May 17 in l'Aquila at University Engineering School. The Engineering campus was severly damaged by the earthquake and the entire school was relocated to a business / industrial center where they have approximately 6,000 engineering students. I spoke to the classes on "Youth Entrepreneurship" under the direction of Dean Pier Ugo Foscolo. He set up a presentation for me to the graduate students and some interested undergraduate students that were interested in entrepreneurship. I spoke to the group and explained the process in the USA for encouraging entrepreneurship and in particular student entrepreneurship. I discussed the LBTC's Student Incubator and the current programs at the LBTC. I showed a powerpoint presentation that gave the physical layout and the services offered for our student incubator funded by the Capital One Bank - William Montan Charitable Trust and the LBIA / Louisiana Economic Development grant. They expressed strong interest in having the Universita L'Aquila establish a student incubator in the proposed virtual incubator that we are discussing with L'Aquila officials. Tomorrow I meet with business and industrial leaders as well as Engineering faculty to discuss cooperation between university and business leaders to build strong partnerships.
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