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Global Venture Challenge 2008

Submitted by: John Warner on Feb 29, 2008 at 7:16 pm Tagged with: award, Entrepreneur, Innovation Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

April 2-4, 2008
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Seventeen Teams Selected for Semi-Final Round

Global Venture Challenge 2008 is an educational event designed to foster entrepreneurial spirit by engaging students, industry, government and the investment community in the discovery and development of innovative ideas. The focus of this year’s event is on energy, one of the world’s most critical issues.

Last week seventeen teams were selected to move on to the Semi-final Round of the Global Venture Challenge I2P competition. This includes teams from the following schools:

Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Imperial College (UK)
Johns Hopkins University
Louisiana Tech University
Merrimack High School in New Hampshire
Purdue University
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
University of Akron
University of California, Berkeley, two teams
University of Missouri - Rolla
University of Tennessee, two teams
University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia
Yale University

If you would like to attend the team presentations, register today! This event will be held on the premises of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. REGISTRATIONS MUST BE IN NO LATER THAN MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008, to allow enough time for security clearance.

For more information and to register, visit www.globalventurechallenge.org.