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Opening Plenary Session
Wednesday 5th November 09.00-10.30 (Joint with ISBC)
SME Development Policy - Why do some Businesses grow and others don’t?
Facilitated by Prof Anders Lundström
President, Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research, Sweden

Session 2 – Plenary
Wednesday 5th November 11.00-12.30 (Joint with ISBC)
SME Policy & Practice: Creating the Jobs - Driving the Economy
Facilitated by Prof David Storey
Associate Dean – Research, Warwick University Business School

Session 3 – Triple Mini-Plenary
Wednesday 5th November 14.00-15.30
Comprising three parallel mini-plenary sessions with keynote presentations and interactive debates focussing on the ISBE Mission“Promoting excellence in entrepreneurship education, research and practice”:

1. Promoting excellence in Entrepreneurship Education
Facilitated by Prof. David Brooksbank
Director of Enterprise, Cardiff School of Management, UWIC, Wales

2. Promoting excellence in Entrepreneurship Research
Facilitated by Prof Andrew Atherton
Pro-Vice Chancellor Strategy & Enterprise, University of Lincoln

3. Promoting excellence in Entrepreneurship Practice
Facilitated by Prof John Thompson
Roger M Bale Professor of Entrepreneurship, Huddersfield University Business School

Session 4 – Triple Mini-Plenary
Wednesday 5th November 16.00-17.30
Entrepreneurship Education, Research & Practice:
Ccomprising three parallel mini-plenary sessions with presentations and discussion of the Best Papers in each category – selected from all Tracks at ISBE 2008.

Hosted by:

University of Ulster - www.ulster.ac.uk

in conjunction with

INTRE - www.intre.ie

ISBC - www.isbc2008.org

Sponsored by:

Invest Northern Ireland - www.investni.com

 

Belfast City Council - www.belfastcity.gov.uk

 

 

InterTradeIreland - www.intertradeireland.com

 

Enterprise Ireland - www.enterprise-ireland.com

 

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