
EVCCon: Thursday - Saturday
April 13-15th
A series of panels and discussions with founders, investors, and limited partners, hosted by the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital club at the University of Michigan.
THURSDAY APRIL 13 (in Blau Colloquium)
6:00 - 7:00 pm: Fireside Chat with Samir Kaul, Cofounder and General Partner at Khosla Ventures
FRIDAY APRIL 14 (in Impact Studio)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Networking Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Diving Deeper into Impact Investing with Mike Gilliam, Impact Investor at Nuveen
1:30 - 2:30 pm: Dorm Room Fund Connection Session with Tori Orr, a DRF Managing Partner, Steph Wong, a DRF Investment Partner, and Daniel Aboul-Hassan, a DRF alum and founder of Regular Hoops
3:00 - 5:00 pm: GBR x EVC Ask Me Anything Office Hours for Admitted Students, @ B1590 (Corner Commons)
SATURDAY APRIL 15 (in Robertson Auditorium)
8:30 - 9:25 am: Networking Breakfast
9:30 - 9:40 am: EVCCon Presidential Address with George Okpamen and Richi Kanu, Presidents of EVC
9:40 - 9:45 am: Dean Talk with Michigan Ross School of Business Dean Sharon Matusik
9:50 - 10:20 am: Venture #ForTheCulture with Dr. Marcus Collins, Marketing Professor at Michigan Ross School of Business
10:25 - 11:00 am: EVCCon Keynote with Adrian Fenty, Cofounder and Managing General Partner at MaC Venture Capital and former Mayor of Washington D.C.
11:10 - 11:55 am: Tangible Insights from the Boardroom, with Robin Washington, Special Advisor at General Catalyst and Board Member of Alphabet, Honeywell, and Salesforce, Latif Peracha, General Partner at M13, and Nneka Ukpai, Board Member of Brex
12:00 - 12:55 pm: Lunch
1:00 - 1:40 pm: Early Career Insights from Investors, with Steph Wong, MBA Fellow at Collide Capital and Tori Orr, Fellow at Harlem Capital
2:00 - 2:20 pm: LP Perspectives, with Dan Feder, Senior Managing Director of Investments for the University of Michigan Endowment
2:25 - 2:45 pm: Legal Considerations for Founders and Funders, with Joshua Allen, Associate at Cooley
2:55 - 3:35 pm: Building the Firm, with Steven Rosenblatt, Cofounder and General Partner at Ocean Ventures, Kelli Jones, Cofounder and General Partner at Sixty8 Capital, and Jordan Shamir, Cofounder of Yofi
3:40 - 4:15 pm: Real Talk with a Corporate VC, with Sherwin Prior, former Director at the Amazon Innovation Fund and current Managing Partner at Blue Victor Capital (#GoBlue)
4:15 - 4:25 pm: EVCCon Closing Remarks
4:45 - 6:00 pm: EVCCon Social, @ Executive Dining Room
Logistics:
Leading up to and during the conference, organizers will be using a conference GroupMe to relay updates and important info. You can join the chat here!
As you make new connections throughout the event, we encourage you to try using the free Blinq app to share contact info. The download is available here!
Venue: Robertson Auditorium, Ross School of Business, 701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109
Parking: Metered street parking (8am - 6pm) is available on all nearby streets. The closest available parking garage is on Forest Ave, a 4-minute walk from Ross.
Air Travel: If flying in for the conference, Detroit (DTW) is the best airport to fly into. Ann Arbor is a 30-minute drive from the airport; Ubers are readily available or you can reserve a car service for $45 through Laad Transportation.
Lodging: There are several convenient local options that have rooms available, including
Additionally, there are a handful of hotels south of Ann Arbor, closer to I-94, a 10-minute drive away
