Schedule for 2007-2008 (schedule for 2008-2009 TBA)

Competition Deadlines:
October 30 – notify Center for the Environment of your interest in participating (not mandatory, but requested)
December 7 – submit a signed notice of intent from your team to participate (in person at C4E, or email: environment@purdue.edu
February 4 – submit draft feasibility plan for your team’s service or product idea (in person at C4E, or email as a pdf file: laddb@purdue.edu
February 8 – final team selections announced
February 15 - final feasibility plans due (if updates from your initial draft submission are necessary)
March 1 – Teams present at Purdue during the Social & Environmental Entrepreneurship 2008 Idea-to-Product® Competition
April 4-5. National Competition. Hosted by Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA. C4E will cover travel/lodging for the top Purdue team

Spring semester skills sessions for 2007-2008

October 22. Learn about Intellectual Property. a student orientation given by a patent attorney. Room PHYS 112  4:30 to 5:20.

January 17. Conducting Your Team's Patent Research: Understanding How to Use Search Tools. MRGN 2nd floor computer lab, 6:30PM. Led by Nancy Clement, Interim Director of the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, Burton D. Morgon Center for Entrepreneurship at Purdue. VIEW THIS PRESENTATION VIDEO before attending the skill session. (windows media format: 22 minutes, describing use of the US Patent Office Search Engine Tool)

February 4. Conducting Your Team's Market Research with Hal Kirkwood, Associate Professor of Library Science. 4:30 - 5:20pm. HICKS Undergraduate Library, Digital Learning Collaboratory-lower level.

February 11. Making An Effective Team Presentation. 4:30 - 5:20pm, HICKS Undergraduate Library, Digital Learning Collaboratory-lower level.