University of Illinois Technology Entrepreneurship Workshop in Silicon Valley

The Technology Entrepreneur Center and the College of Engineering would like to send up to 25 students to Silicon Valley during the winter break for a two-week technology entrepreneurship workshop and visits with startups and leading technology companies. The trip is slated for January 5-16, 2009.

The workshop and lecture sessions will focus on innovation, technology entrepreneurship and leadership, and will feature corporate leaders, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. Students will also have several opportunities to network with prominent entrepreneurial Illinois alumni.

The program aspires to expose students to many facets of technology entrepreneurship, with firms in various stages of a startup lifecycle, and to continue to build an entrepreneurial community at Illinois. We invite Illinois undergraduate and graduate students to submit applications to attend this workshop. For full consideration, application materials must be received by 5:00 PM on October 22, 2008.

The cost to students to attend the workshop is $850, which covers airfare, lodging and transportation in California. Undergraduate students may register for a special Silicon Valley Lectures in Engineering Entrepreneurship (ENG 360) course through Illinois’ Office of Continuing Engineering Education. Undergraduates not wishing to enroll in the course and graduate students or may pay the $850 directly to the Technology Entrepreneur Center.

• Ian Fisk wrote (2 years ago):

  The William James Foundation has announced 8 competitions that together provide $100,000 in cash and in kind support for sustainable entrepreneurs. Entrants can be of any age or from anywhere in the world. First round deadline is December 4th. Details at: www.williamjamesfoundation.org/press.

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• Rhiannon Clifton wrote (3 years ago):

  Several of you have asked about the agenda and travel. Here's some info:
  The agenda is not finalized yet, but should be by the end of the first week of December (and hope to share it during the meet-and-greet dinner on 12/5). I am traveling to Silicon Valley next week, and hope to finalize things then. As far as plane tickets go, we'll be flying out of O'Hare on January 5 at 8:55 a.m. and we'll be arriving at O'Hare on January 16 at 7:05 p.m.
  

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• Rhiannon Clifton wrote (3 years ago):

  Thanks to Matt Gornick for figuring this out. In order for the payment page to work, you will need to use a University computer or be on the VPN. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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• Rhiannon Clifton wrote (3 years ago):

  The credit card payment page is up: http://tec.uiuc.edu/students/svregister.php

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• Rhiannon Clifton wrote (3 years ago):

  Thank you to everyone who attended the information sessions. Applications will be available soon and are due by 5:00 PM on October 22.

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