Conference Chair: Dr Elinor Vettraino
Mayor of the West Midlands: Andy Street CBE
Vice Chancellor: Professor Aleks Subic

Sustainable Growth in Unexpected Places: An Exploration
Facilitated by Professor Mark Hart (Aston University)

“In conversation with Richard Harpin” (Founder of HomeServe and Growth)

Panel Session
Jane Galsworthy – Managing Director, Oxford Innovation Advice 
Professor Nola Hewitt-Dundas – Pro-Vice Chancellor, Queen’s Management School, Queen’s University Belfast 
Professor Monder Ram OBE – Director, Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME)
Jonathan Potter, Head of the Entrepreneurship Policy Unit, OECD

“IJEBR Annual Report Session” – Room G8 – Main Building

Venue: STEAMhouse, Birmingham City University

Welcome from Professor Andrew Henley, ISBE President

Bright Club

We are delighted to announce that we have two academics who will be taking to the stage along with the support and guidance of stand-up comedian James Cook read more here.

Panel Session 2 – “Committing to Impact: Implementing The ‘Time to Change’ Report for Black and Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs

Monder Ram (CREME, Aston University), Sharniya Ferdinand (NatWest Bank) and Ian McLaughlan (Business Growth West Midlands)  

The Great Hall, Main Building, Aston University

This session is not just about talking, but about doing. It is about committing to impact and making a difference for Ethnic Minority Businesses (EMBs) and the UK economy. We showcase how academics, corporations and business support agencies collaborate to implement findings of theCentre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship’s (CREME) report  ‘Time to Change: A Blueprint for Advancing the UK’s Ethnic Minority Businesses’. The report is the most comprehensive of its kind. It sets out ten evidence-based recommendations for advancing the growth potential of ethnic minority businesses (EMBs), including increasing their GVA contribution from the current £25 billion a year to £100 billion. Monder Ram (CREME), Sharniya Ferdinand (NatWest Bank) and Ian McLaughlan (Business Growth West Midlands) share how they are working together to develop a dynamic and inclusive business support ecosystem for EMBs.

Additional meetings:, ISBE AGM, SIG AGMS, 

Venue: The Warwickshire Suite, Edgbaston Cricket Stadium

Jonathan Potter, Head of the Entrepreneurship Policy and Analysis Unit, OECD: ”The policy challenge of levelling-up entrepreneurship across regions”.

Professor Pablo Munoz-Roman, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Co-Director of Durham Enterprise Centre: “Facing the future through entrepreneurship research”.

An opportunity for discussion and questions, facilitated by Dr Secil Danakol

Conference Chair 2023: Dr Elinor Vettraino

Conference Chair 2024: Professor Steve Johnson, Leeds Trinity University