Agenda

Thursday, April 20

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Dinner, UMUC Inn and Conference Center

Friday, April 21

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
Outside 1511 Van Munching Hall

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome by Dean Howard Frank, Maryland

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Entrepreneurial Origins

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Geography and Entrepreneurship

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, 3rd Floor Lobby

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venture Capital

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Interplay Between institutions and Entrepreneurial Firms

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception, UMUC Inn and Conference Center

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Dinner and Talk
Mauro Guillen, Wharton
UMUC Inn and Conference Center

Saturday, April 22

7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast, Outside 1511 Van Munching Hall

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Entrepreneurial Firms and Strategic Alliances

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Trust, Disillusionment, and Survival/Mortality

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, 3rd Floor Lobby

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Learning to Survive

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Thought Leaders' panel on Entrepreneurship Research
Howard Aldrich, Univ of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Kathleen Eisenhardt, Stanford University
Mauro Guillen, The Wharton School
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wrap-Up and Conclusion

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner for those staying over night, UMUC Inn and Conference Center