11月8日下午三点，应电信学院邀请，美国Openwords公司创始人兼CEO，Marc David Bogonovich博士在逸夫楼报告厅为我院师生作了题为“互联网时代下的信息技术创新与创业--以Openwords为例”的报告。报告会由副院长张欣主持，教师代表、学生代表共200余人参加了本次报告会。

Marc博士以Openwords为例，介绍了美国的创业文化、商业计划的制定，并展示了Openworks的界面、设计、互动使用以及它在语言教育领域中的广泛应用。报告结束后，Marc博士还和到场的老师同学们进行了互动。

Marc David Bogonovichisthe founder and CEO of Openwords, USA.

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (minor: Plant Sciences), Indiana University

Dissertation: Broad-scale Geographical Evolution of Ferns. December 15, 2012.

B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Bennington College, 2003.

Honors Thesis: Investigating Rapoport's rule.

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL INTERESTS:

Social Entrepreneurship, Geography, Visual Art, Design, Chinese Culture, Wiki Culture, Linux,

Open Source, OER, Macroevolution, Philosophy of Mind, Astrobiology, Exploration & History,

Evolution of Intelligence, Teaching Creativity.