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This panel discusses how universities should support entrepreneurship. It will discuss topics such as:

a) Can entrepreneurship be taught in universities? Should it be taught? Are professors equipped with the knowledge to conduct related courses?

b) What can universities do OUTSIDE of the standard courses?

c) What types of students are suitable to become entrepreneurs? What methods are effective at identifying them?

d) How can the educational system as a whole support entrepreneurship? What's succeeded with Aalto University? What needs to change in Taiwan?

e) What can the top universities provide to executives and alumni?

About Aalto University:
Aalto University Executive Education (Aalto EE) provides high-quality executive education services supported by the competence of Aalto University, Finland. Its mission is to build a better world through better leadership. Aalto EE offers education programs in Finland, Singapore, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indonesia and Russia. Aalto EE holds three respected business university accreditations: AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS certificates. In this respect, it is representative of the top 0.4% institutions in the world. In Singapore Aalto EE operates under the name Aalto Executive Education Academy.

Aalto university's operations showcase Finland’s bold new experiment in higher education. The Aalto Design Factory, AppCampus, ADD LAB and Aalto Ventures Program, among others, drive the university's mission for a radical shift towards multidisciplinary learning and have contributed substantially to the emergence of Helsinki as a hotbed for startups. Aaltoes, which stands for Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, is Europe’s largest student run entrepreneurship community and organises the Startup Sauna accelerator program for startups, raising more than US$50 million in funding since 2010.

About National Taiwan University Creativity and Entrepreneurship Program:
Founded in 2008, NTU-CEP's mission is to help develop students into future entrepreneurs. Serving as a multi-disciplinary platform, NTU-CEP aims at developing NTU students' entrepreneurial and risk-taking spirits, cross-disciplinary skills, and practical implementation experiences.

Specifically designed for startups, NTU-CEP's program includes practical session on marketing, management, and financial planning, as well as art, design, and innovation.

About South Star Accelerator:
Located within National Cheng Kung University, SSX's mission is to develop a thriving startup ecosystem in southern Taiwan.

SSX connects student startups with worldwide accelerators, and focuses on the areas of IoT, intelligent medicare, and Internet. SSX helps bridge students startups with the industry, and provides assistance in marketing, fund raising, financial planning, and soft landing into worldwide markets.