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Fall Entrepreneurship Events

Join us at our Fall 2020 Differencemaker events!

Please join the fall DifferenceMaker events this semester! They will be interactive, fun, and virtual! 

DateLocationEvent
September - DecemberZoom MeetingDifferenceMaker Office Hours by appointment. Email: DifferenceMaker@uml.edu
September 21
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Zoom
Attend The Kick-off Event Online Registration

2020 DifferenceMaker Season Kick-off and College Competition Announcement
September 21
Registration Opens at 5 p.m.		Online College Competitions Online RegistrationDifferenceMaker DCU / Manning Innovation Contest
DifferenceMaker Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition
OctoberVirtualDifferenceMaker at Homecoming
October 21
Registration Deadline: 5 p.m.		Online College Competitions Online RegistrationDifferenceMaker DCU / Manning Innovation Contest
DifferenceMaker Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition
November 10: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.Zoom
Attend the COVID-19 Idea Hack Event Online Registration		Kennedy College of Science COVID-19 Idea Hack
November 11
Executive Summary Deadline, 5 p.m.		Online
College Competitions website		DifferenceMaker DCU / Manning Innovation Contest
November 16
Executive Summary Deadline, 5 p.m.
Video Pitch and PPT Presentation Deadline: 5 p.m.		Submit Executive Summary online
Submit via email to: Diane_Reichlen@uml.edu		DifferenceMaker Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition
November 17-23
Preliminary Judging		VirtualDifferenceMaker Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Competition
November 18
Finalists Announced		Via DifferenceMaker email and social mediaDCU/Manning Innovation Contest
December 1
Registration Opens: 5 p.m.		Online, Idea Challenge Application2021 DifferenceMaker $50,000 Idea Challenge Registration Opens
December 2: 6-8:30 p.m.Zoom
Register online to attend (DCU / Manning contest final event)		DifferenceMaker DCU / Manning Innovation Contest Final Competition
strong>December 3: 6:30-8:30 p.m.Zoom
Engineering Competition Final Event Online Registration)		DifferenceMaker Francis College of Engineering Prototyping Final Competition and Finalist Announcement