Entrepreneurship, Scalability, and Emerging Markets - D'Amore-McKim School of Business 

9:00-9:15AM

Introductions and Conference Overview 

9:15-9:30AM

Welcome from Dean Hugh Courtney, D’Amore-McKim School of Business

9:30-10:00AM

Keynote Speaker, Scott Bailey, Managing Director, MassChallenge Boston

10:00-10:15AM

Break

10:15-11:15AM

Special Topic: “Social Entrepreneurship”

Gordon Bloom, Faculty Director, SE Innovation Lab for US & Global Health;
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Harvard Innovation Lab 

Sara Minard, Executive Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation,
D’Amore-McKim School of Business 

11:15AM-12:00PM

Panel #1 –“Scalability, Entrepreneurship, and Emerging Markets”
Sophie Bacq, Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation,
D’Amore-McKim School of Business
John Dencker, Associate Professor, Management and Organization Development,
D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Ravi Ramamurti, Distinguished Professor of International Business and Strategy;
Director, Center for Emerging Markets, D’Amore-McKim School of Business

12:00-12:30PM

Lunch

12:30-1:00PM

Keynote Speaker, Daniel Isenberg, Founding Executive Director, Babson
Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project; Associate, Harvard Kennedy School of
Government; Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School

1:00-2:30PM

Panel #2 – "The Industry Side of Things"
Moderator: Ravi Ramamurti, Distinguished Professor of International Business
and Strategy; Director, Center for Emerging Markets, D’Amore-McKim School of
Business                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Venkat Srinivasan, Founder and Chairman, EnglishHelper
Phil Michaels, Chief Executive Officer, Tembo Education
Jeff McCarthy, Partner, NorthBridge Venture Partners

2:30-2:45PM

Break

2:45-3:30PM

Workshop – Professor Miriam Erez, Mendes France Chair in Management and
Economics, Technion

3:30-5:00PM

Panel #3 – "The Student Perspective"
Moderator: Tucker Marion, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Group; Director, Innovation Masters programs; Co-Director, Institute for Global
Innovation Management, D’Amore-McKim School of Business                                                                        
Kiera Haining, IDEA
Nathan Hulsey, SCOUT
Fabrizio Martini, IDEA Venture, Electra
Gabriella Silva, IDEA Venture, Esportudo

5:00-7:00PM

Reception – Alumni Center

716 Columbus Avenue, 6th Floor

Boston, MA 02120