About this Event
Join the Office of Academic Innovation and Student Innovation Idea Labs for the 2027 Winter Institute, exploring how entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindsets can strengthen student agency, career readiness, creativity, and innovation across the Bronco experience.
Entrepreneurship is more than starting a business. It involves recognizing opportunities, taking initiative, experimenting with ideas, collaborating with others, navigating uncertainty, and creating meaningful impact. Participants will explore how these skills can be cultivated across classrooms, programs, departments, co-curricular experiences, and community partnerships.
Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, and interactive activities, participants will discover practical strategies for helping students move from ideas to action.
Event Schedule:
Day 1: Innovate Anywhere — From Ideas to Impact
Wednesday, January 13, 2027
8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Building 162, Room 1001 | Cal Poly Pomona
The main institute will explore entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindsets through keynote presentations, panel discussions, and interactive activities. Participants will connect these concepts to real-world applications and discover how the Innovate Anywhere framework can support student success, career readiness, and innovation.
Day 2: Innovation in Action (Complimentary)*
Thursday, January 14, 2027
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Participants may choose to attend an optional hands-on experience at one of three Cal Poly Pomona innovation spaces:
Student Innovation Idea Labs (iLab): Building 1, Room 113
Maker Studio: University Library
Community Innovation Hub: Downtown Pomona
Through hands-on making, prototyping, and community-engaged problem-solving activities, participants will explore practical approaches to innovation that can be adapted across disciplines and student experiences.
*Important: Day 2 is complimentary. Participants who choose to attend will report directly to their selected location. Day 2 is a half-day experience, and lunch will not be provided.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the Winter Institute, participants will be able to:
-Understand entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindsets and their connection to student success and career readiness.
-Identify key competencies that help students innovate and thrive, including opportunity recognition, initiative, experimentation, resourcefulness, collaboration, resilience, and value creation.
-Apply the Innovate Anywhere framework to help students move from ideas to experimentation and action.
-Explore hands-on innovation, making, prototyping, and community-engaged problem-solving approaches through the optional Day 2 experience.
-Develop actionable strategies for cultivating entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindsets across the Bronco experience.
Participants will leave with practical tools, new perspectives, and actionable strategies for fostering curiosity, initiative, collaboration, and resilience while empowering students to transform ideas into meaningful impact.
For more information, visit the Office of Academic Innovation website or contact [email protected].
Event venue & nearby stays
Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, United States
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