education for innovation and entrepreneurship
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Education for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In partnership with the Bissett School, MRU, Haskayne School, U of C and Calgary Technologies December 13 2010. Workshop Objectives. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Education for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
In partnership with the Bissett School, MRU, Haskayne
School, U of C and Calgary Technologies
December 13 2010
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Workshop Objectives
• To bring together a representative cross section of the organizations that offer entrepreneurial and innovation education in Alberta to share their experiences;
• To share ideas for improving the impact of these programs .
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Agenda - 1
8:30 Introduction
8:40 Opening keynotes
9:45 BREAK
10:15 Graduates remarks, Chair – Alex Bruton
11:00 Current Alberta programs, Chair - Sandra Malach
12:00 LUNCH
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Agenda - 2
1:30 Current Alberta programs, Chair - Peter Josty
3:00 BREAK
3:30 Panel discussion, Chair – Alex Bruton
4:30 Rapporteur – Cooper Langford
4:45 Reception, networking
5:30 Close
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Rapporteur….1
Knowledge - Tacit or codified? (know what vs how-who)
(tacit is key)- There is no prescription- Guidance not teaching- Share knowledge- Importance of the cohort- It takes a village
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Rapporteur..2
Ecosystem is important
- Can we measure outcomes - need this to set goals
- Alberta government has multi-ingredient system to support
- In innovation ecosystems - coordinate roles
- Is education on target? Is it the receptor system that’s weak?
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Rapporteur…3
Other messages
- Entrepreneurship - passion and hard work, not money driven
- What level of entrepreneurship?
- Educate for innovation - beyond the firm founders in entrepreneurship
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Rapporteur…4
Programs- At all levels: talk to customers; talk to successful entrepreneurs.- AB has programs at all levels: ‘primary school’ to PhD. F/T, P/T, short, on-demand.- Content isues to consider: mindset & experience; self-organized learning; framework to achieve leaps in understanding.A course can operate over spectrum: self-org. to structured.
SIFE lesson: Never unerestimate the students.
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