Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship returns to KC

The Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship returns to Kansas City on May 15-16. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), in collaboration with the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), are hosting the fifth annual Symposium aimed towards offering a forum to continue the advancement of social…

The Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship

The Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship returns to Kansas City on May 15-16.

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), in collaboration with the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), are hosting the fifth annual Symposium aimed towards offering a forum to continue the advancement of social entrepreneurship

The two-day symposium will feature workshops, panel discussions and speakers from KC and beyond. Featured speakers include Kate Garman, legal innovation analyst for KCMO Mayor’s Innovation Office, President/CEO Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Wendy Guillies, Barbara Bichelmeyer, Provost & Vice Chancellor, UMKC and more.

Breakout sessions and workshops are organized into three tracks to help attendees focus on a specific area of entrepreneurship:

  • Introduction to social entrepreneurship, identifying and assessing social entrepreneurship opportunities, and legal issues in social entrepreneurship
  • Building communities and fertile and sustainable ecosystems for social entrepreneurship ventures
  • Pursuing, funding and managing social entrepreneurship business models in non-profit organizations.

The event begins on May 15 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center and concludes on May 16 at the Henry W. Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

The final day will feature The Aaron L. Levitt Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, a pitch competition featuring several entrepreneurial initiatives developed by UMKC students. Students from the university will present their socially entrepreneurial initiatives before a panel of judges and the audience, both of which will have the opportunity to assess each proposal and rate it for its feasibility and potential for long-term community benefit and impact.

Registration information

Fifth Annual Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship
May 15-16, 2017
$85

Visit the UMKC website to register or for additional information.

This story is part of the AIM Archive

This story is part of the AIM Institute Archive on Silicon Prairie News. AIM gifted SPN to the Nebraska Journalism Trust in January 2023. Learn more about SPN’s origin »

Get the latest news and events from Nebraska’s entrepreneurship and innovation community delivered straight to your inbox every Wednesday.