GNAM Unconference on Entrepreneurship
Hosted by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Day of Arrival, Saturday, August 27
20:30 Dinner at Rondo Restaurant of Dan Carmel Hotel
Day 1, Sunday, August 289:00 – 9:45
Opening Comments
Avishai Mandelbaum, Dean, IE&M, and William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion – Israel Instutite of Technology
Edward Snyder, Indra K. Nooyi Dean and William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management (session coordinator)
Miriam Erez, The Mendes France Chair of Management & Economics, Technion
Greeings Prof. Boaz Golany, Vice President for external affairs and resource development
9:45 – 10:00
Survey Results
Kyle Jensen, Associate Dean and Shanna and Eric Bass ‘05 Director of Entrepreneurship & Senior Lecturer (session coordinator)
The meeting will open with time for attending deans to offer opening remarks and summarize the results of pre-conference survey. Faculty participants have been asked to complete a survey of what their schools are doing in entrepreneurship (i.e., courses, extra-curricular activities, clubs, career support for entrepreneurs, etc.) The information gathered from the survey will be distributed to attendees and serve as the basis for the start of the meeting.
The first day will be structured as an unconference wherein the conference attendees will determin in “real time” what topics to address in each session. The first session will be all together, the second and third sessions in parallel, and the fourth session all together.
10:00 – 11:00
Entrepreneurial Pedagogy: Teaching Entrepreneurship
Faculty, Alumni & Students
Suresh Bhagavatula, Chairperson, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development, NSRCEL, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (session coordinator)
Possible topics for discussion or presentation include the following:
- What kinds of courses are offered at GNAM instutitions? How is entrepreneurship taught and by whom?
- To what degree is entrepreneurship education interdisciplinary at GNAM institutions? To what degree is it international?
- Is entrepreneurship taught outside the member’s department, e.g. in a school of engineering? And how can entrepreneurship education foster collaboration between schools of management and other schools on campus?
- What are the needs of students at member schools? Are they different for students who want to become entrepreneurs and students who “just” want to be entrepreneurial? There is a scarcity of leaders in academia who combine both the research and practical knowledge needed to educate entrepreneurs and intrepreneurs.
11:00
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 – Session II & III Parallel Sessions
Session II: Entrepreneurial Research (Faculty)
Miriam Erez (session coordinator)
Possible topics for discussion or presentation include the following:
- Discussion on what kind of research is being completed
- Collaboration of faculty from across GNAM to research and write on shared topics of interest
Session III: Extra-Curricular Entrepreneurial Activities (Students & Alumni)
Kyle Jensen (session coordinator)
Possible topics for discussion or presentation include the following:
- What programs or clubs have been the most beneficial to students?
- How could schools better assist or facilitate their students’ extra-curricular programs?
13:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30
GNAM: How to Utilize Our Network to Advance Entrepreneurship (Faculty, Alumni & Students)
Zoltan Antal-Mokos, Dean of Degree Programs, ESMT (session coordinator)
Possible topics for discussion or presentation include the following:
- Collaboration by various stakeholders (faculty, students, staff, alums) on research, teaching, and extracurricular activities
- Student venture competitions between schools
- Exchange of students and/or faculty over the summer to work on their ventures, exchange ideas, collaborate on research
- Entrepreneurship executive education exchange programs at GNAM schools
15:30 – 16:30
The Technion Eco-System for Entrepreneurship (Faculty, Alumni & Students)
Presentation of the “Runway Program” the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, NYC, by Adam Shwartz – Director.
Start-up MBA Program, the Bronica Center for Entrepreneurship, the Knowledge Center for Innocation and other activities in other faculties to enhance the entrepreneurship eco-system at the Technion. Learn whether there are collaborations across faculties to promote entrepreneurship.
16:30 -17:30
Visit the Technion accelerator
17:30
Tour Haifa city, then return to hotel
19:00
Dinner at El Gaucho
Day 2, Monday, August 29
10:00
Visit to MassChallenge Israel
11:00
Visit to JVP
12:00
Lunch and tour of Jerusalem
16:00
Visit to Microsoft Accelerator Herzlia
18:00
Dinner in Restaurant Guests in Aosfiia, a Druse village
Day 3, Tuesday, August 30
9:00 – 12:00
Discussions and Reflections on the Day 1 Sessions and Day 2 Visits
The purpose of this day is to synthesize what we have discussed on the first day and provide attendees an opportutnity to develop plans for working together after the conference. One speaker from each rbeak-out session will highlight conclusions, reflections and opinions from the Day 1 sessions they participated in. Then, one participant will lead a discussion about ways in which GNAM schools can work together on each particular topic. This is an opportunity to reflect, develop further action and follow-up on any questions:
- 9:00 – 10:00 Entrepreneurial Pedagogy
Kar Yan Tam, Dean, HKUST (session coordinator) - 10:00 – 11:00 Entrepreneurial Research
Ernesto Amoro, Co-leader of the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Research Group, EGADE (session coordinator) - 11:00 – 12:00 Extra-Curricular Entrepreneurial Activities
Ryan Schill, Director of the INCAE Latin American Center for Entrepreneurs (session coordinator)
12:00 – 13:30
Reflection over lunch on Day 2
Rhonda Shrader, Director, Entrepreneurship Program, Haas – UC Berkeley (session coordinator)
13:30 – 15:30
Edward “Ted” Snyder (session coordinator)
Open discussion and re-designing the educational program of entrepreneurship and innovation across the globe
15:30 – 16:30
Joshua Yindenaba Abor, Dean, University of Ghana Business School (session coordinator)
Opportunities for collaboration (joint PhD programs; join research projects; joint students’ projects)
16:30 – 17:00
Closing Session
Avishai Mandelbaum, Session chairperson
List of Attendees
|
First Name |
Last Name |
Affiliation |
Title/Position |
|
Joshua Yindenaba |
Abor |
University of Ghana Business School |
Professor/Dean |
|
Jaime Roberto |
Aguilar Interiano |
EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey |
MBA Student |
|
Kolawole |
Akinboye |
Lagos Business School |
EMBA student |
|
Felix |
Cardenas |
EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey |
Director, Centro de Innovación y Emprendimiento |
|
Zoltan |
Antal-Mokos |
ESMT Berlin |
Professor, Dean of Degree Programs |
|
Eyal |
Arad |
Technion MBA Alumni |
Videocites CEO |
|
Sachidananda |
B S |
Indian Institute of Managment Bangalore |
PhD Student, Corporate Strategy and Policy Area, IIM Bangalore |
|
Suresh |
Bhagavatula |
Indian institute of Management Bangalore |
Assistant Professor |
|
Orla |
Byrne |
University College Dublin |
Assistant Professor |
|
Miriam |
Erez |
Technion |
Prof. Emerita |
|
Paul |
Cubbon |
Sauder School of Business, UBC |
Instructor of Marketing and Behavioral Science |
|
AHAMEFUNA |
EUSEBIUS AGBO |
LAGOS BUSINESS SCHOOL |
ALUMNI |
|
Ulrich |
grosse Prues |
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School |
Student |
|
Kamayani |
Gupta |
IE Business School |
IMBA Student |
|
Avril |
He |
FreshDesign Culture Communication (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd |
CEO |
|
Eitan |
Hochster |
Yale School of Management |
Student |
|
Johannes Thomas Maria |
Jaeger |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Student |
|
Kyle |
Jensen |
Yale School of Management |
Associate Dean and Director of Entrepreneurship |
|
Jerry |
Mao |
Renmin University of China School of Business |
Dean |
|
Amir |
Kaplan |
IE business school |
Alumni |
|
Dmitry |
Kharchenko |
ESMT |
Execurive MBA Student/Chief Technology Offcier in FinLeap |
|
GIFTY |
KORANTENG-ADDO |
CEO OF GRANDEUR CONSULT TRAVEL AND TOURS |
MS |
|
EDITH |
LAADI AKATI |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL |
STUDENT |
|
Dovev |
Lavie |
Technion |
Vice Dean |
|
Jiatao |
Li |
HKUST |
Senior Associate Dean/Chair Prof |
|
Qin |
Lisheng |
Renmin University |
MBA Student |
|
Yariv |
Lissauer |
Leap |
CEO |
|
Xianghua |
Lu |
Fudan University |
Dr. |
|
Junjie Scott |
MA |
Pony Village Incubator |
Managing Partner |
|
Chua Nan Sze |
Marie-Antonie |
NUS Business School |
Director - Graduate Studies |
|
Adriana |
Miguel Ventura |
FGV-EAESP-Brazil |
Professor |
|
Philipp Dennis |
Niederhagen |
ESMT |
Alumnus |
|
Lindsey |
Nguyen |
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School |
Alumna |
|
Nene Eberemateme |
OLAOLUWA |
Mrs |
MD/CEO |
|
Henrietta |
Onwuegbuzie |
Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University |
Dr |
|
Edieal |
Pinker |
Yale University |
Deputy Dean |
|
Patricia |
Resio |
Yale School of Management |
Senior Administrative Assistant |
|
Robespierre |
Reyes Pineda |
EGADE Business School |
Founder |
|
Chagit |
Rubinstein |
KIEDF |
VP |
|
Rajiv |
Sawhney |
Indian institute of Management Bangalore |
COO, NSRCEL (Alumni) |
|
Ryan |
Schill |
INCAE - COSTA RICA |
Professor |
|
Anna |
Shatalinsky-Medina |
Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
MBA Student |
|
Rhonda |
Shrader |
University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business |
Director, Entrereneurship |
|
Marcos |
Singer |
Pontificia Universidad Catolica (PUC) de Chile |
Full Professor |
|
Edward A. |
Snyder |
Yale School of Management |
Dean |
|
Kar Yan |
TAM |
Professor |
Dean, HKUST Business School |
|
Matthias Alfred |
Tietz |
IE Business School / IE University |
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship |
|
Ning |
Xin |
ShengJing Group |
Senior Consultant |