Program

Friday, October 21

5:00 Optional Lawrence University campus tour
6:00 Dinner

Saturday, October 22

7:30-8:15 Breakfast
8:15-8:45 Opening remarks

8:45-10:45 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centers and Programs
Sharon Alpi, Millikin University, Center for Entrepreneurship

Mary Avery, Ripon College, Creative Enterprise Consultants

John Brandenberger, Lawrence University
Robyne Hart, Director, ACM Chicago Program on Business, Entrepreneurship and Society
10:45-11:00 Break

 11:00-12:15 Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and the Liberal Arts (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 40kB Oct27 11),Jerry Gustafson, Beloit College
Economics of Innovation course and the Innovative Minds program,Dan Johnson, Colorado College
 Bringing Alumni Innovators Back to Campus: Exploring Creative Careers in Class,Doug Caulkins, Grinnell College
The Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators,Mona Nelson and Rebecca Burkes, Luther College
12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:30-3:30 Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Follow-on patenting in the pharmaceutical industry, and
New patent data for research,Alan Marco, Washington and Lee University
Innovation under the Climate Wise Program (PowerPoint 1.1MB Dec13 11),Brad Graham, Grinnell College (with Keith Brouhle and Donna Ramirez-Harrington)
The role of geography in innovation,Dan Johnson, Colorado College
4:30-5:30 Keynote Address
The World Schumpeter Made: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the New Economy,David Hounshell, Carnegie Mellon University
6:30 Dinner

Sunday, October 23

8:00-9:00 Breakfast

9:00-10:00 Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship in a Liberal Arts Curriculum,Les Dlabay, Lake Forest College
Sociological Perspectives on Social Entrepreneurship,Amy Singer, Knox College
Social Entrepreneurs of Grinnell,Doug Caulkins, Grinnell College
10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-12:00 Closing discussion on incorporating I&E into the liberal arts curriculum
Jerry Gustafson, Beloit College
Mark Montgomery, Grinnell College
Tomas Nonnenmacher, Allegheny College
David Hounshell, Carnegie Mellon University