{"id":7941,"date":"2011-08-10T12:29:13","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T12:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=7941"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:00:13","slug":"entrepreneurial-youths-to-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/08\/entrepreneurial-youths-to-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurial Youths to Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You asked for it! In a recent poll, attendees of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engr.uconn.edu\/theconnection\/eventsfunctions.php\">Innovation Connection<\/a><\/em> networking events asked for more activities centered on renewable energy themes, innovation success stories, and student involvement.<a href=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/connection2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8020 img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"connection2\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/connection2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"245\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/245;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Thursday, September 15<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>, in conjunction with the Michael McPhee Lecture Series, our <em>Innovation Connection<\/em> event will feature a panel discussion among five UConn students, who will discuss their entrepreneurial journeys and the range of UConn resources that helped them transform their great ideas into commercial products and processes.<\/p>\n<p>Following the panel discussion, attendees can take advantage of the networking social and tour high tech green energy laboratories in the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2).<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is invited\u2026students, faculty, business professionals and friends!<\/p>\n<p>In addition to UConn researchers and students, experts from the commercialization community will be on hand, including business development advisors, intellectual property lawyers, incubation experts, personnel from the UConn R&amp;D Corporation and the Office of Technology Commercialization, officials from Connecticut Innovations and investors.\u00a0 Don\u2019t miss this exciting event!<\/p>\n<table width=\"587\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><em>Location:<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.uconn.edu\/\">Center for Clean Energy Engineering<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">UConn Depot Campus<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">44 Weaver Rd., Storrs, CT\u00a0 06269<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">860-486-9204<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><em>Time:<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">3-4 p.m. Panel Discussion: student entrepreneurs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">4-6 p.m. Networking and C2E2 Lab Tours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><em>Transport:<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Dedicated free bus service will be available for those wishing to travel to\/from the Storrs campus and C2E2.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Look for additional details on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engr.uconn.edu\/theconnection\/eventsfunctions.php\">website<\/a> and the next issue of emagination in coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You asked for it! 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