Apply for Expo West ’18

Please use the form below. There are two deadlines to apply for the MBArk Program at Expo West 2018 in Anaheim, California. The priority deadline is Sunday, January 14 at midnight PST. Applications received by then have a greater chance of acceptance. The secondary deadline is Sunday, February 4 at midnight PST. We will pull from this secondary group of applicants if there are still openings available after January 14, or if an opening arises after the second deadline.

Applicants who are accepted will be asked to submit a $99 fee to hold their spot and cover the program expenses, including two dinners and two breakfasts, as well as access to all events; a few scholarships are available to those with financial need, courtesy of corporate sponsor Daiya Foods. Participants are also responsible for paying their way to and from Anaheim, and for all other incidental expenses, although in many cases subsidies are available through your school. Discounted reserved hotel rooms should be available through MBArk, on a first-come, first-served basis. The cost of the pass for Expo West, normally as high as $995 for guests, will be entirely waived.

PLEASE NOTE: If you find that the automated application submission feature of the website (below) is not working properly, please just send an e-mail to jdobrow@MBArk.net with your answers to the following questions, along with a copy of your resume or link to your online profile. We recommend that you do not use auto-fill features to populate the fields.

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First Name*

Last Name*

Your MBA or Grad School Program*

Month and Year of Expected Graduation*

Street Address*

Street Address 2 (Suite or Apt. #)

City*

State*

Zip*

Cell Phone Number*

Email Address*

What are your functional areas of expertise or interest (e.g. - marketing, sales, supply chain, sustainability, entrepreneurship, finance, etc.)?*

Provide a brief history of your career highlights prior to graduate school, including undergraduate school and degree, key jobs and positions held, your connection to food or ag or sustainability, and other information that would prove helpful in getting to know you.*

If you are a second or third year grad student, please describe the summer internships you have had. (Otherwise, N/A.)

If you are a second or third year grad student, do you already have a job lined up for life beyond business school? If so, what? (Otherwise, N/A.)

If you are a first year grad student, do you already have a summer internship lined up? If so, what? If not, what companies have you been speaking with? (Otherwise, N/A.)

Whether you are currently looking for a summer internship or a fulltime job, what percentage of your effort would you say you have conducted independently, as opposed to going through your career office or on-campus recruiting - from a low of 0% independent to a high of 100% independent?*

What other MBA conferences or career events have you attended outside of school, if any?

Why is attending MBArk and Expo West important to your career goals? What are the key things you hope to get out of the experience?*

Please list any specific companies or individuals you want to meet with at Expo West.

Please supply a link to an online profile, such as LinkedIn, or e-mail a copy of your resume to jdobrow@MBArk.net.