The University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University have teamed up with the Regional Growth Partnership to host northwest Ohio’s VentureTech Week, three events focused on technology, innovation, entrepreneurship, commercialization and wealth creation.

All VentureTech Week events will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 6165 Levis Commons Blvd. in Perrysburg.

Listed by date, the events will be:

• Wednesday, Nov. 11 — Tech Connect, 5 to 8 p.m. With more than 300 people in attendance at recent sessions, this free event will feature casual networking, speakers that address entrepreneurial topics, and information exchanges.

• Thursday, Nov. 12 — Venture Fair, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event will include live investment pitches, extensive networking opportunities, and panels with venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs from some of the nation’s leading solar, information technology and life science companies. In addition, Jim Haudan, co-founder and CEO of Root Learning, and Roger Newton, co-discoverer of Lipitor and founder, president and CEO of Esperion Therapeutics Inc., will deliver keynote speeches. Tickets for this event are $100 for college students and $295 for non-students.

• Friday, Nov. 13 — Entrepreneurial Boot Camp, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. This educational event is for individuals aiming to finance, establish and market a high-technology dependent business. This event also will include a keynote address by Jim DelVerne, a local entrepreneur who sold his software company, Gateway Defender, to MX Logic, which was recently acquired by McAfee Inc. Tickets for this event are $25 for college students and $100 for non-students.

The Regional Growth Partnership is extending special student pricing, and UT Innovation Enterprises is offering scholarships to UT students or faculty members to cover event admission. Eight scholarships will be given for the Entrepreneurial Boot Camp, and eight will be given for the Venture Fair.

To apply for a scholarship, contact Pamela Moore of UT Innovation Enterprises at 419.383.6966.

For more information or to register for these public events, visit www.rocketventures.biz/events/venturetech.

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