Paso del Norte Venture Competition

Last Updated on Fri Feb 17 10:39:36 MST 2017

Originally published Fri Feb 17 09:21:52 MST 2017

By nahuma

UTEP Communications

Date: March 3-4, 2017
Time: Opening Round: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 3 Challenge Round 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 4
Location: Business Administration Building, Rooms 309, 312, 318 and 319

There will be an associated expo from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center (EPNGCC).

The Final Round will take place from noon to 4 p.m. in the EPNGCC.

This is the fifth annual venture competition where interdisciplinary student teams will compete for $10,000. A team from Guadalajara, Mexico, will participate for the first time. The teams also will receive valuable feedback from seasoned investors, venture capitalists and regional business leaders.

The free event is organized and hosted by UTEP's Mike Loya Center for Innovation and Commerce, a research center that sponsors, conducts and promotes three kinds of research: innovation and commerce, commercialization of innovation and entrepreneurship education.

Learn more at pdnvc.org.