Subject: Whiting-Turner Lecture: Ralph Taylor-Smith (Managing Director of GE
Ventures)

Description:
Please join us on Thursday, February 21, for the first Whiting-Turner
Business & Entrepreneurial lecture of the semester!

“Tech innovation through private equity and venture capital”
Ralph E. Taylor-Smith, PhD, MBA
Managing Director at GE Ventures

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Reception: 4:30 PM
Lecture: 5:00 PM-6:00 PM
Location: Zupnik Lecture Hall, 1110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building,
University of Maryland, College Park

Lecture Description: Private equity and venture capital investments represent
one key pathway for innovative emerging science and engineering technologies
to reach the industrial marketplace. Various examples will be discussed,
including specific startup tech companies within the Washington
D.C./Maryland/Virginia DMV region.

Register for this FREE event at: https://go.umd.edu/taylor-smith-rsvp

Event Date: February 21, 2019
Event Start Time: 4:30 pm
Event End Time: 6:00 pm
Event Location: Zupnik Lecture Hall, 1110 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Contact Person: Michelle Lane
Contact Email: [log in to unmask]
Contact Phone Number: 301-405-9847
Website URL: https://go.umd.edu/taylor-smith-rsvp