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Idea Center @ MDC to launch speaker series with Juan Diego Calle

September 03, 2014·Nancy Dahlberg

The Idea Center @ MDC, a new entrepreneurship hub that serves as a co-curricular engine of innovation and idea development for all Miami Dade College students across all college disciplines, will host a free speakers series that brings game-changers from various industries to share their trials and triumphs. The firstPioneers @ MDC lecture will feature Juan Diego Calle, a titan in marketing and the internet domain, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. This event is free and open to the public.

CalleCalle is the founder of CO Internet SAS, where he has made the .CO domain a place where innovators launch their ideas. Recently, he sold the company to Neustar Technologies for $109 million. Prior to that, he was the co-founder of TeRespondo.com, the largest pay-per-click advertising network in Latin America, which was acquired by Yahoo.

The Idea Center @ MDC includes a venture incubator called CREATE to nurture and turn suitable student business projects into a reality. It is housed at the downtown Wolfson Campus but with college-wide programs.

WHAT:   Idea Center @ MDC Presents Pioneers @ MDC Lecture Series with Juan Diego Calle

WHEN:   Wednesday, Sept. 17, 6 – 8 p.m.

WHERE: MDC Wolfson Campus, Building 8, Fifth Floor, 300 NE 2ndAve., Miami

COST: Free

TO REGISTER:  http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pioneers-at-mdc-tickets-12758620377.

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