Event Program – Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium 2014
Friday, October 10, 2014, 8 am to 2 pm
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
8:00 am to 8:40 am |
Registration, Reception and Continental Breakfast |
8:45 am to 9:00 am |
Welcome and Overview W. David Tarver, Founder, Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative |
9:00 am to 9:05 am |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker Marcus Harris, ProsperUs Detroit |
9:05 am to 9:30 am |
Keynote Address Dr. Jeffrey Robinson, Academic Director, Rutgers University Center |
9:35 am to 10:20 am |
Panel 1: Urban Entrepreneurship Case Studies Moderator: Forrest Carter, Associate Professor of Marketing, Eli Panelists: Steve Bock, Business CEO, Shinola Mike Evans, Senior Developer, Loveland Technologies Noam Kimelman, Co-Owner, Fresh Corner Café Sheila McBride, Founder, GradeCheck Mike White, General Manager, Uber/Michigan |
10:20 am to 10:30 am |
Break |
10:30 am to 11:10 am |
Panel 2: Community Engagement Methods Moderator: Marlo Rencher, Panelists: Brian Flanagan, Managing Director, U-M Ross Leadership Initiative Sebastian Jackson, Founder, The Social Club Grooming Company Christopher Prater, Co-Owner, Thrift On The Avenue Nick Tobier, Associate Professor, U-M Penny |
11:15 am to 11:50 am |
Panel 3: Student-Led Entrepreneurship Moderator: Matt Gibson, Associate Director for Student Ventures, U-M Panelists: Justine Sheu, Myles Morgan and Justin Cook, Jamarr Hill and Erica Hill, “Transwer” |
11:50 am to 12:00 pm |
Break |
12:05 pm to 12:45 pm |
Panel: Facilitating Urban Entrepreneurship Moderator: Leslie Smith, President and CEO, TechTown Panelists: Stella Safari, CEO, Startup Effect Jamie Shea, Managing Director for Investments, Mission Throttle Tiffany Sadek, founder, Sadek Legal Yvette Jenkins, owner/operator, Love. Travels. Imports. |
12:50 pm to 1:00 pm |
“Innovate Blue: Michigan’s Commitment to Entrepreneurship Education,” |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Luncheon Program |
1:20 pm to 1:30 pm |
Welcome and Remarks, Tom Frank, Executive Director, U-M Center for |
1:30 pm to 2:00 pm |
Luncheon Keynote: A Conversation with Jill Ford, special counselor to |