Event Details
Event Schedule
Friday:
5:00pm – Doors open – Mingle @ USI Open House delicious Chick-fil-A Dinner
6:15pm – Kickoff – Nancy Xiao, certified Startup Weekend facilitator
6:30pm – Bryan K Bourdeau, USI College of Business
6:40pm – Sarah Spear, Executive Director for Arch Grants
6:50pm – Debbie Dewey, President of GAGE
7:00pm – John Dement, Crane/NAVSEA – “T2 Program – Technology Transfer ”
7:20pm – Mayor Lloyd Winnecke
8:00pm – Pitches Begin – (60 seconds per person)
9:30pm – Mingle and voting
10:00pm – Team forming – start working!
11:00pm – Roll out
Saturday:
9:30am – Doors open. Breakfast served
10:00am – Teams continue working. Mentors arrive and begin working with teams.
1:00pm – Lunch & speaker; Kent Parker, COO, ARIBA, Inc. – “Change: Cloud Technologies and Communities”
1:30pm – Team check-ins
7:00pm – Dinner
11:00 pm – Roll out
Sunday:
9:30am – Doors open. Breakfast served
10:30am – Dr. Drew Peyronnin, Angel Investor – “Interview with an Angel Investor”
10:50am – Team work
12:00pm – Lunch
3:00pm – Gut check. Start prepping for presentations
5:00pm – FINAL PRESENTATIONS
7:00pm – Dinner
8:00pm – Judging & awards
9:00pm – Wrap up and go home!
Accommodations for Visitors to Evansville
Startup Weekend Evansville is pleased to announce that the following local hotels are offering special, discounted pricing for our out-of-town attendees:
Holiday Inn Express (just 2.5 miles from USI’s campus)
5737 Pearl Drive
Evansville, IN 47712
Special SWEvv rate: $77/night (reservation required by February 12, 2012).
Please call (812) 421-9773 to make your reservation.
Casino Aztar (along Downtown Evansville’s scenic Riverfront, only 6.3 miles from USI)
421 NW Riverside Drive
Evansville, IN 47708
Special SWEvv Rate: $119/night (reservation must be made by January 24, 2012).
Call (800) 342-5386 for reservations.
At either location, please be sure to reference the “USI Startup Weekend” block of rooms when you make your reservation.
We look forward to having you join us in Evansville!