Technology Entrepreneurship Education:
Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium
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The Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium, or “GELS,” is a part of the Intel+UC Berkeley Global Entrepreneurship Education Initiative – a set of programs building and supporting entrepreneurship worldwide. GELS is focused on training expert mentors who can support entrepreneurs in their regional ecosystems. We recognize that mentorship is a critical part of the entrepreneurial process and can accelerate the development of successful companies.
Throughout the program participants will be introduced to concepts, processes and tools to enable qualified individuals to effectively mentor emerging entrepreneurs. The program is based on the strong principals and practices of the UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship and Innovation program, led by the Lester Center and its globally recognized faculty.
The setting is the University of California at Berkeley, in the heart of the world’s cluster of entrepreneurial and venture capital activity, the San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley.
Who Should Attend
- Investors in new ventures, both angels and institutional investors
- University faculty who teach entrepreneurship and innovation and other leaders who support the process
- Business executives, entrepreneurs, lawyers, accountants and other accomplished individuals who support and assist entrepreneurs and emerging companies
- Government leaders, public policy professionals, and program managers who develop or supervise programs to support entrepreneurship, business growth and innovation
Key Skills Taught
- Types of mentoring, from active to passive, and inside and outside the company, to a governance role
- What it means to mentor a company versus coaching an individual
- Should a mentor ever become directly involved in the operations of the company
- Creation of network value through linking mentors together
- Evaluation of business opportunities
- Assessment of a team’s abilities and development of action plans to achieve success
- Government policy development and enhancement
Program Leadership and Faculty
The Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Development will be chaired by the Lester Center’s Faculty Director, Prof. Jerome S. Engel and its Executive Director, Prof. David Charron. The group will also have sessions taught by other faculty at Berkeley and will get to meet the mentors in the Berkeley Entrepreneurship program.
Agenda and Style
GELS is an experiential program – participants will see interact directly with the Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge which runs in parallel with GELS. This “live workshop setting” provides an opportunity observe, explore and practice many of the mentorship and constructive business assessment and development skills taught in the symposium.
Uniquely, the Symposium will also identify and address how government policies and management practices can support the entrepreneurial and innovation process. This approach of engaging policy and governmental leaders in an integrated experiential learning process offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn and get exposed first hand to the power of mentoring in the entrepreneurial process.
You can download a schedule of events here: GELS_General_Agenda.pdf. [revised 11/13/09]
OPTIONAL COMPANY TOUR:
In addition to participating in the week-long Global Entrepreneurship Leadership Symposium, participants are invited to take part in an optional tour of 3-4 Silicon Valley companies on Monday, November 23. Spending the day visiting a variety of successful entrepreneurship and technology companies and their executives will give participants additional insight into the entrepreneurial spirit of the Bay Area. Past visits have included a tour of the Plug and Play Tech Center, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Google, and of course, Intel. Registration and payment for the Silicon Valley company tour is not included with the GELS registration.
Registration
You may register at www.regonline.com/GELS09
A special rate is provided for Intel sponsored participants. Please check with your local Intel sponsor for details or contact Manav Subodh or JoZell Johnson (contact information below). In addition, Intel sponsored participants will have the opportunity to participate in the Optional Company tour. The fee for the Optional Tour is $1000 and it includes extended lodging, transportation to all tours and meals on November 23, 2009.
The Open Enrollment fee for the Symposium is $4500 for the week (Nov 16-20). This includes all hosted meals during the program. A block of rooms is on hold at the Hotel Shattuck Plaza in Berkeley with a special group rate of $131/night. Details on how to secure a room at the Hotel Shattuck Plaza can be found on the registration site above.
Travel and Accommodations
Information on Travel and Accommodations for the Symposium including weather and dress code can be found by downloading the GELS_Travel_and_Accomodations.pdf.
Contact Information
For questions regarding GELS please contact:
JoZell Johnson, Global Higher Education Manager, Intel: jozell.johnson@intel.com
Manav Subodh, Program Manager, GELS, Intel: manav.subodh@intel.com
Karen Daitch, Program Manager, GELS, Lester Center: karen_daitch@haas.berkeley.edu
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