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International Entrepreneurship Conference 2010
Entrepreneurship Development

Entrepreneurship Development Forum at Great Lakes presents
The intellectually stimulating, socially responsible and
financially rewarding

2nd International Entrepreneurship Conference on

“Incubating Innovation & Entrepreneurship”


The Great Lakes International Entrepreneurship Conference encourages all ideas about inspiring, nurturing, supporting and ultimately incubating the Entrepreneurship in India and abroad. This involves the innovations, idea prototyping and eco-system creation for the budding entrepreneurs which may help them to attain their goals easier and faster. The conference will encompass the outlook of academicians and industrialists to present pros and cons of the present Indian Entrepreneurship platform.

The theme of Conference is encouraged from the foundation of i-Lab, an initiative of Great Lakes Entrepreneurship Development Forum to be launched on the same day, to create the missing link of Entrepreneurship. i-Lab will provide a unique platform for the idea & dressing it up into a Start firm through Business modeling. A business model describes the rationale of how organization creates, delivers, and captures value. The term business model is thus used for a broad range of informal and formal descriptions to represent core aspects of a business, including purpose, offerings, strategies, infrastructure, organizational structures, trading practices, and operational processes and policies. It is the building block for any startup firm and getting the model right for the startup is crucial. Surprisingly 99 percent of the firms have no clear framework for describing their model. i-lab will create this missing link through channelizing the ideation and business modeling process for budding entrepreneur to pave the way for success easier and faster.

The conference will address the theme in holistic manner by bringing together thought leaders from academia and real entrepreneurial ecosystem. It provides a platform to exchange and share the knowledge among the various entrepreneurial ecosystem players like entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, academic researchers, entrepreneurial professionals. The conference would comprise of keynote addresses, panel discussions and academic thought sharing presentations. Keynote speakers and members of panel discussions include faculty from famous business schools, renowned entrepreneurs, policy makers, VCs and angel investors.

Agenda

January 13th 2009
9.30 - 10.30 AM

Session 1: Hall 1 & 2

  1. Invocation, kuthuvilakku, ponnadai etc
  2. Opening remarks: Dr.Bala.V.Balachandran's Address
  3. Conference context setting - Prof Ashok Vasudevan
  4. IEC Inauguration: Formal inauguration of the Innovation Lab by Chief Guest Mr P R Venketrama Raja, Vice Chairman, Managing Director and CEO, Ramco Group of Industries.
  5. i-Lab Brief by Prof Veeravalli
  6. Chief Guest Address: key note address on the conference theme
  7. Memento to the chief guest: by Dr Bala
  8. Vote of thanks
10:30 - 10:55 AM Tea/Coffee Break
11:00- 1.00 PM

Session 2:

Track of Academics and Industry: Hall 1 & 2
  1. Address by Mr. Johann Wong (USA) on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Mr Wong is an Incubator, entrepreneur and a big champion of incubator networks in USA. He is also a great speaker
  2. Address by Ms. Sweta Mangal (Mumbai) on Social Entrepreneurship. She is the CEO of 1298. The country's largest private Ambulatory Service. She is a great example of a social entrepreneur and funded by Acumen the world's premium social VC fund.
  3. Address by Mr. Abhishek Humbad (Bangalore) on Young-age Entrepreneurship: He is the young founder & CEO of NexGen ( an IIM B Incubatee, still in the incubator). He has incubated his company while at campus and runs an alternate energy (Bio Mass Company).
  4. Address by Dr Kalpana Sankar (Chennai\Bangalore) on Women Entrepreneurship: Kalpana is the Managing Director of Belstar Investment and finance Pvt Ltd., a non-bank finance company based in Bangalore, India. It is the "microfinance delivery arm" of Hand in Hand, a nongovernmental charitable organization that "aims to reduce poverty through creating jobs in microfinance, education, health, and information."
Parallel Track of B-model Presentation: Hall: 4
5 presentations: 20 min each team (15 min presentation, 5 min QnA)

Judges panel:

  1. Mr Ramaraj, CEO, Sequoia Capital
  2. Mr. Sameer Mehta, CEO, Atlas Advisory
  3. Dr. Saibaba, Head, IGCAR Training School,
  4. Mr Rajesh Sukumaran, Investment manager for Mercatus Capital's India operations
1.00 - 2.00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 3.30 PM

Session 3:

Track of Academics and Industry: Hall 1 & 2
  1. Address by Mr. Linus Liang on Entrepreneurship. He is the CEO and co-founder of Embrace Global, a Bangalore based incubator company.
  2. Address by Ms. Nina Kaushik on Women in Entrepreneurship. She is the co-founder of Quantum Market Research - pioneers in qualitative market research in India since 1980s.
  3. Address by Mr. Hetal Gandhi on Entrepreneurship Finance. He is the founder and CEO of VC firm Tano Capital.
Parallel Track of B-model Presentation: Hall 4
3 presentations: 20 min each team (15 min presentation, 5 min QnA)

Judges panel:

  1. Mr Ramaraj, CEO, Sequoia Capital.
  2. Mr. Sameer Mehta, CEO, Atlas Advisory.
  3. Dr. Saibaba, Head, IGCAR Training School,
  4. Mr Rajesh Sukumaran, Investment manager for Mercatus Capital's India operations
3.30 - 4.00 PM

Session 4: Hall 1 & 2

Address by Mr Ajit Kumar Chordia, Director, Khivraj Automobiles (P) Ltd., Chennai
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM Tea/Coffee Break
4:30 PM

Session 5: Valedictory.

  1. Nirman 2010 - Business Modelling competition - final winners' presentations and awards ceremony.
  2. Valedictory Address: Mr R Ramaraj, Senior Advisor with Sequoia Capital India and co-founder of Sify

Partners:

IEC 2010 - IIT Madras IEC 2010 - TIE IEC 2010 - NEN
IEC 2010 - tastybite IEC 2010 - MARG IEC 2010 - IGCAN

International Entrepreneurship Conference 2010


 
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