Statewide Conference on Immigrant Entrepreneurship

The Statewide Conference on Immigrant Entrepreneurship is a collaboration of The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc and Babson College.

Register here.

Entrepreneurs = Wealth and Job Creation
 
Immigrants = Jet Fuel for Entrepreneurship in Massachusetts

Massachusetts immigrants are a proven driving force for entrepreneurship from neighborhood revitalization to increasing numbers of transnational businesses to innovation in science and engineering.  Come learn from and network with immigrant entrepreneurs, researchers and experts from the field.  They will present data, experiences, ideas and recommendations to accelerate immigrant entrepreneurship for economic and job growth in the Commonwealth.
Sessions include: 

• Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Neighborhood Revitalization
• Beyond the Bodega: Immigrant Entrepreneurs grow from Local to Global
• Immigrant Entrepreneurs in Science, Engineering and Technology
• Welcoming and Supporting Immigrant Entrepreneurs

• Jill Cheng
  Cheng & Tsui Publishers

• Alvaro Lima
  Boston Redevelopment Authority

• Vinit Nijhawan
  Serial Entrepreneur, Board Member, Global TiE

• Anne O’Callaghan
  Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

• Special Lunch Speaker – Dr. Jan Vilcek,
  New York University School of Medicine,
  co-developer of a breakthrough drug to treat chronic inflammatory diseases, President of the Vilcek Foundation.