Session 2 - Parallel Presentations
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Session 2 - Parallel Presentations |
| 2a: Enterprising Countries, Regions & Cities - the role of SMEs
Session Chair: Catherine
Swift, President, CEO & Chairwoman,
Mr
Masahiro Maeda, Chairman and CEO, Topic: Support measures for SMEs: the key vitalizers of economies
Mr Padraic White, former Managing Director, Industrial Development Authority, Ireland Topic: The Celtic Tiger – Lessons from Ireland
Prof Louis-Jacques Filion, Rogers-J.A. Bombardier Chair Professor of Entrepreneurship, HEC Montreal, Canada Topic: Strategies to Develop Entrepreneurship in Cities: The Case of Montreal
Prof Fernando Gaspar, Marketing Dept., Escola Superior de Gestao de Santarem, Portugal (TBC) Topic: Why People Say No To Entrepreneurship: A comparative study 2b: Family Business & Transfer of Businesses – doing it right
Session Chair: Dr David Doyle, Member, Executive Board, Kangaroo Group, Brussels, Belgium Topic: Sustaining Family Businesses in Europe
Mr Ryuji Ichikawa, CEO, National Federation of Small Business Associations, Japan Topic: Reform of the Business Succession System in Japan
Dr
Paulette Perry-Mclean, Assistant Professor/Director, College of Business &
Hospitality Management Topic: From Private Ownership to Partial Ownership: Lessons for Family Firms
Mr
Frederic Soudain, Senior Brussels Representative, Topic: Key Issues for a successful transfer of business 2c: Promoting SMEs in Developing Economies
Session Chair: Ms
Lorraine Ruffing, former Head, Technology & Enterprise Branch, UNCTAD;
Mr David Irwin, Partner, Irwin-Grayson Associates, Northumberland, UK Topic: Building on Success
Mrs Modupe A. Adelaja, Director General, SME Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria Topic: Promoting SMEs In Developing Economies- Programmes from Nigeria
Mrs Olive Luena, General Manager/CEO, Tanzania Gatsby Trust, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Topic: Tanzania Gatsby Trust Strategies for SMEs Development in Tanzania
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