2009 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference is Coming to Rice University

The 2009 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference, will be hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship at Rice University, October 15-17, 2009. It will be two and half days of learning, sharing best practices, networking and new ideas for education, business development and center development. I’ve embedded a video above, where you can learn about the Rice Alliance, the conference and Houston.

The line-up of confirmed speakers is quite impressive!

Bernard Harris

Vesalius Ventures

The Harris Foundation

NASA Astronaut

Jack Gill

Vanguard Ventures

The Gill Foundation

Michael Holthouse

Prepared 4 Life

Lemonade Day

Paranet

Catherine Rohr

Prison Entrepreneurship Program

Jeff Sandefer

Founder, Acton MBA Program

Sandefer Capital Partners

The intent of the GCEC is to provide a coordinated vehicle through which participating members can collaborate and communicate on the specific issues and challenges confronting university-based entrepreneurship centers.

For more information about the conference, visit the Conference website – http://www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/Home1.asp