Wheaton’s third annual Entrepreneurship Summit is a vibrant, interdisciplinary event designed to foster entrepreneurship among students of all majors, nurture an entrepreneurial mindset, encourage collaboration, facilitate networking, and support continuous growth and development to promote student success.

Connect with more than 20-plus business and organization leaders. Last year’s event featured speakers and partners from Peloton, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Medical School, MIT, Brown University, among others, as well as organizations such as the Better Business Bureau and Mass Fintech Hub.

The summit’s theme: The Bridge Forward: Connecting Alumni, Cultivating Allies & Creating Collaborative Futures for Students’ Purposeful Careers.

Free and open to all students, faculty, staff, and members of the community.

Overview

9:30–10:30 AM:
Registration, Breakfast, Networking, and Partners & Career Marketplace (Lobby)

10:30–11:20 AM:
Welcoming Remarks by President Michaele Whelan, Provost Jonathan Millen, and Faculty, Live Music, & Keynote Speaker

11:30–12:20 PM:
Panel 1: Art, Music, Film, Media, Tourism, Sports, & Social Impact Enterprises (Hindle)
Panel 2: Rethinking Healthcare, Biosciences, & Engineering (Filene)

12:30–1:20 PM:
Panel 3: Finance, Accounting, Sales, Computer Science, & Technologies (Hindle)
Panel 4: Law, Politics, Real Estate, Education, Business, & Community Development (Filene)

1:30–2:30 PM:
Lunch Bites & Networking