Oak Ridge Global Venture Challenge, March 24-26

Oak Ridge NL is again sponsoring the Global Venture Challenge, March 24-26, in cooperation with Meritus Ventures, and others. Entrepreneurs are invited to pitch energy and security ideas. Details are here.

ORNL Global Venture Challenge winners

Teams from Purdue, Clark Atlanta-Morehouse and Duke won top prizes in the fourth annual Global Venture Challenge at Oak Ridge NL, with presentations focusing on LED chips, plastics and biofuels. The event is supported by DOE Industry Technologies program. ORNL release here.

ORNL Global Venture Challenge March 25-28

The ORNL Global Ventures Challenge is shaping-up to be one of, if not the foremost entrepreneurial education program in the state. As they put it, "Global Venture Challenge 2009 is an educational event designed to foster entrepreneurial spirit by engaging students, industry, government and the investment community in the discovery and development of innovative ideas. The ultimate goal is to encourage students to launch new technology-based businesses that can improve the well-being of the world. Specific areas of interest include Industrial Energy Efficiency." Here's more on the energy bizplans showcase.