Join us for this highly engaging ideation session during which individuals and teams will be challenged and inspired to dream up ideas for how Artificial Intelligence can be used to improve the student experience at Penn State. These ideas can be the first step into the EdTech Network’s Nittany AI Challenge, a semester long challenge offering a pool of $100,000 to support the development of these ideas into reality. Experience with development and Artificial Intelligence is not required, only the willingness to think creatively and the ambition to solve problems. The Nittany AI Challenge is a program designed to inspire teams of Penn State students, faculty, and staff to develop and demonstrate how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning can be used to improve the student experience at Penn State and beyond. This is a semester-long program, that culminates in the summer of 2018, aimed at accelerating adoption of AI technologies and sparking creative, innovative ideas that solve real problems.
Register here.
You're Invited to Satisfy Your Need for Speed… Networking
Please join us for a speed networking activity coordinated by Mark Bamat from State College Young Professionals. This is a great way to introduce yourself and your company to a significant number of your peers in a relatively short amount of time.
Take advantage of this opportunity to make new connections or reinforce existing connections, and potentially open doors to numerous possibilities. Registration for this activity is limited to the first 40 individuals.
Katherine will tell the story of how she started and now sustains her design business, and will give startup advice and a workshop for artists and designers who want to start their own arts and design ventures.
Join us as a panel of alumni and Penn State faculty and staff share their compelling stories of how they faced challenges and used entrepreneurial thinking to ‘Flip the Story.’ Erin Weidemann — keynote speaker at the Business of Positive Change luncheon — will moderate a discussion with this diversely experienced panel. Kevin Snider, Chancellor of the New Kensington Commonwealth campus will share how entrepreneurship is helping to flip the story of a rust belt community; Aaron Lamphere (2015) will share how he is helping to change the story of underserved youth with the software startup he co-founded in the D.C. area; Leslie Laing, Director of Adult Learner Programs and Services in Student Affairs, will describe how she faced a life challenge that eventually led to her role at Penn State, advocating for adult learners who are flipping their own stories and finally, Farnese Motto will share how her background and life changing trip to Tanzania pushed her to create her start-up non-profit, LFCI. She will also share what her goals and objectives are in order to flip the lives of the young girls she plans to help.
Come, listen, and perhaps share your own ‘Flipped Story.’
Watch live on Facebook.com/InventPennState.
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment, with the Sustainability Institute, Office of Physical Plant, and the Rock Ethics Institute, presents Paul Hawken as keynote speaker for the Colloquium on the Environment. The title of his talk is "Drawdown, The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming."
Preregistration is required for this event: http://www.iee.psu.edu/paul-hawken
PLEASE NOTE: The State Theatre does not allow backpacks in the theatre.
Reception and Book GiveawayImmediately following Paul Hawken's presentation, there will be a reception featuring light refreshments and the opportunity to win a copy of Paul Hawken's latest book, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming.
To be eligible to win a copy of the book, you must be registered for the Colloquium on the Environment. You must be present at the reception to win.
Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Society (CIES) will host a mini case competition for individuals or teams to compete with each other. We will focus on real-life entrepreneurship and innovation issues and be looking for unique and innovative solutions!
Watch live on Facebook.com/InventPennState.
Come participate in the inaugural exhibition of 3D printed works from across the University and learn how faculty, students, and entrepreneurs are using 3D printing to innovate in their research and in different industries. Learn how Penn State alum RT Custer (IE’14), Co-Founder and CEO of Vortic Watch Co. (https://vorticwatches.com/), is using 3D printing technology to disrupt the watch industry by 3D printing custom watch cases for 100+ year old pocket watches. Participants in the 3D printing exhibition will be eligible to win a custom Vortic Watch!
Would you like to participate? Anyone who wants to show their printed works should drop them off at the Rouse Gallery (first floor, Stuckeman Family Building) between 9 a.m and 6 p.m. on November 13th and 14th.
The Garber Center for Venture Capital at the Smeal College of Business and the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship are co-sponsoring a TEDxPSU Action Surge Workshop. The workshop will be moderated by a representative of Action Surge, LLC, a company founded by a Penn State alumnus. A company devoted to promoting innovation in business, Action Surge specializes in helping entrepreneurs and innovators turn dreams into reality, and the Surge methodology is the answer to the question, “How do we help people act on their ideas?”
The Action Surge Blueprint is a ten-step process to help everyone take responsibility for their ideas and put them into action. This framework has been perfected with sociologists, psychologists, and even drill sergeants to overcome the barriers that hold people back from taking action. This two-hour session will take attendees through the Action Surge methodology.Run by students in the Entrepreneurship program, this fast-paced, interactive workshop will test participants' knowledge, creativity, and ability to think on their feet as they compete for prizes. The Creativity and Entrepreneurship Workshop will have four stations, each providing a fun and competitive event, such as:
Participants will move through each station, staying at each for about 20 minutes. Students manage each station and will act as judges, with prizes given out to winning teams or individuals.
Watch live on Facebook.com/InventPennState.
In a small town in Southern Appalachia, a trucker must decide if he will stand up and take action against sex trafficking at his truckstop.
“The Turn Out” melds the testimony of sex trafficking survivors, anti-trafficking activists, and truckers with the talent of film professionals to create an unflinching docu-drama of moral dilemma and personal connection in the local landscape of Glouster, Ohio, Athens County, and Mineral Wells, West Virginia.
Soup, salad, bread, and a vote.
This is what is behind CentreSOUP – New Leaf’s micro-granting, meal-sharing event that allows community members to pitch their creative ideas for small-scale projects with positive impact for our neighbors, colleagues, family and friends. Attendees get a chance to hear ideas, ask questions, and participate with a vote.
To register, click here.