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Conference Agenda

8:00 a.m.   Registration and Continental Breakfast
Roselle Center for the Arts, Puglisi Orchestra Hall
 
8:30 a.m.  

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Bobby Gempesaw, Dean, Lerner College of Business and Economics

Introduction of Speaker
Ken Anderson, Director, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Support,
Delaware Economic Development Office

 
8:45-9:15 a.m.   Risk Taking and EntrepreneurshipMichael Schwartz, Owner and CEO, Mike's Famous Harley-Davidson, New Castle, Delaware
 
9:15-10:30 a.m.  

Panel Discussion—Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the First State

 
10:30-10:45 a.m.   BreakLerner College Tyler Atrium
 
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.   Business Plan Competition
Lerner College Case Rooms 125 and 126
 
12:30-1:45 p.m.  

Lunch
Center for the Arts, Puglisi Orchestra Hall

  • Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Patrick Harker, President, University of Delaware
  • Keynote Address: Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy—Carol A. Ammon, Founder and Former Chairman of the Board, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
2:00 p.m.   Announcement of 2008 Business Plan Competition Winners
University of Delaware