Join us this Friday, February 18th for a free webcast of the first-ever Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit being held at the University of Central Florida. The event will be streamed on the web for free starting at 9:40 a.m. at
http://www.feesummit.com/live.
The summit will focus on how to scale entrepreneurship education processes to help decrease global unemployment. Speakers will include top leaders from foundations, education, government, corporations, media, and nonprofit organizations that combined serve over 30 million aspiring and existing entrepreneurs per year and have given over $1 billion in donations to the field. Featured attendees include:
- Ken Yancey, CEO, SCORE
- Steve Mariotti, Founder, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
- Paul Corson, Acting Director, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Commerce
- Jonathan Ortmans, President of Global Entrepreneurship Week and Senior Fellow at Kauffman Foundation
- Michael Delazzer, Founder of Red Box
- Jeff Hoffman, Founder of Priceline.com
- David Cohen, Founder, TechStars
- Ellen Thrasher, Director, Entrepreneurship Education, Small Business Administration
- Doug Rand, Fellow, Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Michael Hennessy, President/CEO, Coleman Foundation (given $50M+ to entrepreneurship ed.)
- Bill Morgenstern, CEO, Opportunity International (second largest microfinance bank in the world)
- Michael Schneider, President, McPherson College (Young College President in the Country)
- Nishith Archarya, Executive Director, The Deshpande Foundation
- Deborah Hoover, President/CEO, Burton D Morgan Foundation ($100M+ eship ed. endowment)
- Ray Daffner, Manager, Appalachian Regional Commission (given $50M+ to entrepreneurship ed.)
- Doug Mellinger, Co-Founder, Entrepreneurs' Organization and Cogswell College
- Tim Kriewall, Program Director, Kern Family Foundation & Former College President
- Phil Weilerstein, Director, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
- Scott Gerber, Founder, Young Entrepreneur Council
- Mark Lange, Executive Director, Edward Lowe Foundation
- Jack Bienko, Deputy Director, Entrepreneurship Education, SBA
- Kevin Langley, Chairman-Elect, Entrepreneurs' Organization
- Gerald Hills, Founder, Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization
- Fiona Macaulay, Founder and President, Making Cents International
- Rieva Lesonsky, Former Editorial Director, Entrepreneur Inc.
- Cathy Ashmore, Director, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education
- Michael Holthouse, Chairman, Prepared 4 Life & Holthouse Foundation for Kids
- Heather Van Sickle, Director, National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
- Ed Davis, CEO, DECA
- John M. Box, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Education, JA Worldwide
Additional details and an agenda for the event can be found at
www.feesummit.com/
Cameron M. Ford, Director UCF Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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