About The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC)
The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC), formerly the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (NCEC), was founded in 1996 through the efforts of the University of Maryland and the Kauffman Foundation. The intent of the organization is to provide a coordinated vehicle through which participating members can collaborate and communicate on the specific issues and challenges confronting university-based entrepreneurship centers.
The GCEC current membership totals 200 university based entrepreneurship centers ranging in age from well established and nationally ranked to new and emerging centers. Each year a global conference is held on the campus of an GCEC member school. In 2009 the conference will be hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship at the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
These conferences have provided the membership a unique opportunity to interact in workshops and discussion sessions designed around the most pressing issues and concerns of member centers. The conference, which is held in October of each year, continues to be the major focal point for the organization.
