July 10, 2012 – 5:30 pm – 8:30pm US/Pacific

Join us for a unique opportunity to learn how three of Silicon Valley’s leading organizations nurture entrepreneurship and grow new startups to exploit major business opportunities they have identified.

Senior executives from the following organizations will describe some of their corporate entrepreneurship programs and processes, issues, trends, opportunities and challenges: SRI International (which Business Week once described in the following way “SRI is Silicon Valley’s soul. It was… and is the foundation for the Valley’s seething climate of innovation.”), IBM (celebrating its 100 year anniversary and still one of the world’s leading companies, with extensive research and internal entrepreneurial activity), and Cisco (one of Silicon Valley’s leading technology firms known for its aggressive growth strategy that includes both acquisitions and incubating new firms that target key growth markets).

Speakers:
- Jim Spohrer--Innovation Champion and Director of IBM University Programs, IBM Research – Almaden.
- Stephen Ciesinski—Corporate Office and VP of Strategic Business Initiatives, SRI International.
- Christopher Thompson--Senior Director, Business Incubation, Emerging Technologies Group.


This event is organized by the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Entrepreneurship and Learning of Silicon Vikings.



Agenda
5:30 – 6:15: Networking, food and drinks
6:15 – 8:00: Brief presentations, discussion and Q&A
8:00 – 8:30: Networking



We look forward to seeing you, a warm welcome! Since we have limited space, register early to make sure you won’t miss out on the session.


SPONSORS & PARTNERS
A Special thanks to Lars Johansson and Foley & Lardner for their generous sponsorship of the Entrepreneurship and Learning SIG and to Richard Allan Horning and SNR Denton for hosting the event.

Organizer Silicon Vikings SIG Entrepreneurship & Learning