From: Burton H Lee <[email protected]> Stanford Mechanical Engineering will be offering 'European Entrepreneurship and Innovation' once again this coming Winter Quarter. This 1-unit lecture series has been quite popular among the Stanford FSSA community in past years, since we cover a broad range of issues relating to startups, design-based innovation, venture and angel capital, corporate innovation culture and technology commercialization in all parts of Europe, including French-speaking Europe.
Best regards, Dr. Burton Lee, Course Instructor, ME Dept ============================================================================== European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders (ME421), Mondays 4:30-5:45pm, Jan 5 - Mar 9, 1-unit Seminar | Pass-Fail | No Prerequisites Course Website: http://me421.stanford.edu Course YouTube Video Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/StanfordEuropreneurs Winter Quarter 2015. The Dept of Mechanical Engineering is pleased to kick off Year 7 of its annual speaker series/seminar 'European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders' (ME421). Our first session starts on January 5 with a panel speakers from leading accelerators and VC firms discussing the startup scene in Ukraine and Russia. Enrolled students are invited to our after-class dinners to network and meet our European speakers in person (dinner participation offered on a limited first-come, first-serve basis, due to space restrictions). Open to undergraduate/grad students/post-docs in all Schools and Departments. Offered on Monday afternoons at 4:30-5:45 pm, "European ETL" presents CEOs/founders of leading European startups, venture capital firms, angel groups, design firms, technology corporations and accelerators. Confirmed and invited sessions/speakers this coming Winter Quarter include (partial listing): * Ukraine and Russia: Startups Under War and Invasion (with Igor Shoifot | Anna Degtereva, Happy Farm Accelerator, Kiev; Max Skibinski, Andreesen-Horowitz; others) * Scotland and Norway: Entrepreneurship in Oil Economies (with Jamie Coleman, Codebase, UK; Arne Tonning, Alliance Ventures, Norway) * European Market Entry Strategies for Startups (with Jenny Lawton, MakerBot; Bastian Purrer, Homejoy; Uber, Airbnb invited) * Bootstrapping Hot Gaming Startups in Serbia and Romania (with Branko Milutinovic, Nordeus; Cristi Badea, Mavenhut) * Internet of Things startups in Poland (with Jakub Kryzk, Estimote) * Co-Working Spaces in Berlin and Barcelona (with Max von der Ahe, Betahaus - Berlin; Jordi Subiras, Betahaus - Barcelona) * Tech Journalists in Europe (with Mike Butcher, TechCrunch Europe) Speakers in previous years have included Giuseppe Zocco, Partner, Index Ventures (Switzerland); Peter Vesterbacka, Angry Birds (Finland); Alexander Ljung, Co-Founder, SoundCloud (Berlin); and Peter Arvai, Co-Founder, Prezi (Hungary). ME421 is a 1-unit pass/fail Elective Course open to graduate and undergraduate students in Engineering, Medicine, Business, Law, Humanities & Sciences, Education and other Stanford schools. The course is also open to the public. No prerequisites. Stanford Mechanical Engineering partners with European national and regional governments (2015 partners to be announced) to offer this unique view into the state of entrepreneurship, venture capital and technology innovation in Western, Nordic, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean Region. Sectors covered include IT/software, clean tech (energy, environment), medical devices and life sciences, design, accelerators, incubators and venture capital, along with a broad view of challenges facing the European innovation ecosystem today. Please contact Course Director Dr. Burton Lee ([email protected]) for additional information. -- Dr. Burton H. Lee PhD MBA Stanford School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Lecturer Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/burtonlee Skype: innovarium -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
