The program brought the Dutch students to the Madison campus this fall, and GEW will mark the Americans’ chance to study in the Netherlands. The highlight of the Week will be a dance party in Wageningen Friday, Nov. 20, where the students will join together for a party on a sustainable dance floor that is powered by the suave steps of its users.
The week in Wageningen focues on sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in developing countries. Through the Week, Wageningen start-ups and research will be featured, and more importantly developed. This will include two week-long activities:
- An Entrepreneurial Bootcamp in which 25 Ph.D. students from Wageningen and Wisconsin will team up to learn and develop basic start-up skills. The teams will then work out a business case supported by theoretical lectures presented during the Week on important entrepreneurial issues.

- An Entrepreneurial Forum will transform the halls of campus building into an interactive demonstration site for sustainable Wageningen technologies that have been, will be, or can be developed into commercial products. It will be a place where researchers, students and entrepreneurs can meet and learn from one another.
Additional events include lectures from professors Rudy Rabbinge and Gatze Lettinga on sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in developing countries, as well as a Young Entrepreneurs Business Cafe — a monthly networking event for entrepreneurs, students, researchers and others. This session will be sponsored by investment companies, allowing the students a special opportunity to network.