Penn State University are working on a social entrepreneurial venture in Kenya called Mashavu: Networked Health Solutions for the Developing World. Mashavu is a telemedicine system that enables medical professionals to connect with patients in rural communities. The Mashavu kiosk operators\, medical practitioners\, website administrators and other individuals connected to the Mashavu net...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--TOOLS
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:758e26ac757a8d1dfb71e8c2503821af@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:What's Your Problem? Designing Questions that Lead to Creative Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Some people call it Need Finding\, others call it Point of View\, and others call it Problem Definition. Whatever you call it\, crafting a thoughtful question is key to finding a valuable solution. Without a well-thought-out problem\, the resulting solutions are apt to be mundane or meaningless. This workshop will focus on framing problems in ways that lead to the most creative solutions. Participants...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:60ba5e49a75987c2827db7103946994d@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T160000Z
DTEND:20100327T173000Z
SUMMARY:OPEN to Success: Entrepreneurship bootcamps--what they are\, what they should be\, and what your students should get from them
DESCRIPTION:At what stage in the start-up process should students participate in a bootcamp? Should they be heterogeneous or homogeneous with regard to experience level and business focus of participants? This will be a discussion in which participants can explore the possibilities and recommendations of entrepreneurship educators who are at the forefront of providing these experiences.
CATEGORIES:TOOLS AND RESOURCES
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1ce9664c6e15f31d787bc9e8dfab4340@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T173000Z
DTEND:20100327T180000Z
SUMMARY:Break
DESCRIPTION:
CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Second Floor\, Second Floor
SEQUENCE:0
UID:b3d2f19e731f5d28f080a32fdfb0841f@nciia2010.sched.org
URL:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:Campus Competitions to Encourage Entrepreneurship and Inventorship
DESCRIPTION:Effecting an undergraduate student culture that encourages entrepreneurship and inventorship is a worthy goal\, with metrics of success ranging from the gratification of self employment to the economic impact of small business creation. We have started an undergraduate competition called The InVenture Prize to provide incentives\, resources\, and structure for student innovation in a fun\, high-profil...
CATEGORIES:BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITIONS
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Quality and Consistency in Idea Pitch\, Research Proposal and Business Plan Competition Judging
DESCRIPTION:The results of entrepreneurial idea pitch and research proposal competitions often determine the award of cash prizes (e.g. $100\,000 at MIT) and scarce resources. The recipients of these awards are determined by judging processes. These judging processes are rarely audited or evaluated as to quality or consistency. In this session\, the competition judging quality issue will be described\, the resul...
CATEGORIES:BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITIONS
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:The Evolution of the Tulane Business Plan Competition: Social entrepreneurship in the new New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina\, Tulane University business students\, faculty\, and administration have gone through an unprecedented seismic change in the way their economic\, social\, and civic environments have shifted. The rebuilding of New Orleans has coincided with an increased interest and focus on social entrepreneurship and conscious capitalism. This session will discuss the changes th...
CATEGORIES:BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITIONS
LOCATION:Mason I\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:UC Davis D-Lab Activity: Build a small wind generator in two hours!
DESCRIPTION:The WindBelt wind generator is a example of a "confluent technology": a design that grows out of the highly constrained energy landscape of developing countries with far-reaching applications worldwide. This hands-on workshop\, adopted from the UC Davis D-Lab curriculum\, will teach participants the basic theory behind power generation and walk them through the steps to build one. Each group will bu...
CATEGORIES:CLEAN ENERGY
LOCATION:Sansome\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:Assessing the Patent Landscape: A method for the entrepreneur
DESCRIPTION:Beginning with the earliest stages of developing an invention and continuing through to commercialization\, it is prudent to assess the competitive patent landscape. Knowing the competitions' proprietary advantage is important in defining a new product's features and specifications to avoid a potential lawsuit for patent infringement. Too often this is ignored and the new product has to be redesign...
CATEGORIES:INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:Developing\, Protecting\, and Transferring Intellectual Property in Undergraduate Capstone Courses
DESCRIPTION:To successfully complete the Engineering Technology Capstone Design Sequence at Texas A&M\, student teams must function as small startup ventures to transition an idea\, opportunity or problem statement to a fully functional product prototype ready for operational testing and validation. With the programs' new-found success\, both public and private sector organizations are becoming actively involved...
CATEGORIES:INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:Reforming the USPTO to Give a Fair Shake to Independent Pro Se Inventor-applicants
DESCRIPTION:The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) does not collect data on pro se (without legal representation) patent applications. Therefore\, the challenges faced by the pro se inventor-applicants are hidden. The author subjected himself to the PTO's patent examination process as a pro se applicant for a first-hand experience of the process\, which resulted in an issued patent in December 2009. The au...
CATEGORIES:INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LOCATION:Mason II\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:Self Reliant and Carbon Free: Developing an economically and environmentally sustainable community in DR Congo
DESCRIPTION:An economic model based on self-reliance introduced in the Democratic Republic\, Congo has in three years transformed a community of 4\,000 people from abject poverty into one of Congo's largest rice producers. Our class series develops "leapfrog" technologies\, allowing developing countries to bypass the carbon-rich step taken by the West. Our goal is a high standard of living that neither damages t...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:Sustainable Design Projects in Capstone Design Courses
DESCRIPTION:Experiential learning has been emphasized in the School of Engineering at the University of Dayton for over twenty-five years. The evolution has gone from individual projects to team projects and from single discipline to multidisciplinary teams. Industry-sponsored projects were formalized in 1996 with the formation of the Design and Manufacturing Clinic. Further\, innovation and entrepreneurship w...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:The Co-design of Eco- and Culturally-inspired Housing with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation
DESCRIPTION:The Pinoleville Pomo Nation (PPN) of Ukiah\, California and the Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) have formed a partnership to design eco-friendly buildings that utilize sustainability best practices and renewable energy technology\, as well as reflect the long-standing culture and traditions of the PPN. We present the yurt-style house design created by this partner...
CATEGORIES:SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT--REAL WORLD EXAMPLES
LOCATION:Montgomery\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T180000Z
DTEND:20100327T193000Z
SUMMARY:Creating Socially Aware Innovators: Using project-based service learning in engineering education
DESCRIPTION:Project-based service learning (PBSL) has become an emergent opportunity for engineering education. There are now a number of national and university-grown programs that provide opportunities to incorporate PBSL into engineering and other fields. Despite their rapid adoption\, one problem persists with PBSL programs: the scant findings on their impacts. Yet preliminary observations are encouraging\,...
CATEGORIES:TOOLS & TECHNIQUES WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY NSF
LOCATION:Jackson\, San Francisco\, CA
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20100327T193000Z
DTEND:20100327T210000Z
SUMMARY:Closing luncheon
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CATEGORIES:CONFERENCE EVENTS
LOCATION:Ballroom\, Ballroom
SEQUENCE:0
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