PROVIDENCE – The Southern New England Entrepreneurs Forum will host a panel discussion Wednesday night to examine the current state of entrepreneurship in the region.
Headquartered in Fall River at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, SNEEF represents a network of entrepreneurs and organizations dedicated to economic development and innovation in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.
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Wednesday’s event will be the first SNEEF has held in Providence since the group’s inception a decade ago. A panel of experts will discuss recent and ongoing changes in the region’s startup community, as well as efforts to support entrepreneurs and build a robust startup ecosystem in southern New England.
The panelists include:
- Shelley Cardoos, executive director of Entrepreneurship for All South Coast, or EforAll, a nonprofit located in New Bedford and Fall River that works with aspiring entrepreneurs and startups to promote economic growth.
- Carol Malysz, executive director of MedMates, Rhode Island’s life sciences technology network founded in 2013 to mobilize the talent and resources needed to support the region’s life sciences community.
- Christine M.B. Smith, managing director of innovation at R.I. Commerce Corp., the state’s primary economic-development organization.
- Emily Wanderer, director of programs at Social Enterprise Greenhouse, a Providence-based nonprofit accelerator for entrepreneurs and startups that want to support positive change through social enterprise.
- Ric Wild, member services coordinator at Hope & Main, Rhode Island’s first incubator for food-related startups, which has helped to license more than 100 businesses in its first three years.
The forum will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 18, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Law Offices of Adler Pollock & Sheehan in Providence. Admission costs $20 for the general public and $15 for SNEEF affiliates. Active SNEEF members can attend for free.
For more information or to register to attend, visit www.sneef.org or email info@sneef.org.
Galen Auer is a PBN contributing writer. Email galen.auer@gmail.com or follow on Twitter at @PBNAuer.
