Columbia Entrepreneurship

DEADLINE: PropTech Challenge Presented By REBNY (Funding)
2018-10-16
Build cutting-edge software solutions for real world challenges faced by NYC’s real estate market.
Developers are invited to build cutting-edge solutions in one of the following categories: Blockchain, Operations & Maintenance, Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) & Development, or Brokerage.
– Prizes: Up to $50,000 in cash and exposure
– Deadline: October 16, 2018
Learn more and register at proptech.devpost.com

Studio Hours at the Design Studio (Open Collaboration Time)
2018-10-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-11-13 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-11-27 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
OPEN TO ALL IN THE COLUMBIA COMMUNITY
Do you have an idea and want to get personal design thinking feedback from the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio? During Studio Hours, teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Studio. Teams of Columbia affiliates are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.

Alexander Osterwalder "How to Build Invincible Companies"
2018-10-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Columbia Startup Lab, 69 Charlton, New York
Interactive Lecture-Workshop on Corporate Innovation
“How to Build Invincible Companies”
With Internationally Recognized Thought Leader on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Dr. Alexander Osterwalder
author of
“Business Model Generation” and “Value Proposition Design”
Tuesday, October 23
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
(doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
Columbia Startup Lab
in the WeWork SoHo West Building 69 Charlton at Varick, NYC
Register Today!
hosted by
Columbia University Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design
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The Columbia Startup Lab
Join Alexander Osterwalder, one of the world’s most influential proponents of business model innovation for a highly interactive, lecture-workshop. Learn new frameworks for how large companies innovate through rapid experimentation with business models and value propositions. This hands-on experience will provide sneak previews and insights into the rough content of Mr. Osterwalder’s forthcoming book “Invincible Companies” (Nov 2019).
What You Can Expect to Learn:

What organizations need to do to survive and thrive in the rapidly changing business dynamics of today’s world.
How to design an innovation culture, innovation portfolios, and the corresponding organizational structures, while remaining world class at managing the existing business.
How to work with Business Model Mechanics that allow established multinationals to compete on better business models rather than just compete on new products, technologies, and price.

Register Today!
Sliding-scale workshop fee
$10 Columbia Alumni
$25 General Admission
Alex Osterwalder is co-founder of Strategyzer, an innovation powerhouse that helps organizations develop growth engines, better customer understanding, more attractive value propositions and powerful business models. Alex is the author of “Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers” and “Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want”and is No. 7 on the Thinkers50 list of leading management Thinkers in the world”

[Full Bio]
One of the world’s most influential proponents of business model innovation and value proposition design, Alexander (Alex) Osterwalder provides a framework for large companies and startups to innovate by rapidly experimenting with new business models and value propositions. He is co-founder of Strategyzer, an innovation powerhouse that helps organizations develop growth engines, better customer understanding, more attractive value propositions and powerful business models via online applications and blended online/offline courses.
Osterwalder invented the Business Model Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, Culture Map, and Business Portfolio Map, to help business people with practical tools to help address important strategic jobs. He simplifies the strategy development process, turning complex concepts into digestible visual models. As a result, a better language for identifying and communicating value is created and disseminated throughout an organization. Osterwalder’s talks – which illuminate the application of these practical tools with current market examples – consistently rank first or second among his peers at global conferences. By punctuating his informative speeches with humor and interactive exercises, Osterwalder establishes a deep and direct connection with audiences ranging from five to 5,000 and beyond, commanding high levels of participation, engagement and enthusiasm. His speeches further reveal how his business model and value proposition frameworks allow companies to grasp and maintain a competitive advantage in the midst of a crowded, or previously uncharted, industry.
A passionate entrepreneur, in 2010, Osterwalder co-founded Strategyzer, a leading innovation powerhouse that helps organizations develop growth engines, improve customer understanding, and establish more attractive value propositions and business models. His world-renowned Business Model Canvas is trusted by more than five million business practitioners from leading global companies, such as Coca-Cola, GE, Mastercard, Ericsson, Fujitsu, 3M, Intel and Microsoft, and is outlined in his international best-seller, “Business Model Generation” (Wiley, 2010), which was named among the 12 best business books of all time by USA Today. His second book, “Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want” (Wiley, 2014), continues the conversation by addressing how to find a better fit between a product and its intended market.
Osterwalder won the 2015 strategy award from Thinkers50 and currently ranks #7 among the top 50 business thinkers of the world. In 2013, he won the European Union’s inaugural Innovation Luminary Award. A frequent keynote speaker at Fortune 500 companies, Osterwalder travels the world discussing his ideas and strategies at leading universities such as Wharton, Stanford, Berkeley, IESE, MIT, KAUST and IMD. He holds a doctorate from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a founding member of The Constellation, a global not-for-profit organization aimed at eliminating HIV/AIDS and Malaria.

Columbia Giving Day
2018-10-24
GIVE HERE ON OCTOBER 24
Columbia Entrepreneurship is in the business of helping brilliant Columbian innovators make a positive impact on the world. Your generous gift directly supports these Columbian entrepreneurs as they plan, design, prototype, fund, and launch their ventures. To support all Columbia student and alumni entrepreneurs from all schools across campus, choose COLUMBIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP from the available lists of funds.

Health Tech Assembly Fall Social
2018-10-25 18:00 - 21:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
RSVP HERE
Join us in our Fall Networking Social on Thursday Oct. 25th, 6:00pm at Arts&Crafts Beer Parlor Morningside Heights.
Come and talk to people enthusiastic about Health Technology and enjoy food (on us). Find team members, enjoy snacks, and more!

Event: HackATL
2018-10-26 - 2018-10-28
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS
RSVP HERE
Since 2013, HackATL has attracted thousands of students from top undergraduate programs across the United States to build a business in 48 hours and pitch it to judges, angel investors, and venture capitalists. Students learned from and interacted with leading companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services who have sponsored us in the past, and we are excited to invite you to join us at HackATL 2018.
This year, participants will build ideas in one of the four categories – Technology, Health & Wellness, Social Innovation, and Arts & Entertainment – as we provide workshops in business, design, and technology to help you solve the world’s most pressing issues. Whether it be solving a lethal disease using AI, extracting energy from trees, or building an app for world peace – HackATL 2018 is the opportunity for you to explore next generation entrepreneurship amidst the brightest minds in the Southeast, as well as win up to $10,000+ worth of prizes to bring your startup to life.

How to Apply:
Application Link: hackatl.org/apply
Application Deadline: Sunday, September 30th
Location: Emory University, Goizueta Business School

It's About Damn Time: An Evening with Arlan Hamilton
2018-10-29 18:30 - 20:00
Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to women, people of color, and LGBTQ founders. Other venture capital investors see this as a pipeline problem. Arlan Hamilton sees it as the biggest opportunity in investment that no one is talking about.
The Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE) will be welcoming Arlan onto campus tonight at 6:30pm in the Lerner Cinema for a fireside chat on Arlan’s journey and vision for the stronger and more diverse future of venture investing and entrepreneurship.
With her venture firm, Backstage Capital, and a new $36 million fund for black female founders, Arlan is changing entrepreneurship in the U.S by investing in high-potential founders who are of color, women, and/or LGBTQ. Arlan built Backstage Capital from the ground up, while homeless. Arlan herself identifies as a Black queer woman of color.

Deadline: The 2019 EdTech Design Challenge | Brazil
2018-10-31
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS
APPLY HERE
The 2019 Ed Tech Design Challenge semester-long design challenge where 12 Columbia University students from across disciplines will work with clients to solve deeply entrenched K-12 education challenges in Brazil.
Includes a sponsored trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil in January 2019
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14 week SIPA design course @ the Design Studio
Teaching Team: Sarah Holloway (SIPA) and Joseph Heritage & Adam Royalty (The Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio)
Applications are due October 31
Apply here!

Check out last year’s 2017-2018 EdTech Design Challenge here

Information Session
When:
Oct 15, 6pm – 8pm
Where:
Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio
MLK Administrative Building of the Riverside Church
4th Floor, Room 430
(Entrance mid-block on 120th Street between Claremont Ave and Riverside Drive)
For more information: Joseph Heritage | jlh2241@columbia.edu

APPLICATION DEADLINE: PowerBridge NY
2018-11-01
OPEN TO: Columbia-employed researchers, post-doctoral candidates, and Ph.D. candidates
APPLY HERE
PowerBridgeNY is a proof-of-concept center (of which Columbia University is a partner) that provides up to $150K to validate and commercialize emerging clean energy innovations. All Columbia-employed researchers, post-doctoral candidates, and Ph.D. candidates are eligible to serve as Principal Investigators and may apply for this funding opportunity.

Transformation of Internet Business - The Role of Data, Technology and Policy (Event)
2018-11-08 12:00 - 14:00
OPEN TO ALL
REGISTER HERE
Thursday, November 8th, 12:00-2:00 pm
Room 1510, International Affairs Building, Lunch will be provided
Please join John Battelle, Co-founder and CEO of NewCo, for a discussion on the evolving journey of technology companies. Battelle will analyze in depth the role of data, technology and public policy in driving the success of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple, as well as emerging trends and challenges in the field. Best known for his work creating media properties, Battelle founded Federated Media Publishing and served as CEO and Chair. Battelle was also the Co-Founder, Executive Producer and Program Chair of the Web 2 Summit, the Chairman and CEO of Standard Media International (SMI), publisher of The Industry Standard and TheStandard.com, and Co-Founding Editor of Wired magazine and Wired Ventures. His book The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture is an international best-seller. Register Now

Foundations for Research Computing Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Eric Xing, Professor, Department of Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon University Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Scientist, Petuum, Inc.
2018-11-08 16:00 - 18:00
OPEN TO ALL

REGISTER HERE

Thursday, November 8, 2018

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Lecture
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Reception
Brown Institute | 2nd Floor, Pulitzer Hall (2950 Broadway)

Dr. Eric P. Xing is Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist at Petuum Inc. He is a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the Associate Department Head for Research of the Machine Learning Department and the Founding Director of the Center for Machine Learning and Health at CMU. For his distinguished contributions in AI/ML, he was elected a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).

Dr. Xing is a thought and innovation leader in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. His principal research interests are in the development of machine learning and statistical methodology and large-scale computational system and architectures, for solving problems involving automated learning, reasoning, and decision-making in high-dimensional, multimodal, and dynamic complex systems. His pioneering research has created numerous AI/ML foundational techniques, such as the Parameter Server, distance metric learning, distributed network inference, dynamic networks, dynamic nonparametric Bayesian models, spectral graphical models, and variational inference. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications, while receiving multiple Best Paper Awards.

Dr. Xing is a board member of the International Machine Learning Society, program chair and general chair of the International Conference of Machine Learning (ICML), and a former member of the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Advisory group. He is the recipient of numerous awards including: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award; Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science; United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award; and the IBM Open Collaborative Research Faculty Award.

Exploring AR Applications for Customer Service (Call for Projects)
2018-11-09
Check out other Open Calls with NYC Media Lab.

Spectrum: Exploring AR Applications for Customer Service. How will the booming AR market improve customer service across enterprises? NYC Media Lab is seeing graduate student teams to partner with Spectrum to ideate and brainstorm how AR can help consumers interact and engage with Spectrum products. The selected teams will explore compelling use cases, develop a proof of concept, and advise and make recommendations on what may be achievable in the next two to three years.

Award: $5,000 per team.
Application deadline: Friday, November 9, 2018

Autonomous Vehicles: State of Tech and Policy (Event)
2018-11-09 16:00 - 17:00
OPEN TO ALL
RSVP HERE
November 9, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Warren Hall, Room 404, Columbia University
1125 Amsterdam Ave
RSVP required
Columbia’s Mobility Futures initiative is excited to present a keynote lecture from Prachi Vakharia (Womanium, Society of Automotive Engineer, Transportation Research Board) on the tech, engineering standards, and regulatory frameworks that are enabling testing and deployment of connected & automated vehicles. This event is free and open to the public, though RSVP is required. Please direct any questions to mobilityfutures@columbia.edu.

Application Deadline: Techstars Lisbon
2018-11-11
OPEN TO ALL
APPLY HERE
Techstars Lisbon in partnership with Semapa Next
Techstars Lisbon in partnership with Semapa Next will invest in startups that are bringing Digital Transformation to the following key areas: Industrial & Environmental Tech, Smart Transportation, Travel & Leisure Tech.
Applications Open: NOW!
Application Deadline: Nov 11, 2018
Start of the Program: Mar 4, 2019
Demo Day: May 29, 2019

Spark Workshop - Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities
2018-11-13 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
RSVP HERE
Social Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities: Breaking Generational Cycles of Poverty
Facilitated by Elizabeth Dettke ’19CSSW
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
6-8 p.m.
Refreshments included with RSVP
Uris Hall, Room 329
3022 Broadway
New York, NY
OVERVIEW
In 2014, Elizabeth Dettke and Christine Nyirahabimana started a social enterprise bakery in Rwanda, hiring 10 HIV positive single mothers as their employees. The business was an immediate success and after six months, all employees were able to double their monthly incomes. However, starting a business is no easy task. During a drought, they had to temporarily cease operations due to rising commodity prices. Even more devastating was that the business lost 3 of its employees to AIDS. These would be difficult setbacks for any start-up, but Christine and Elizabeth are determined to make their social enterprise sustainable.
This workshop will discuss how to make a micro social enterprise profitable and viable. It will focus on the importance of staff development, capacity building, and knowledge transfer. How does one ensure a small business in a rural setting has the necessary tools to thrive? For how long and to what extent is outside funding helpful and necessary? The Duterimbere Bakery hires women who have been historically marginalized from their communities. What type of support do such initiatives need from a policy and market perspective?
AREAS FOR DISCUSSION

How do you make a micro social enterprise sustainable?
How do you scale a micro social enterprise in a rural community?

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Elizabeth Dettke is a Masters candidate at Columbia University’s School of Social Work where she majors in social enterprise administration and minors in business. She completed her undergraduate studies in foreign affairs and French at the University of Virginia and served in the Peace Corps in Rwanda where she supported the launch of the women-run social enterprise, the Duterimbere Bakery.
Thereafter, she worked for the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee before joining DAI’s (Development Alternatives Incorporated) business development team. DAI was voted best social sector consulting firm in 2017 and is one of the United States Agency for International Development’s largest implementing partners. The work took Elizabeth to Afghanistan, Tunisia, and Madagascar where she worked on 5 to 60 million-dollar proposals for donor-funded projects in private sector development, livelihoods, conservation, service delivery, and decentralization.
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Spark Workshops provide social entrepreneurs with an opportunity to explore resources, connections, and potential solutions to help their social ventures. These workshops tap into the collective knowledge within Columbia University and the larger entrepreneurial and social impact community.
Workshops are open to all who are willing to bring their ideas, experience, and connections to help solve social and environmental challenges that these social innovators aim to address.

Data Science Institute-Industry-Innovation Seminar: Johnson & Johnson
2018-11-14 10:30 - 12:00
OPEN TO ALL

REGISTER HERE

Amel Lageat, Senior Director, Consumer Business: “People centric approach to optimize Data Science, Commercial impact and Leadership”

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
10:30AM – 12:00PM
Schapiro CEPSR, Davis Auditorium (412)

Abstract: In a world of Infobesity, analysts, engineers, professionals, executive leaders, and people now have access to more data and analytics opportunities that we can ever make sense of. However, a genuine people centric approach can provide the sharpest guidance in designing relevant strategies and solutions: it makes data, models, and analytics more meaningful and purposeful, and also leads to marketing and commercial impact in global organizations. In this talk, I will use various business examples to discuss this premise, including negative targeting (voluntarily deciding to not advertise to a person), the UX of marketing mix modeling (who is the real user?), and servant leadership to data experts (what does it look like?).

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Bio: Amel Lageat is heading up Global Analytics for the Johnson &Johnson Consumer Division. She has spent the last 20 years leading various commercial organizations within J&J (Marketing, Market research and analytics), in France, the UK and the US. Her recipe for impact is a fruitful combination of data, curiosity and empathy.

How Cities Spur Entrepreneurship and Innovation
2018-11-14 12:00 - 14:00 | SIPA Building Room 1512, New York
Join Us For This
Special Entrepreneurship Event

Wednesday, November 14th
12:00pm-2:00pm
Room 1512, SIPA Building
Free Registration
John Dearie, Founder of the Center for American Entrepreneurship and Euan Robertson, Director of Planning Columbia Technology Ventures and former EVP New York City Economic Development Corporation discuss how city governments are fostering entrepreneurship and innovation,including a case study on Amazon HQ2 bid – and how the Columbia Community can leverage key tools and instruments implemented by cities. Moderated by Hollie Russon Gilman Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Faculty of International, this event is for students and founders looking to tap into every resource possible to help launch their ventures.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Seed Funding: How to Get a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award (Event)
2018-11-14 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL
REGISTER HERE
Each year, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards commits more than $1 billion in non-dilutive capital, backed by the Department of Defense and other agencies such as the Depts of Energy, Education, Commerce, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Transportation, Aeronatics, the Science Foundation and the EPA.
Successful ventures are exploring multiple markets while retaining their original vision and mission. Selectively adding defense and other civic tech applications to use-cases can create powerful opportunities to “do well by by doing good.”
Learn practical strategies for securing government funding, partnering with DoD for product and customer development support, and exploring national security as a market for your current product and service offerings.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Columbia University Startup Lab
WeWork SoHo West Building 69 Charlton Street, NYC

Panel

Colonel Greg Coleman, MD5 Acceleration Portfolio Director, Department of Defense
Warren Katz, Managing Director, Air Force Accelerator powered by Techstars
Anita D’Amico, CEO, Code Dx
Kirk Burton, Defense Acquisition & Policy Analyst @ Department of Defense SBIR Office, ByteCubed
Moderator: Jason Cahill, Founder, McCune Capital, and Associate Professor, Columbia University

Schedule

Doors Open: 6:00
Panel: 6:30 – 7:20 pm
Q&A: 7:20 – 7:30 pm
Social: 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Biographies
Colonel Greg Coleman is the Acceleration Portfolio Manager at MD5. Greg is responsible for growing and maturing civil-military technology ventures. The Acceleration Portfolio’s programs give entrepreneurs access to critical resources, including non-dilutive capital, design and engineering support, mentorship, and commercial and DoD research and development infrastructure. In addition to his role at MD5, Greg is a startup founder who Is active in the early stage technology ecosystem, has raised multiple financing rounds, and graduated from the TechStars accelerator.
Warren Katz is Managing Director of the Air Force Accelerator powered by Techstars. Prior to Techstars, Warren was President of Neurala, a leading Artificial Intelligence company that develops The Neurala Brain, an edge-based AI framework with continuous learning. He co-founded MÄK Technologies in 1990 (which was acquired by VT Systems of Alexandria, Virginia in December 2006). He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering from MIT. Some of Katz’s investments include Harmonix, GrabCAD, Neurala, Oblong, Bevi, LovePop, and PetNet.
Anita D’Amico is CEO of Code Dx, Inc., a spin-out of Applied Visions, Inc. (AVI). Anita created the Secure Decisions division of Applied Visions, Inc. in 2000, to develop new technologies to enhance cyber situational awareness, and built it into a recognized leader in government-sponsored cybersecurity research. In 2015 Code Dx, Inc. was spun out as a separate company to commercialize the results of two SBIR contracts in application security. A recent Forbes article named Anita D’Amico as one of “five cool women in security” who serve as role models for young women entering the field. She is a human factors psychologist, a specialist in cybersecurity situational awareness, and a security researcher. Anita has been awarded close to $8M is SBIR funding.
Kirk Burton is Program Manager, Technology Vision & Analytics at ByteCubed. With experience in Department of Defense technology development and rapid prototyping, Kirk’s expertise includes DoD acquisition and contracting, organizational analysis and root cause analysis; as well as small business incubation/acceleration. Kirk is a Cofounder of the Thunderdome Project, a non-profit organization devoted to creating a high tech ecosystem to solve national security problems.
Jason McCune is a network design engineer by training, an experienced manager, an Army veteran who served with Special Forces, an empathetic customer advocate, and a product-focused leader that loves to think big. An MBA at Carnegie Mellon sparked his passion for tech, and for data-centric, mission-driven companies solving “real problems.” He’s always enjoyed helping teams and has long been an advisor/mentor/advocate for entrepreneurial ventures in various organizations. His investments have spanned sectors, but always gravitate toward high-performing operators.
Organizations
DoD MD5 collaborates with partners from the venture community and major research universities to provide solutions to the national security problems and accelerate the pace of innovation for the DoD.
DoD SBIR The mission of the SBIR program is to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of Federal research funds.
Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars is an accelerator focused on commercially viable startups with dual-purpose technologies – including counter-drone, education, training, and recruiting applications (e.g., AI, AR/VR, gamification).
Code Dx integrates numerous open-source solutions for application vulnerability management. Anita has leveraged SBIR to build her business without giving up equity, while developing both private and public sector customers.
McCune Capital seeks audacious builders keen on disrupting older industries with new technologies.
Columbia Entrepreneurship is dedicated to harnessing the entrepreneurial talent of Columbia University’s students, faculty and alumni.

Data Science Institute Poster Session: Smart Cities
2018-11-14 18:00 - 20:00
Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 407 (Data Science Institute)

The Data Science Institute invites you to poster session that will highlight some of the recent and current research done by our centers. Open to the public an larger Columbia community. Light refreshments provided.

Event Contact Information:
Data Science Institute
212-854-5660
datascience@columbia.edu

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Pre-proposals for Lab-to-Market Accelerators | Life Sciences
2018-11-15
BRINGING YOUR IDEAS TO LIFE…
Moving cutting-edge university research out of the lab to benefit society
Accelerator programs aim to catalyze innovation via support to interdisciplinary engineer / scientist / clinician teams, with the goal of increasing the potential for private investment towards continued product development, clinical testing, and, ultimately, improved patient care and healthcare outcomes.
Selected teams work closely with business, legal and regulatory experts to define commercially-relevant hypotheses for research towards technical and business proof-of-concepts.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Project funding, education and support for interdisciplinary teams working to advance innovative ideas with the potential to positively impact health outcomes.
THERAPEUTICS / DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Accelerating Cancer Therapeutics | ACT
Translational Therapeutics Resource | TRx
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES / DEVICES
Biomedical Technology Accelerator | BiomedX (formerly Columbia-Coulter)

Fast Pitch Competition
2018-11-15 17:30 - 19:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
APPLY HERE
Learn more here.
Fast Pitch is Columbia Engineering’s annual elevator pitch competition where teams have 60 seconds to sell their business ideas to a panel of judges. Your elevator pitch could be the most important words that describe your business. If you are not able to hook your investors, partners, or customers within the first minute, then you have likely lost them forever. The Fast Pitch competition will help your team improve your marketing, sales, and promotional capabilities. Teams are judged on their appeal, conciseness, and completeness. Attendance and participation is free. As for the experience, it is priceless!

DEADLINE: #NextGenCup Challenge
2018-11-16
OPEN TO ALL
JOIN HERE
Join the #NextGenCup Challenge, run in partnership with Starbucks, McDonald’s, Closed Loop Partners, and OpenIDEO.
The goal of this Challenge is to design solutions that answer the following question:
How might we design the next generation fiber cup to be recoverable on a global scale, while maintaining the performance standards we know and trust?
Solutions can be submitted between October 9, 2018 and November 16, 2018. The winning solutions will be announced in February 2019 and will receive a portion of $1 million in funding based on key milestones. Up to six of the most promising winners will receive the option to advance to a business accelerator program.

Havas: The Future of NYC Transportation (Call for Projects)
2018-11-16
Havas: The Future of NYC Transportation. Transportation is key to movement, access, and connections. Havas will partner with NYC Media Lab to launch an open call for NYC universities to imagine the future of transportation in cities. Key challenge questions include: How will technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision shape the future of transportation in cities? How will data and technology transform how we experience, access and move within cities?

Award: $5,000 per team
Application deadline: Friday, November 16, 2018

Panel Discussion on "Smart Speakers and Journalism"
2018-11-16 17:00 - 18:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
REGISTER HERE
Voice assistants are changing the way people search for and consume content. By one estimate, half of the adults in the US make use of voice interfaces – for now, mostly on their smartphones. But with the steady improvement of voice recognition, smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo, Google Home, Apple’s HomePod constitute new platforms for accessing information. How will journalism fare in this new ecosystem? Obviously, a direct reading of news stories written for the print or the web will tax the capabilities of current speech synthesis – not to mention the patience of a listener. In this discussion, we will get an overview of the current voice experience ecosystem and hear about the voice promised land: why voice interfaces are so powerful and alluring and what the future will look like. We will also hear about first hand experiences from folks at The Washington Post and NPR.

2018 CleanTech Innovation Showcase
2018-11-19 09:00 - 16:30
OPEN TO ALL
RSVP HERE
You’re invited to the 2018 CleanTech Innovation Showcase hosted by Columbia Technology Ventures, Columbia Engineering, the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and the Earth Institute at Columbia University. This inaugural event will highlight advancements by Columbia researchers in clean technology including waste conversion, fuel production, wastewater treatment, sustainable energy storage and batteries, environmental microbiology, data analytics, and smart cities. Please join us for a day of in-depth panel discussions, presentations, and startup pitches.

Data Science Institute Poster Session: Foundations of Data Science
2018-11-19 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL

RSVP HERE

Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 407 (Data Science Institute)

The Data Science Institute invites you to poster session that will highlight some of the recent and current research done by our centers. Open to the public an larger Columbia community. Light refreshments provided.

Event Contact Information:
Data Science Institute
212-854-5660
datascience@columbia.edu

Data Science Institute Poster Session: Financial & Business Analytics
2018-11-26 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL

REGISTER HERE

Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 407 (Data Science Institute)

The Data Science Institute invites you to poster session that will highlight some of the recent and current research done by our centers. Open to the public an larger Columbia community. Light refreshments provided.

Event Contact Information:
Data Science Institute
212-854-5660
datascience@columbia.edu

Data Science Institute Poster Session: Computing Systems
2018-11-28 18:00 - 20:00
