i2 Passport Events

Apply by February 9th, 2023 to attend the February 11th conference in Boston. 

*** FREE Transportation availability limited to first 50 students registered ONLY **

Step 1 : Register: http://Sites.bu.edu/ideacon

IDEA Con is an exciting conference for college students and recent graduates to explore innovation and entrepreneurship.

Creativity is inspired when you get outside your box and allow different worlds to collide.  Whether your interest or experience lies in technology, business, social impact, or arts and culture, IDEA Con 2023 is for you. From start to finish, you will be inspired by world-class innovators, engage with strategies and useful tools for developing new ideas, and connect with resources and people from Boston University and beyond.

More information available from BU HERE 

Step 2: Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/501132810727 for transportation to Boston University. Bus leaves at 7:00am from Durham and departs Boston for home at 4:30pm.

All Spring Semester Starting Surveys must be completed by 3/7/23

Connect with other entrepreneurial- minded students

The student-run Entrepreneurship Club (EClub) calls the ECenter home and is open to all students at UNH, no matter what college or major. Stop by for innovative speakers (usually UNH alums), unique events, a supportive community - and free food! 

Maximum of 5 visits for 2,500 VSC's total (500 VSC's per visit) 

Attend MAC Club meeting every Wednesday from 5:00pm - 7:30pm

MAC, is a student run organization, creates a dynamic and engaging program that allows you to gain real-world exposure and experience. 

Come use the student-run Makerspace at the ECenter. The Makerspace is open to all first time users and experts. Come with your ideas and our student mentors will help you bring them to life!

Maximum of 5 visits for 2,500 VSC's total (500 VSC's per visit) 

Need a space to cultivate your ideas ? Visit the Patten Coworking Space at the ECenter

All particiapants must swipe in at i2 Passport kiosk 

Recieve Visa Stamp Credits for each time you use the Patten Family Coworking Soace from 02/07/2023 to 4/27/2023

Maximum of 5 visits for 2,500 VSC's total (500 VSC's per visit) 

Receive VSCs for posting to Facebook, Instagram, and/or LinkedIn from an ECenter event and tagging the ECenter by April 27, 2023. You will receive 500 VSCs for ONE post. Additional posts are not worth additional VSCs.

You must provide your social media handle at registration

You must send a screen shot to the ECenter to verify post

Please fill out survey prior to i2 Passport Award Ceremony

Celebrate the start of this year’s i2 Passport! 

4:00pm - 5:00pm | Training Room UNH ECenter

Updated and now even easier to win! Visit www.i2Passport.com to register for the program and sign up for events starting February 5. Free t-shirts, candy, and games!

Learn how to make confident decisions based on your values with Angie Cole at the ECenter 

This event serves as a make up session for students who missed the February 5th deadline

Feel more confident making decisions

Learn how to make decisions based on your values with Angie Cole at the ECenter 

Gain sought-after sustainability skills employers want you to have! Learn how you can be part of a team helping to assess a regional company’s social and environmental impact or conducting carbon footprint analyses. Join this info-session to learn about these two hands-on programs:

The B Impact Clinic: teams of students serve as consultants for regional companies that are working to complete their B Impact Assessment. The BIA is an open-access, rigorous assessment tool, which is widely regarded as a comprehensive way to assess a company’s impact. Teams help company leaders who want to address their social and environmental impact.

The Carbon Clinic: teams of students help leading companies, communities and non-profits that are in pursuit of reducing emissions. Learn to conduct carbon footprint analyses using the Sustainability Institute’s expertise and investment in the Sustainability Indicator Management and Analysis Platform (SIMAP), an online platform used by more than 500 organizations worldwide.

The Summit for Marketing & Advertising is an opportunity to have a front row seat to hear from industry leaders about marketing and advertising and learn about tips to get a job. The keynote speaker for this year is Tom Hayes, CEO, Ocean Spray and will be speaking about how sustainability can drive marketing purpose. Additionally, the event has two panels with industry leaders speaking on various topics. 

The Paul J. Holloway Competition is UNH's premier business plan competition for undergraduate and graduate students. It challenges students to develop products or services and present their plans to bring them to the market. Students are invited to compete for 40,000. This competition is named after Paul J.Holloway, an accomplished business leader and successful entrepreneur.

Semifinal Bud Albin Round, selected teams present their business concepts before a panel of business and industry judges who have reviewed their 5-page submissions and videos. Teams are given a selected amount of minutes to present which is followed by a Q&A session with judges.

Eric B. Schultz is the author of Innovation on Tap: Stories of Entrepreneurship from the Cotton Gin to Broadway’s Hamilton. His other books include Food Foolish: The Hidden Connection Between Food Waste, Hunger, and Climate Change; Weathermakers to the World (a corporate history of Carrier Corporation); and King Philip’s War: The History and Legacy of America’s Forgotten Conflict.

Eric’s for-profit positions have included senior vice president of Midwest operations for American Cablesystems, cofounder and president of Atlantic Ventures, and COB/CEO of Sensitech, a venture-backed Inc. 500 company acquired by Carrier Corporation. He has served as a CEO-partner with Ascent Ventures, executive chairman of HubCast, an advisor to the Avedis Zildjian Company and to Windover Development, and a mentor for student start-up teams in the Brown University B-Lab.

He is the former Chair and now Director Emeritus of the Gettysburg Foundation, the New England Historic Genealogical Society/American Ancestors, and Brown Broadcasting Inc./WBRU-FM. Eric has a bachelor’s degree in history from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Recent UNH Alumni return to campus to discuss where their careers have led them since graduating, covering a diverse range of topics related to the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including the climate crisis and racial injustice. We understand that the scale and complexity of these challenges must be addressed by collaboration across public, private and nonprofit sectors, and we know the tools of public policy and ethically governed commerce are critically important to mitigating and adapting to these challenges in a just and equitable way.

Join us for our Alumni panel discussion "A Taste of Entrepreneurship", where we will be discussing innovation within the hospitality industry. 

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Come see six teams of of student entrepreneurs and innovators pitch their innovatiors business plan to a panel of industry leading judges for a chance to win the top prize of $15,000 in the 35th annual Paul J. Holloway Prize Comeptition