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32nd Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference
Celebrating Three decades of excellence in education, research and practice:
at the cutting edge of international entrepreneurship
3rd – 6th November 2009 – Liverpool, UK www.isbe.org.uk
ISBE is proud to announce its 2009 annual conference which will build on its leadership in entrepreneurship and small business education, research and practice over three decades. We invite researchers, educators, practitioners and those working in small business support and policy organisations to join us in exploring the leading perspectives in entrepreneurship and consider how they can be applied in learning, business management, enterprise and economic development support, policy and practice.
In this period of profound and unpredictable economic turbulence, enterprise, entrepreneurship and small business management have a crucial role to play in economic regeneration during and beyond the recession. Entrepreneurs and those who work with them have not faced such extreme challenges and pressures for a generation. This means that research, professional knowledge exchange and dialogue between educators, entrepreneurs, business support policy and practitioners are essential to create the conditions for enterprise to flourish.
In 2009, responding to this challenge, ISBE brings a fresh new approach to its annual conference, led by its President, Dr. Colette Henry, the Conference Chair, Professor Oswald Jones from the University of Liverpool, both of whom have a strong track record of engagement, and the new Executive Team. The annual ISBE conference is the premier UK national event for entrepreneurship education, research and practice, as well as welcoming many international delegates to share their global perspectives. This year we shall be reviewing, revising and updating current track themes to ensure they are of relevance and interest to the contemporary community of practitioners, policy makers and researchers. Platforming the importance of learning from real-life entrepreneurs, we will also, for the first time, be inviting ‘Teaching Cases’ for presentation and discussion.
It is especially significant that the ISBE conference is held in Liverpool for the first time. As the European Capital of Culture in 2008, Liverpool is experiencing a renaissance of creative and civic enterprise, and delegates will be able to see at first hand both the achievements of economic regeneration through enterprise as well as the challenges of moving from decades of decline into rejuvenation and growth.
The conference will embody the most successful aspects of previous conferences, including plenary sessions with national and international experts from business, universities and policy support. A series of conference tracks will feature the best and latest research in such fields as enterprise education, business creation & small business development, gender in enterprise, e-business and e-entrepreneurship, and social & community enterprise. In addition, ‘Creative Industries Entrepreneurship’ will appear as a dynamic new track in the Liverpool conference.
We are currently looking for submissions of Refereed Papers (submission deadline 31st May 2009), Working and Practitioner papers and Case Studies (submission deadline 30th June) to submit your abstract please visit www.eventsforce.net/isbeconference2009
Registration is now open with a 15% early bird discount valid until 30th June 2009.
For Further Information: For all enquiries about the conference please contact: Liz Carrington – Business Development and Events Manager: Liz@isbe.org.uk or 0207 554 9940