Abbott Auditorium, Darden School of Business
Tuesday, October 11, 2011









To encourage broad community engagement with the Jefferson Innovation Summit, there will be a number of free, public events, including a simulcast of the Rotunda Dialogue, a screening of an acclaimed documentary about America’s modern start-up economy, and a lively panel discussion featuring an eclectic array of local entrepreneurs. These events will also be open to the media.

SCHEDULE

  3:00 pm
Public viewing of the Summit’s Rotunda Dialogue
The Summit kicks off with a lively, televised debate among a cross-section of leaders from business, government, non-profits, media, and academia. This will be moderated by CNBC’s Tyler Mathisen. The public viewing will be available via simulcast in Darden’s Abbott Auditorium.

  5:30 pm
Reception and refreshments
  6:30 pm
Documentary film screening:
Something Ventured: Risk, Reward and the Original Venture Capitalists
Something Ventured tells the creation story for an industry that went on to become the single greatest engine of innovation and economic growth in the 20th century.
  8:00 pm
Panel discussion, “Finding the Spark”
Darden’s Philippe Sommer, director of the Batten Institute’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, will moderate a conversation with a panel of local entrepreneurs to consider the opportunities for building a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem. Panelists include: Moderator: Philippe Sommer directs the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at UVA’s Darden School of Business. Previously Sommer was a founding partner of WestMed Venture Funds, publicly registered life-sciences venture-capital funds affiliated with CIBC/Oppenheimer, Inc. He has also served as director of business development in the medical products group for Pfizer, Inc. Sommer has extensive experience in fund management, venture capital, private investments, M&A, and licensing and technology transfer.


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