Entrepreneurship in a Challenged World: The Role of Universities in the Development of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Mission of the Conference
The Conference’s mission is to bring together professionals in the field, from research, teaching, practice and policy-making to exchange opinions, problems and good practice in entrepreneurship to respond to the challenges of our changing world.

Objectives
– To discuss recent trends and problems in the development of national and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems;
– To discuss and understand better the role of universities in the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems;
– To discuss the challenges for entrepreneurs as key business players today and tomorrow;
– To exchange research, training and consulting experiences (problems, findings and solutions) in different geographic, economic, and socio-cultural contexts;
– To discuss and understand better the role of intrapreneurship in large-scale enterprises and their role in entrepreneurial ecosystems;
– To strengthen and develop further established networks among professionals from Europe and other regions of the world.

Who should attend this conference?
– Researchers
– Teachers/trainers
– Consultants
– Policy-makers
– Entrepreneurs
– Managers

Topics
General (panel) and specific (in sessions) topics will be discussed during the Conference. Among them will be:
– Entrepreneurial universities and their answers to the new challenges and needs of the new enterprises.
– How should universities contribute to entrepreneurial ecosystems in the new decade, and by what means?
– The practice of entrepreneurship:
how to respond to global challenges?
– University actions to support different entrepreneurial groups: Youth, Women, Family, Seniors, Ethnic Minorities
– Entrepreneurship and the UN¨s Sustainable Development Goals
– International entrepreneurship
– Arts and creative entrepreneurship
– Corporate entrepreneurship
– Social entrepreneurship
– Innovation and Technology
in entrepreneurial activities
– Entrepreneurship facing the challenge of digitalisation
– Entrepreneurship and AI
– Entrepreneurship in support of ecology and a sustainable environment
– Government policies and programmes in support of entrepreneurship
– The impact of funds and financial institutions on entrepreneurship
– Entrepreneurship education and training in response to the world’s challenges
– Entrepreneurial dimensions of Management, Finance, and Marketing

A round table on SMEs’ competitive behaviour in a global business environment will be organised during the conference.
Like previous conferences the best papers will be published by renowned publishing houses (as a book, or papers in journals). The rest of the papers presented at the conference will be published in Conference Proceedings book.