UMass Amherst Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day on Saturday, Oct. 24
Oct. 21, 2009
| Contact: | Michael Malone 413/545-6388 |
AMHERST, Mass. – Business and technology experts will discuss what the current economic crisis means for business entrepreneurs as well as building a “high impact” business during the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 201 of the Isenberg School of Management.
The two-part symposium and day of networking is the first for UMass Amherst’s Isenberg Program for the Integration of Management, Engineering and Science. Cost is $10 per session or $15 per full day for UMass Amherst students, alumni, faculty or staff, or $20 per session or $30 per full day for others. Lunch is included.
In the morning session from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Eric Janszen, an angel investor, financial analyst and founder of iTulip.com, will speak on “The Economic Crisis: What Does It Mean for Entrepreneurship?” A panel of experts will also discuss “Essential Elements of Building a High-Impact Business.” Participants will be introduced to a variety of resources that support new business development, including those based on technology developed on campus.
From 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m., participants will learn about the Small Business Innovation Research and the Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Afternoon speakers will include Robert Kispert, director of federal programs at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, and Michael Malone, the Ronnie and Eugene Isenberg Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement at UMass Amherst.
“Innovation and entrepreneurship have long been recognized as important engines for bringing groundbreaking products to market and for renewing national and regional economies,” Malone notes. “They are increasingly important mechanisms for disseminating the new knowledge that originates within universities.”
The day is designed to give an overview of these important topics, emphasizing the opportunities for putting new ideas, discoveries, inventions and creations of students and faculty into practice. The symposium is also supported by the National Science Foundation’s Partnership for Innovation program, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. and Saint Gobain.
The Isenberg Program for the Integration of Management, Engineering and Science was established with the support of Ronnie and Eugene M. Isenberg in 2002 to catalyze interdisciplinary work in management, engineering, and science.
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