UVM, Tech Council, VCET to Host Twelfth Annual Invention 2 Venture (I2V) Conference on April 6

UVM alum Scott Bailey '09 will be the keynote speaker at the conference on April 6.

UVM, Tech Council, VCET to Host Twelfth Annual Invention 2 Venture (I2V)

Conference on April 6; MassChallenge Executive Director Bailey to Keynote

The University of Vermont, the Vermont Technology Council, and the Vermont

Center for Emerging Technologies will host the twelfth annual Invention 2

Venture (I2V) Conference on April 6 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Dudley H. Davis

Center on the UVM campus.

Registration is required. (See: https://www.regonline.com/i2v17)

The goal of the conference is to provide an engaging setting where industry

leaders can share with entrepreneurs, would-be entrepreneurs, potential

investors, the private sector, researchers, government officials, and

students the information and resources that have made them successful.

There will be twelve roundtable sessions, with topics ranging from

“Pitching and Pitch Decks” to  “Finding your Funding Pathway” to

"Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs" to “Building a Sustainable Vermont

Start Up.” When you register, you have the option of choosing three out of

the twelve roundtable sessions. Each of the sessions is 30 minutes, with a

15-minute buffer for finishing conversations and networking between sessions.

The event's keynote speaker is UVM alumnus Scott Bailey, Executive Director,

North America, at MassChallenge, a non-profit startup accelerator on a

mission to help entrepreneurs win without taking equity. MassChallenge also

gives out over $2M in equity-free cash prizes. Bailey's topic is “Creating

an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem.”

For more information, see:  2017 UVM I2V Conference

(http://www.uvm.edu/uvminnovations/?Page=I2V/default.php)