1. Education for Innovation and Entrepreneurship In partnership with the Bissett School, MRU, Haskayne School, U of C and Calgary Technologies December 13 2010

2. Workshop Objectives • To bring together a representative cross section of the organizations that offer entrepreneurial and innovation education in Alberta to share their experiences; • To share ideas for improving the impact of these programs .

3. Agenda - 1 • 8:30 Introduction • 8:40 Opening keynotes • 9:45 BREAK • 10:15 Graduates remarks, Chair – Alex Bruton • 11:00 Current Alberta programs, Chair - Sandra Malach • 12:00 LUNCH

4. Agenda - 2 • 1:30 Current Alberta programs, Chair - Peter Josty • 3:00 BREAK • 3:30 Panel discussion, Chair – Alex Bruton • 4:30 Rapporteur – Cooper Langford • 4:45 Reception, networking • 5:30 Close

5. Rapporteur….1 Knowledge - Tacit or codified? (know what vs how-who) (tacit is key) - There is no prescription - Guidance not teaching - Share knowledge - Importance of the cohort - It takes a village 5

6. Rapporteur..2 Ecosystem is important - Can we measure outcomes - need this to set goals - Alberta government has multi-ingredient system to support - In innovation ecosystems - coordinate roles - Is education on target? Is it the receptor system that’s weak? 6

7. Rapporteur…3 Other messages - Entrepreneurship - passion and hard work, not money driven- What level of entrepreneurship? - Educate for innovation - beyond the firm founders in entrepreneurship 7

8. Rapporteur…4 • Programs • - At all levels: talk to customers; talk to successful entrepreneurs. • - AB has programs at all levels: ‘primary school’ to PhD. • F/T, P/T, short, on-demand. • - Content isues to consider: mindset & experience; self-organized learning; framework to achieve leaps in understanding. • A course can operate over spectrum: self-org. to structured. • SIFE lesson: Never unerestimate the students.

9. www.thecis.ca/IandE