|
<< RETURN TO CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Seminar Series:
The Role of Entrepreneurship in Solving World Problems
Panel Discussion on Solving Problems in Environment and Sustainability, International Affairs, and Human Health
Date:
Wednesday, February 28th
Time:
4:30-6:00 PM
Location:
William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 200, Stanford University (view map)
Host:
Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)
Registration:
None
Cost:
Free
Overview:
Research discoveries only become solutions with an entrepreneurial approach that gets them out “out of the lab” and into the real world. In an extraordinarily thought-provoking session, Professor Tom Byers will engage some of Silicon Valley’s greatest minds in an informal, impassioned discussion of how entrepreneurship is essential to solving today’s world problems. The panel will consist of a leading scholar and an esteemed entrepreneur for each of three critical areas: the Environment and Sustainability, International Affairs, and Human Health.
Enjoy free food and beverages afterward at a reception and showcase featuring Stanford technology innovations that have had world impact.
Panelists are:
ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY
KR Sridhar, CEO, Bloom Energy
Jeff Koseff (bio), William Alden and Martha Campbell Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Kavita Ramdas (bio), CEO, Global Fund for Women
Coit D. Blacker (Chip) (bio), Director and Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
HUMAN HEALTH
Brook Byers (bio), General Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers
Paul Yock (bio), Director of the Stanford Biodesign Program, Stanford University
MODERATOR
Tom Byers (bio), Professor in the School of Engineering and Faculty Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University
This event is a combination of Stanford's celebration of EntrepreneurshipWeek USA and the popular weekly Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson Entrepreneurial Thought Leader seminar series (http://etl.stanford.edu).
This event is free and open to all students across campus, as well as the general public.
<< RETURN TO CALENDAR OF EVENTS
|
