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Event Highlights in Blacksburg, Virginia

The Power of an Elevator Pitch Monday, August 26, 2019 Custom Catering Center Howard Haines, Associate Director, Apex Center for Entrepreneurs

Global finalist teams will practice articulating concepts in concise ways, leverage culturally appropriate anchors to facilitate understanding, brainstorm a tagline, and identify and align to the core values provided to customers. Howard is responsible for coaching and supporting new venture teams at the Apex Center for Entrepreneurs. Learn more at www.apex.vt.edu.

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Bowling & Dinner Social Sponsored by Tuesday, August 27, 2019 Breakzone, VT Squires Student Center

Global finalist teams will engage and network with Virginia Tech’s Innovate Living-Learning Community, a diverse group of committed and driven students who live and learn in a high-energy environment on campus. Creative, motivated, and entrepreneurial innovators from all over the world will come together over pizza and bowling, sponsored by the Apex Center for Entrepreneurs at Virginia Tech. Learn more about the Innovate Living-Learning Community at www.apex. vt.edu/innovate-living-learning-community.

VTTI: Advancing Transportation through Innovation Wednesday, August 28, 2019 3500 Transportation Research Plaza, Blacksburg Andy Schaudt, Project Director for the Center for Automated Vehicle Systems, VTTI, and Adjunct Instructor, Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) conducts research to save lives, time, and money and protect the environment. As one of seven premier research institutes created by Virginia Tech to answer national challenges, VTTI is continually advancing transportation through innovation and has affected public policy on national and international levels. Global event attendees will learn, observe, and interact with some of VTTI’s solutions that are solving

key transportation challenges in the USA and worldwide. Global participants will have the opportunity to tour VTTI facilities, including the operations tower, garage, and Virginia Smart Road, as well as discuss real world transportation challenges from their home region in a roundtable format. Learn more about VTTI at www.vtti.vt.edu.

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