Registration for ISBE 2018 (including the Doctoral Day) is now open!
Outline Programme
Tuesday 6th November 2018
Doctoral Day
Wednesday 7th November 2018
ISBE 2018 – Day One
Thursday 8th November 2018
ISBE 2018 – Day Two
Tuesday 6th November 2018
Doctoral Day
Coventry University Enterprises Limited, ACT UK Simulation Centre, Technology Park, CV1 2TT
Doctoral Day Chair: Prof Paul Jones, Swansea University
0930 Doctoral Day Registration
1030 – 1630 Doctoral Day (see programme here)
EVENT POSTPONED
Pre-Conference Event – ‘Transforming Enterprise – A Collaborative Approach to Inclusive Growth’
Birmingham City University
C087, Curzon Building, 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham, B4 7BD
1830 ISBE 2018 Welcome Reception, Crowne Plaza Birmingham City
ISBE 2018: Day One
Wednesday 7th November 2018
Crowne Plaza Birmingham City
Click here for profiles of this year’s speakers
0900 Welcome
Prof Gideon Maas, Coventry University & President of ISBE
Prof Mark Gilman, Birmingham City University & ISBE 2018 Conference Chair
Keynote Session – The ‘Midlands Engine’ Plenary
Building a sustainable growing business in the Midlands
Rosie Ginday, Miss Macaroon
The Midlands – an Entrepreneurial Region?
Prof Stephen Roper, Warwick Business School & Enterprise Research Centre
Building a sustainable growing business in the Midlands
Richard Evans, Mechatronic Ltd
Importance of manufacturing for the regional economy – Challenges and Opportunities
Mike Wright, Former Executive Director of Jaguar Land Rover & until very recently Chair of the Automotive Investment Organisation (AIO)
Chair: Prof Kiran Trehan, University of Birmingham
1030 Morning break
1100 Parallel session 1, including:
1100 Entrepreneurial Finance Special Interest Group AGM (Meeting Room 4)
1230 Lunch (including additional events at 1300)
1300 Meet the Editors session – presentations and Q&A with leading journal editors (Meeting Room 1)
1300 Book launch – ‘Creating Entrepreneurial Spaces‘ Vol. 9A in ISBE/Emerald book series Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research (Vista Suite 2)
1300 Family Business Special Interest Group AGM (Executive Room 10)
1300 Gender & Enterprise Network Special Interest Group AGM (Vista Suite 1)
1300 Rural Enterprise Network AGM (Meeting Room 5)
1300 SMEs & Growth Special Interest Group AGM (Executive Room 9)
1300 Social & Sustainable Enterprise Special Interest Group AGM (Meeting Room 7)
1400 Parallel session 2
1530 Afternoon break
1600 Parallel session 3
1700 End
1930 Gala Dinner & Annual ISBE Awards, Macdonald Burlington Hotel
ISBE 2018: Day Two
Thursday 8th November 2018
Crowne Plaza Birmingham City
0900 Parallel session 4, including:
0900 Creative Industries Entrepreneurship SIG research workshop and AGM. Shaping your research journey: From ISBE to publication (Meeting Room 3)
1030 Morning break
1100 Parallel session 5
1230 Lunch (including additional events at 1300)
1300 Early Career Research Forum meeting (Meeting Room 4)
1300 Entrepreneurial Learning, Practice & Policy SIG AGM (Vista Suite 2)
1300 Entrepreneurship Studies Network SIG AGM (Meeting Room 5)
1400 Parallel session 6, including:
1400 Entrepreneurship Studies Network workshop: Entrepreneurial Heffalumps (Meeting Room 5)
1530 Afternoon break
1600 Plenary – Beyond Brexit: Supporting the competitiveness of the UK’s SMEs
An opportunity to look beyond the short-term issues raised by Brexit to the fundamentals of competitiveness – innovation, exporting, technology adoption – which will shape SME growth and success in the future.
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Panel discussion with:
David Hardman, Chief Executive Officer, Innovation Birmingham
Janette Pallas, Director and Business Programmes Manager, University of Warwick Science Park
Jonathan Potter, Head of the Entrepreneurship Policy and Analysis Unit, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE)
Pam Waddell, Director of Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands
Chair: Prof Kiran Trehan, University of Birmingham
1730 End