UT Dallas Innovation Opportunity Camp

June 15-26, 2009

http://innovation.utdallas.edu/opportunitycamp.php

Through the generous support of the Texas Instruments Foundation, full or partial scholarships will be available for students who qualified for financial aids. The Innovation Opportunity Camp will be held at the School of Manangement on the UT Dallas campus. The program will be taught by UT Dallas faculty, entrepreneurs, venture capital and private equity investors and selected service providers.

Did You Know?

That innovation drives our economy â€" new industries and new companies create more than 80 percent of new jobs.

Have you ever wondered...

Where great ideas come from?

What it is like to be your own boss...to start and build a successful enterprise?

Would you like to learn about...

Entrepreneurship as a career option?

How entrepreneurs start and build successful new ventures?

How venture capitalists and professional investors fund new companies?

Entrepreneurship education at UT Dallas?

Would you like to enhance your resume for college applications?

If so, UT Dallas' Innovation Opportunity Camp is for you...

Meet and interact with successful entrepreneurs â€" learn how they did it.

Make new friends from area high schools â€" learn together in a fun environment:
- Where do great ideas come from?
- How do you protect your intellectual property?
- How do you turn your great idea into a plan for a new business?

Team-based activities â€" each team mentored by a UT Dallas graduate student
- Computer-based business simulation game
- Business idea competition
- Recreational activities

Develop presentation and communications skills â€" learn how to pitch your ideas to investors.

See cutting-edge science and research in action: semiconductors, nanotechnology, microelectronic. mechanical systems (MEMS), digital arts and video games development.

Taught by UT Dallas entrepreneurship faculty, professional investors, entrepreneurs.

The UT Dallas Innovation Opportunity Camp has been designed for incoming high school juniors, seniors, and 2009 graduates from area high schools. Applications will also be accepted from college-bound high school graduates. The camp will be held on the campus of the University of Texas at Dallas, in Richardson, Texas on June 15-26, 2009. Sessions will run daily, Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The UT Dallas Innovation Opportunity Camp is a program of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT Dallas. Financial support for the camp has been provided by a grant from the Texas Instruments Foundation.

The cost of the two-week program is $895, which includes course materials, daily lunches, a camp T-shirt and awards. A $50 non-refundable deposit will be required with the application. Need-based scholarship assistance is available (separate application).

http://innovation.utdallas.edu/opportunitycamp.php