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Agenda

Session 1 - Ballroom B, Student Center
Friday, Oct, 14 (noon - 4:15 p.m.)

• 12:00 noon - Registration; T-shirts—registered students and speakers invited to lunch
• 1:00 PM - Welcome and Introduction
• 1:15 PM - Speaker: Mr. James Corman, entrepreneur, angel investor, Executive-in-Residence of the College of Business, Entrepreneur-in-Residence of the Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management in the College of Engineering
  Title: “Starting your next business”. Click here to read the lecture outline.
  
• 2:00 - 2:15 PM - Break
• 2:15 PM - Panel of experts on entrepreneurship—each will make a statement for 10-15 minutes—followed by Q&A from students
  Experts
  • Mr. James Corman - Entrepreneur, investor, former CEO, teacher and mentor
  • Mr. Robert L. Crutchfield - Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, company president
  • Mr. Gene Fuller - Entrepreneur, business founder, company owner
  • Mr. Kennie Matthews - Founder and CEO of Meridian Finance Partners, International financier
• 3:30 PM - Break
• 3:45 - 4:15 PM - ivention2venture Challenge to teams: Students assigned to teams, each team is given $100 seed funding, teams are challenged to start a business (legally and morally sound), produce income—work with your team as many hours you like before and after watching and enjoying the AU-Florida football game and festivities.

Session 2 - Room 2107, Student Center
Monday, Oct, 17 (7:00 - 9:00 p.m.)

• Debriefing Venture Creation Challenge.
• Lessons from the Challenge.
• Awards to the two top teams.