Activities - April 2007

Ethical Investing and Sourcing : Wednesday, April 18th @ 7:00 PM; LC 209. Hear from and discuss ethical investing and sourcing with Cheryl Smith of Trillium Investing and Erin Ruck of Mercado Global. This event is a joint effort of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, the Yale Student Investment Group, and Mercado Global, a 2004 Y50K winner. It is open to anyone seeking to learn about how to incorporate ethical practices into their investment or entrepreneurial decisions.

Y50K BIOTECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETITION 2007 Date: Saturday, April 14, 2007, Time: 8am-3pm, Location: T.B.A. For more information, please visit http://www.yale.edu/ybps/y50kbiotechnologyentrepreneurialcompetition2007.htm.

2007 YES Innovation Summit Friday, April 13th and Saturday, April 14th;Yale Campus. The 2007 YES Innovation Summit is pleased to announce a keynote speech by Vonage Founder Jeffrey Citron the evening of April 13th. The keynote will take place at a dinner the evening of Friday, April 13th (see invitation below). Y50K Judging and the Y50K Awards Ceremony will be taking place the next day, Saturday, April 14th. In addition, YES plans to host panels with entrepreneurial perspectives on Web 3.0 and Alternative Energy. Visit www.yesatyale.org/is.php for more information and a tentative schedule.

Official Invitation to the 2007 Innovation Summit Banquet : Friday, April 13th, 2007. The President’s Room, Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street. The Yale Entrepreneurial Society (YES) invites you to join us at the 2007 Yale Innovation Summit Banquet on the evening of Friday, April 13th, 2007. The Banquet promises to be not only an opportunity to meet others, but an engaging and entertaining event. There will be a keynote address by Jeffrey Citron, Chairman of Vonage, a panel discussion on alternative energy with leading entrepreneurs and academics in the field, and, as always, an opportunity to network with fellow entrepreneurs and community leaders. To support entrepreneurship and help defray the cost of the event, the society encourages a minimum $50 donation (judges, YES staff, representatives of sponsors, and panelists exempted) . Please RSVP at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/53096814. PROGRAM: 4:30 PM: Keynote by Jeffrey Citron, Chairman and Chief Strategist of Vonage 5:15 PM: Reception 5:45 PM: Banquet Dinner 6:30 PM: Panel Discussion, Alternative Energy – Did it Finally Break Through? 7:30 PM: Networking. Please visit www.yesatyale.org/is.php for more information.

The Mormon Way of Doing Business : Wednesday, April 4th, 7:30 PM @ Yale Law School Auditorium. The Yale J. Ruben Clark Law Society, along with the Yale Latter-Day Saint Students Association and YES presents a panel discussion and Q&A session with several prominent business leaders, including: David Checketts (Former CEO of Madison Square Garden), David Neeleman (CEO of JetBlue), Rod Hawes (Founder and Former CEO of Life Re Corp), Jim Quigley (CEO of Deloitte and Touche).