Students from across Georgetown University are invited to attend the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Summit, where you will learn from a variety of industry experts ranging from company founders to venture capitalists. The day will include keynote speakers, panel discussions, and an Elevator Pitch Competition.

Date: Friday, January 29, 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Elevator Pitch Competition: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

To Register, click here.

Location: Rafik B. Hariri Building , Lohrfink Auditorium Combination of keynote speakers (general interest) and breakout panel discussions (topic-focused). Afternoon keynote to be followed by the Elevator Pitch Competition, highlighting student business ideas - with prize money for the best ideas. Networking reception to end the day.

Discussion Topics include:

• Understanding Entrepreneurship
• Tech Entrepreneurs
• Opportunities in Clean Technologies
• Entrepreneurship in Consumer Products
• Minority Entrepreneurs
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Investors' View: How to Get Funding in Today's Market

About Gerbsman Partners

Gerbsman Partners focuses on maximizing enterprise value for stakeholders and shareholders in under-performing, under-capitalized and under-valued companies and their Intellectual Property. Since 2001, Gerbsman Partners has been involved in maximizing value for 60 Technology, Life Science and Medical Device companies and their Intellectual Property,, through its proprietary “Date Certain M&A Process” and has restructured/terminated over $790 million of real estate executory contracts and equipment lease/sub-debt obligations. Since inception, Gerbsman Partners has been involved in over $2.3 billion of financings, restructurings and M&A transactions.

Gerbsman Partners has offices and strategic alliances in Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Alexandria, VA, San Francisco, Europe and Israel.