Outline Programme
Day One – Wednesday 8th November
Day Two – Thursday 9th November
Tuesday 7th November 2017
Ulster University
Doctoral Day kindly sponsored by Ulster University, Belfast City Campus
0930 Doctoral Day Registration
1030 – 1630 Doctoral Day
1900 Welcome Reception, Europa Hotel, Belfast
Welcome: Rt Hon, the Lord Mayor, Councillor Nuala McAllister
ISBE 2017: Day One
Wednesday 8th November 2017
Europa Hotel, Belfast
0900 Welcome & Keynote Session
Professor Pauric McGowan, ISBE President & Ulster University
Professor Paddy Nixon, Vice-Chancellor & President, Ulster University
Lisa Toland, Head of Economic Initiatives and International Relations, Belfast City Council
Keynote
Professor Barbara J. Orser, Deloitte Professor in the Management of Growth Enterprises,
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Professor Neil Gibson, Chief Economist, EY (Ireland)
1030 Morning break
1100 Parallel session 1
1230 Lunch (including the following additional events)
1300
– Entrepreneurship Policy Workshop (Grand Four)
– Strategic Entrepreneurial Leadership Workshop (Amsterdam One)
– Annual General Meetings of ISBE Special Interest Groups
– SIG AGM: Enterprise Studies Network (Dublin Two)
– SIG AGM: Family Business (Copenhagen Two)
– SIG AGM: Rural Enterprise Network (Library Bar)
– SIG AGM: Social & Sustainable Enterprise (Copenhagen One)
– Developmental meeting for IJEBR (Dublin One)
1400 Parallel session 2, including
Gender & Enterprise Webinar: Conquering borders – Gender, Entrepreneurship and Prosperity
40th anniversary seminar: New and Small Firm performance within and across borders
1530 Afternoon break
SAGE Publishing – New Books Launch at the SAGE exhibition stand
Exploring Entrepreneurship, 2nd Edition by Richard Blundel, Nigel Lockett & Catherine Wang and The Business of Innovation by Jay Mitra
1600 40th Anniversary Plenary Session
Renewing Bridges and Building Communities – Entrepreneurship and new positions in applied engagement and research
1700 End
1930 Gala Dinner & Annual ISBE Awards, Titanic Belfast
Gala Dinner kindly sponsored by Ulster University Business School
Professor Colette Henry, Conference Chair & Dundalk Institute of Technology
Tony Wall, Conference Chair & Ulster University
Keynote speaker
James Nesbitt, actor, presenter & comedian; Chancellor at Ulster University
Dessert kindly sponsored by Ulster University
ISBE 2017: Day Two
Thursday 9th November 2017
Europa Hotel, Belfast
0900 Parallel session 3
1030 Morning break
Palgrave/Macmillan – New Book Launch at the Palgrave/Macmillan stand
Understanding Enterprise, 5th Edition by Simon Bridge & Ken O’Neill
1100 Parallel session 4
Including Research Methodology for Publication in the Creative Industries workshop
1230 Lunch (including the following additional events)
1230
ISBE AGM (Europa hotel) with guest speaker Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
1300
Annual General Meetings of ISBE Special Interest Groups:
– SIG AGM: Entrepreneurial Learning, Practice & Policy (Berlin Two)
– SIG AGM: Gender and Enterprise Network (Berlin One)
– SIG AGM: SMEs and Growth (Rotunda)
Publishing workshop, led by Professor Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
Longitudinal Small Business Survey update
Delegate Tour of Innovation Factory
1400 Parallel session 5
1530 Afternoon break
1600 Parallel session 6
1730 End