The Wharton One-Day High School Experience

Interested in attending? Visit the Wharton Global Forum website and follow the instructions below to register to attend. Additional details can be found on the event webpage.

1.    Select ‘Register Now’ (linked below)
2.    Next, select ‘Continue Without Login’ to access the correct registration path.
3.    Select the ‘High School Students’ option from the Registration Type dropdown menu. Complete the required registration fields.
4.    You can add a guest or select ‘Next’.

Select Global Youth Workshop ONLY ticket option followed by ‘Next’ at the bottom of the page.

The Wharton One-Day High School Experience is for high school and secondary school-age students (9-12) who are interested in business and entrepreneurship and curious about college life, academic  

research and how professors teach. They may be preparing to pursue business after high school, or just beginning to explore business as an interest and potential career track. Either way, the immersive Wharton One-Day High School Experience will deliver an engaging introduction to business education. 

October 26, 2024:

• Registration (9:30 – 10:00 a.m.)
• Welcome & Introductions (10:00 – 10:15 a.m.)
• Faculty Workshop: Think Like a Manager (10:15 – 11:30 a.m.)
  • Lori Rosenkopf, Ph.D., Simon and Midge Palley Professor of Management; Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School
• Break (11:30-11:45 a.m.)
• Faculty Workshop: Innovation Tournaments: Identifying, Creating, and Developing Exceptional Opportunities for Innovation (11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.)
  • Karl Ulrich, CIBC Professor of Entrepreneurship and e-Commerce and Advisor on Asia Strategy, The Wharton School
• Lunch (1:15 – 2:00 p.m.)
• Startup Game (2:00 – 2:45 p.m.)
• Presentation: Deeper Dive into the Wharton Global Youth Program (2:45 – 3:15 p.m.)
• Wrap-up (3:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
• Break (3:30 – 3:45 p.m.)
•  Discussion: Promoting a Penn/Wharton Perspective on Entrepreneurship (3:45 – 4:30 p.m.)
  • Erika James, Dean, The Wharton School
  • Lori Rosenkopf, Simon and Midge Palley Professor of Management; Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship, The Wharton School
• Fireside Chat (4:30 – 5:00 p.m.)
  • Feng Deng WG’05, Founding Managing Partner, Northern Light Venture Capital
  • Xiag Liu WG’04, Senior Partner, HongShan
• Presentation of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award (5:00 – 5:05 p.m.)
• Closing Remarks (5:05 – 5:15 p.m.)
• Wharton in Beijing Closing Celebration

Lori Rosenkopf is the Simon and Midge Palley Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In her current role as Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship, Lori serves as the Wharton Faculty Director for Venture Lab and also as the Faculty Director for Wharton San Francisco. Lori earned her Ph. D in Management of Organizations from Columbia University after working as a systems engineer for Eastman Kodak and AT&T Bell Laboratories. Prior to that, Lori earned her B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and her M.S in Operations Research from Stanford University. 

Karl T. Ulrich is the CIBC Professor of Entrepreneurship and e-Commerce and Advisor on Asia Strategy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an appointment as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. His research is focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and product development. He is the co-author of Product Design and Development (5th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2011), a textbook used by a quarter of a million students worldwide. His most recent book is Innovation Tournaments (Harvard Business Press, 2009). He is the winner of many teaching awards, including the Anvil Award, the Miller-Sherrerd Award, and the Excellence in Teaching Award at The Wharton School. At Penn, he co-founded the Weiss Tech House and the Integrated Product Design Program, two institutions fostering innovation in the university community.