Schedule

2016 Schedule

Tuesday, April 12

8 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome
8:35 a.m. Opening Remarks, Mitch Daniels, president, Purdue University (watch)
8:45 a.m. Keynote, Dennis Boyle, founding member of IDEO (watch) (download)
9:30 a.m. “Purdue’s Entrepreneurial Assets”, Dan Hasler, president, Purdue Research Foundation (watch) (download)
10 a.m. “Purdue Polytechnic Vision”, Gary Bertoline, dean, Purdue Polytechnic Institute (watch)
10:15 a.m.  “Innovation in Noblesville High School”, Don Wettrick, innovation coordinator, Noblesville High School (watch)
10:45 a.m.

Academic Innovation Panel (watch)

  • Gary Schoeniger, Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (download)
  • Maureen Weber, Project Lead The Way (download)
  • Cheryl Mitchell, Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship
  • Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue Polytechnic
  • Panel moderator: Matthew Lynall, Purdue
Noon Lunch
12:30 p.m. Lunch Presentation, “Entrepreneurial Mindset”, Gary Schoeniger, founder, Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (watch) (download)
1 p.m. Breakout groups on Academic Innovation
1:45 p.m. Breakout group presentation (watch)
2:45 p.m.

Industry Innovation Panel (watch)

  • Dawn Andrus, Controls Division Rolls-Royce (download)
  • Stuart Easley, Elanco
  • Chris LaMothe, Elevate Ventures
  • Todd Pederson, Interactive Intelligence
  • Panel moderator: Joe Pekny, Purdue University
3:45 p.m. Breakout groups on Industry Innovation
4:30 p.m. Breakout group presentation (watch)
5:15 p.m. Social Hour
6 p.m. Dinner
6:45 p.m. Student company spotlights, featuring Nishant Jain, co-founder of DIME (download); Robert Blott, CEO of Paperclip Fitness Inc. (download) ; and Yarkin Sakucoglu, CEO and co-founder at Socio Labs LTD. (during dinner) (watch)

Wednesday, April 13

8 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome
8:35 a.m. Keynote, Lesa Mitchell, founder, Network for Scale (watch) (download)
9:30 a.m.

Entrepreneurship Innovation Panel (watch)

  • Brandon Boynton, Student Entrepreneur (download)
  • Wil Davis, Ball State Innovation Corporation
  • John McDonald, CloudOne
  • Joe Adams, Interactive Intelligence
  • Panel moderator: John Hanak, Purdue Ventures
10:45 a.m. Breakout groups on Entrepreneurship Innovation
11:30 a.m. Breakout group presentation (top 3 ideas) (watch)
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1 p.m. Sum up the summit, Gary Bertoline, dean, Purdue Polytechnic Institute (watch)

 

Students will be in attendance in a poster-session-like atmosphere at all break times and meals for attendees to see some fascinating student innovations.