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Tuesday, 4th November 16.00 - 17.30

3a: SMEs and Economic Impact – Evidence and Policy Responses?

 

Session Chair:

Prof Mark Hart, Professor of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 
Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK

 

Prof Roy Thurik, Professor of Economics & Entrepreneurship, 
Erasmus University. Rotterdam, Netherlands

Topic: US evidence on the Economic Impact of SMEs – setting the European policy agenda?

 

Ms Katrina Reid, Director Analysis, 
Dept. for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, London, UK

Topic: Developing an Enterprise Strategy in the UK – current policy priorities

 

Mr Joep Rats, Head of SME Policy Dept., 
Royal Dutch Association of SMEs, Delft, Netherlands

Topic: Employment growth in the Netherlands and the role of SME's

 

Mr Graham Davis, Director of Entrepreneurship, 
Invest NI, Belfast, N. Ireland

Topic: Enterprise Support in Northern Ireland – re-positioning the public offer?


3b: The Green Revolution & Global Climate Change – opportunities or threats for SMEs?

 

Session Chair:

Ms Tina Sommer, Chairman, International Affairs, 
Federation of Small Businesses UK + ESBA

 

Prof Tsugio Ide, Chairman National Association of Trade Promotion for SMEs,
Nihon University, Japan

Topic: SME Policy as a Public Policy & Sustainable Development

 

Mr Angelo Consoli, European Director, 
Foundation on Economic Trends, Brussels, Belgium

Topic: The Third Industrial Revolution and a new energy model based on the internet blue print

 

Prof Peter Lindgren, Associate Professor & Director, 
International Center of Innovation, Aalborg Univ., Denmark

Topic: Preparing for a new market reality: Green Business Model innovation in Denmark

 

Anne Artt, NetRegs Communications Officer, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Belfast

Topic: NetRegs – Enabling Environmental Compliance and Competitiveness


3c: Promoting SMEs in Emerging & Transition Economies

 

Session Chair:

Dr Antal Szabó, former Regional Adviser, UNECE; 
now Scientific Director, ERENET, Budapest Corvinus University, Hungary

 

Prof Xavier Figarella, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives, 
University Metropolitana, Venezuela

Topic: Academic Strategies to Improve the Competitive Profile of SME

 

Mr Ishkan Karapetyan, Head of the SME Development National Center & 
Mr Tigran Sukiasyan, National Economic and Environmental Officer of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

Topic: Capacity building for entrepreneurship support in Armenia

 

Prof Baiba Rivza, Member of Parliament of Latvia, 
Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia

Topic: Mentoring & Micro-credit for development of rural women entrepreneurship in Latvia

 

Prof Dr. sci Tihomir Lukovic, Economic faculty "Nautical Tourism", 
University of Dubrovnik, Croatia

Topic: Analysis of Entrepreneurship in Economies of Transition versus Developed Countries


3d: Social Entrepreneurs – mainstream or marginal?

 

Session Chair:

Mr Benne van Popta, Deputy Secretary-General, Royal Dutch Association of SMEs, Delft, Netherlands

 

Mrs Claudine Reid MBE, Social Enterprise Ambassador, 
PJ’s Community Services Ltd, Croydon, UK

Topic: Promoting social enterprise to women and young people – the power of vision

 

Mr Daniël De Steur, Managing Director, 
Economic Council of East-Flanders, Belgium

Topic: Management Development in the social profit sector in East-Flanders, Belgium

 

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