Orange County, CA (1888PressRelease)
October 23, 2009 - Chapman University and its Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics will be co-hosting the First Annual Innovation & Humanity Summit, to be held at the Argyros School of Business and Economics on January 23, 2010. According to Chapman University Vice Chancellor for Entrepreneurship, Dr. PK Shukla, “we are delighted to participate in such a revolutionary event. Chapman University prides itself on bringing real-world experiences into the classroom and the advancement of innovation & humanity plays a timely and critical role in course correcting the current state of our economy and society at large.”
Chapman University will be co-hosting the Summit with the Center for Innovation & Humanity (CIH), an organization based in Irvine, CA whose mission is to help renew the ways individuals and organizations think, act and innovate. “We are honored to have Chapman University serve as our Academic Summit Host Partner,” CIH Executive Director, Glenn Llopis said.
Beyond its support in co-hosting the Summit, Chapman University President James L. Doti and Chancellor Daniele Struppa believe that the event’s cause is imperative for the advancement of education.
As reflected in President Doti’s statement, Chapman University is supportive of entrepreneurship and global development as entrepreneurship is expanded to reach across campus. "...we’re attracting impressive faculty and research talent that reflects our commitment to entrepreneurship, interdisciplinarity and global awareness, and our student body is increasingly culled from the top tier of high school graduates from across the nation and the globe,” he said.
Chancellor Danielle Struppa is also supportive of the 2010 Innovation Summit. “As Chancellor at Chapman University and as a mathematician, I see that the complex problems of the world today require collective efforts of global thought leaders from various disciplines in discussions such as those that will take place at the 2010 Innovation Summit held at Chapman University.”
Llopis recognizes that Chapman represents the values and ethics his company seeks along with Chapman’s first-class standards to unite community and commerce. “It is with tremendous gratitude that we thank Chapman University and its Leatherby Center for their support in co-hosting the Summit that will represent more than 35 speakers from 6 continents,” Llopis said. “This is truly shaping up to be an extraordinary event for today’s organizations and its leaders that seek to combine social responsibility with innovative commercial viability.”
To learn more about the Summit and registration, please visit www.InnovationHumanity.org
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