Young Inventors International "Inventing the Future Conference"
Young Inventors International (YII) invites
students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship to attend
YII's 5th Inventing the Future Conference
April 3rd and 4th, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Hosted by Project Olympus (olympus.cs.cmu.edu/)
Featuring Regis McKenna as the opening keynote
speaker.
The conference will consist of three interactive sessions:
1. Commercialization Marathon
Experts will offer students practical advice about intellectual property,
entrepreneurship and commercialization, raising funding, prototyping and
design, and market research. The knowledge will be useful for students
who want to become entrepreneurs or bring new technologies to market for their
employers.
2. Entrepreneurship Panel and Networking
Students will be invited to present elevator pitches for their ideas and
connect with experts and mentors. A panel of three young entrepreneurs
will talk about how they started their ventures from their dorm rooms and grew
them into successful enterprises.
3. BrainBuzz
Students will work together with experts, entrepreneurs, and potential mentors
to solve a series of brainstorming challenges - and network more meaningfully
with all of the participants. The technologies used in the BrainBuzz will
include technologies for the developing world from MIT's Innovations in
International Health group, and participants will have an opportunity to
improve these technologies to benefit those in need.
For more information, speaker updates, and registration, visit www.younginventors.org/conference. Space is limited.
Benefits of attending:
- Access to hand-picked experts that can help you in commercializing your
technology.
- Opportunities to connect with potential investors, employers, and partners.
- Opportunities to learn about early stage commercialization of high-technology
inventions.
- Opportunities to advance your career as an entrepreneur, researcher, or young
professional.
- Connecting with 100+ other student innovators and entrepreneurs.
How is the YII conference unique?
- It's highly interactive, not a series of lectures.
- Connections are meant to be not just an exchange of business cards, but an
opportunity to find lifelong mentors and supporters.
- The focus is on practical advice that you can use immediately - and
throughout your career.
About YII
YII is a not-for-profit organization that works with more than 1,800 university
students in the United States and Canada to provide the students with skills
and networks to bring new technologies to market. YII has held
conferences at the University of Toronto and MIT, and has presented workshops
at more than 20 universities. For more information, visit www.younginventors.org.
Questions? Email Anne at anne@younginventors.org.
We look forward to seeing you!
City Hall Fellowship
Opportunity
City Hall Fellows spend the year after college in a prestigious, paid, full-time position within city government and also participate in our proprietary Civic Leadership Development Program. In 2009-2010, Fellows will be placed in Houston, Texas and San Francisco, California. More information and application materials and instructions are available on our website: www.cityhallfellows.org. Applications are due March 6, 2009.
Our goal is to connect you -- the next generation of civic leaders -- with the opportunity to make significant change at the grassroots, local level of government right out of college. I served in a New York City-run fellowship program when I graduated from college. The experience, the friends, and the commitment to social change have stayed with me every day since then. After attending Harvard Law School and working in the private sector for several years, 2 years ago I launched City Hall Fellows so that you could have the same incredible experience in city government that I did.
For our second-ever class of Fellows, we are looking for applicants who possess:
- Academic excellence;
- Leadership potential;
- Dedication to contributing to society, and
- An entrepreneurial spirit appropriate for participating in the second year of an exciting new program.
In addition, preference will be given to applicants who have a demonstrated connection to either Houston or San Francisco.
I encourage you to attend one of our on-campus events or upcoming webinars to get your questions answered and to speak with current Fellows about their experience. You can see our list of upcoming events at www.cityhallfellows.org/schedule.html
This is your chance to join us to build an organization and a movement that will be a household name in 5-10 years. As a member of just the second Class of City Hall Fellows ever, you'll not only be making a significant impact on the residents of your city, but will be laying the ground work for all the Fellows to come.
Will you join us?
Bethany Rubin Henderson
Founder & Executive Director
City Hall Fellows
Stanford Women’s
Leadership Conference
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