Don’t let the name fool you: BITS is anything but bite-sized. BITS (Business Ideas To Share) is a business conference that plans on making a big scene on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. While UCSD may typically be associated in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine, BITS Conference is an opportunity for people interested in other fields to be exposed to the different industries of business. Stressed about finding a job after graduation? Let BITS open some doors for you.
Hosted By Alpha Kappa Psi, the oldest and leading business organization at UCSD, BITS Conference is an innovative and informative approach to help the growth of aspiring business students. The event is to take place on Saturday, May 22nd 2010, with a focus on various business industries, including finance, consulting, marketing, entrepreneurship, and accounting. The conference will feature professionals from these various industries in case studies, presentations, and panels to provide students with better knowledge for their business aspirations. Of these industries, Alpha Kappa Psi has developed relations with high profile industry professionals from Qualcomm, Intuit, Bain & Company, MassMutual, Ernst & Young, TD Ameritrade, Deloitte, Red Door Interactive, Bainbridge, Veechi and more.
BITS Conference is projected to be an annual event, with people from vastly different organizations involved to make this event a revolutionary success. Exclusivity is not a factor here; everyone is invited to take advantage of this once-a-year experience. From 9:00 am-2:30 pm in Price Center, there has never been an event so accessible and relevant to the students of UCSD.
Alpha Kappa Psi’s purpose is to provide students with a business education through valuable interaction with industry professionals. In a time of a declining workforce, it’s important to start making connections and invest in opportunities for the future. At the BITS Conference, opportunities will find you. Interested in networking, furthering your education, or finding that inspiration to be the next Donald Trump? Just take it one bit at a time.
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Mitch Thrower, Our Keynote Speaker
A serial entrepreneur, Mitch Thrower is also the co-founder of one of the fastest growing companies in the US -- The Active Network, Inc - Active.com - a software, marketing and registration powerhouse. He also co-founded and was the CEO for 7 years of The Active Europe Network, Ltd. which operates Active’s business model in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
His initiative and efforts to rapidly consolidate participatory sports registration software companies worldwide, has without any doubt, created the "Ticketmaster" of participatory sports -- with his entrepreneurial ideas and initiative forever changing the global landscape of sports.
Thrower is currently serving as founder and CEO of BUMP Network Inc. He also oversees Thrower Ventures, serves as Chairman of The La Jolla Foundation, and has consulted for American Express, AT&T, and Eurail. Thrower is a 18 time Ironman triathlete, and the only photo journalist to ever photograph and video the Ironman Triathlon World Championships while doing the event.
