Entrepreneurship Week
Connecting industry experts and university students
University of Michigan (UM)-Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Joint Institute (JI) inherits the strengths of two great universities of the world. While SJTU is a pioneer in entrepreneurship education in China, global leadership of UM is well-known. The JI Centre For Entrepreneurship (CFE) along with partners from SJTU units and industry organized the "Entrepreneurship Week" from Sept 4-7 2018 in Shanghai. This week offered a great learning opportunity on various aspects of entrepreneurship, such as corporate entrepreneurship, design thinking, social entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, emerging opportunities for entrepreneurship in Shanghai and the Belt and Road region. The sessions involved in-depth immersion experiences, field visits to incubators/startups and lectures by experts from all over the world.
Day 1 - Technology Entrepreneurship
- 9:00 - 10:30 Welcome Session
- Welcome by Prof. Peisen Huang, Dean, UM-SJTU Joint Institute
- Speech by Prof. Weiming Wang, Vice President, SJTU
- Video welcome by Mr. John Wu, Chief Advisor of the JI CFE
- Keynote Speaker: Hocking Xu
- Keynote Address by Michael Condry, ex-Intel Global CTO and President IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society
- 10:30 - 11:00 Tea/Coffee Break
- 11:00 - 12:30 Session 1: Corporate Entrepreneurship
- 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
- 13:30 - 15:00 Session 2: Biomedical Technology
- 15:00 - 15:30 Tea/Coffee Break
- 15:30 - 17:00 Session 3: AI Projects
- 17:00 - 18:00 Session 4: Entrepreneurship as a Career
- 18:00 Banquet Dinner
Day 2 - Practicum Visits
- 9:00 - 10:00 Intro to Incubators at neoBay
- 10:00 - 11:30 Travel to firstbuild
- 11:30 - 13:30 Lunch Meeting at firstbuild
- 13:30 - 14:30 Travel to HC Club
- 14:30 - 16:30 International Entrepreneurship Forum - organized by HC Club
Day 3 - Social Entrepreneurship I
- 9:00 - 9:10 Welcome: Prof. Chien-Pin Chen, Associate Dean & Professor (UM-SJTU JI)
- 9:10 - 10:30 Session 1: Drones and Robots for Healthcare
- 10:30 - 11:00 Tea/Coffee Break
- 11:00 - 12:20 Session 2: Portable Health Clinic
- 12:20 - 13:20 Lunch Break
- 13:20 - 14:40 Session 3: Blockchain for Social Business
- 14:40 - 15:10 Tea/Coffee Break
- 15:10 - 16:30 Session 4: Information Systems for mHealth in Developing Countries
- 16:30 - 18:00 Session 5: Global Challenge
- 18:00 Dinner
Day 4 - Social Entrepreneurship II
- 9:00 - 10:00 Concluding Session
- 10:00 - 11:30 Travel to SIIDI
- 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
- 12:30 - 14:30 Design Thinking for Social Change (SIIDI)
- 14:30 - 15:00 Tea/Coffee Break
- 15:00 - 18:00 Shanghai Immersion Experience (SimpliCity)
115 people from 15 countries participated in Entrepreneurship Week 2018
It was a great success! Next, Entrepreneurship Week 2019 (EW2019) will be held in AIT-Bangkok, Thailand in the first week of September 2019. For details on EW2019, please contact Dr. Faiz Shah at faizshah@gmail.com.
