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CALL FOR APPLICANTS:  DOCTORAL STUDENT WORKSHOP
9^th WEST COAST RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

A one-day Doctoral Student Workshop will be presented in conjunction with the 9th West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship.  The workshop is sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.  The Research Symposium is sponsored by The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (University of Washington), the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (Stanford University), the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (University of Oregon) the Lloyd Greif Center of Entrepreneurial Studies (USC), and the Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UC Irvine).   
 
Event:  Doctoral Student Workshop on Technology Entrepreneurship
Location:  University of Oregon
Date:  September 7^th, 2011 (Research Symposium follows on September 8^th and 9^th)

We invite doctoral students to submit applications to attend this workshop. Sessions will focus on technology entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on contemporary work in the field. Faculty mentors generally include Kathy Eisenhardt (Stanford), Suresh Kotha (University of Washington), Alan Meyer (University of Oregon), Nandini Rajagopalan (USC), Kaye Schoonhoven (University of California, Irvine) and others.  The workshop is being organized by Peer Fiss (USC), Yan Gong (University of California, Irvine), and Sonali Shah (University of Washington). 

The APPLICATION DEADLINE for the Doctoral Student Workshop is Friday, July 1, 2011. If you wish to be considered, please complete the online application at: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/masses/124562

The workshop offers an intellectually stimulating experience, maps the theoretical domain of technology entrepreneurship, and builds community. Workshop participants will have opportunities to present their own research interests, to interact with each other, and to get acquainted with faculty members.
 
The doctoral student workshop offers two separate tracks. Track 1 is designed for doctoral students who have not yet defended a dissertation proposal and who may still be in the process of selecting a dissertation topic. This track will devote attention to the selection of a dissertation topic, research design, and sources of data. Track 2 is intended for students who have defended dissertation proposals (or who are close to doing so). This track will devote attention to completing the dissertation, publishing the dissertation, and early career considerations. The two tracks will join together for selected workshop sessions/panels and for all meals.

All students chosen for the workshop will be invited to attend the two-day Research Symposium that follows on September 8-9. The symposium will showcase cutting-edge work by technology entrepreneurship researchers from the West Coast and around the world.  Details on the research symposium are available at the WCRS website: http://theWCRS.org  Each student attendee will be provided with a $250 travel stipend, as well as all meals and 3 nights lodging (double occupancy).  Applicants focusing on the nexus of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship will be given preference.  
 
The location is Seattle, Washington in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, a spectacular setting at this time of year. This is a great opportunity for doctoral students to learn from leading scholars and contemporary work in the field.

We hope to see you in Seattle!


CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Univ. of Washington
Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University
Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Oregon
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, USC
Don Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, UC Irvine
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Yan Gong

Assistant Professor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship

The Paul Merage School of Business

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA 92697-3125

Phone: 949.824.8544

Fax: 949.725.2866

Email: gongy@merage.uci.edu