Stanford Engineering - "Entrepreneurship at the Edges - Irish and Russian Software Founders Discuss Geography & Generations'"

Monday, February 2 (4:15-5:30 pm). Entrepreneurship at the Edges - Irish and Russian Software Founders Discuss Geography & Generations, hosted by Stanford University’s School of Engineering. This session features two prominent speakers from the Western- and Eastern-most countries of Europe - Ireland and Russia: Dr. Chris Horn, Vice Chairman and Co-Founder, IONA Technologies; and Sergei Burkov, Google Russia and Russian entrepreneur. In addition to exploring in greater depth the profound differences in the legal, political and cultural environment faced by these software startup founders in their respective countries, the class will examine how software entrepreneurship in Europe has morphed across two generations of Internet and enterprise software technologies. This event is the third session of Stanford’s program on European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders. Location: Skilling Auditorium, Stanford Campus. Open to the public at no charge. For further information and directions, please visit Stanford’s website at www.europeanentrepreneursatstanford.com