Entrepreneurship and Community
26th Annual Conference
Canadian Council for Small Business
and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE/CCPME)
Hosted by:
The Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University (MRU)
Preliminary Conference Agenda
Draft –confirmation from speakers ongoing.
adjustments to schedule may be required.
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Thursday October 28 |
Friday October 29 |
Saturday October 30 |
Colour Coding for Agenda
|
Yellow |
All Participants Event, Refreshments and Networking Typically Offered. |
|
Blue |
Academic Paper Presentations |
|
Green |
Workshops |
|
Purple |
Panel Discussions |
|
Pink |
Showcase and Competitions |
|
White |
Free Time, Travel Time, Transportation Activities Other Association or Group Meetings |
Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
|
|
9:00 am to 5:30 pm |
CCSBE Conference Registration, Hyatt Regency Hotel |
|
9:00 am to 11:45 am |
CCSBE Board Meeting |
|
11:00 am to 4:30 pm |
Conference Exhibition Showcase Open |
|
11:30 am to 1:00 pm |
Welcome Reception, Lunch and Keynote Speaker, Hyatt Regency Hotel |
|
1:00 to 2:30 pm |
Academic Presentations - Entrepreneurship Education 1 1. Virtual Entrepreneurship 2. Regulatory and Risk Management Issues Arising in the Context of Experiential Entrepreneurship Education 3. Innovating Entrepreneurship at [Our Institution] Business incubators and small enterprise development: The Mexican Experience |
|
1:00 to 2:30 |
Academic Presentations – Diversity in Entrepreneurship 1. The Motivations, Business Satisfaction and Commitment of Career and Later-life Entrepreneurs 2. Beyond the Immigrant Community: The Role of Social Capital in the Growth of Immigrant Enterprises 3. Aboriginal Entrepreneurship and Community Capacity: assessing aboriginal community development strategies in the forest sector 4. Unsung Heroes in Unlikely Places: A Profile of Successful Existing Small Firms in One Canadian Province
|
|
1:00 to 2:30 pm |
Workshop – Venture Financing: Angels, Green Technology and Incubators |
|
2:30 to 3:00 pm |
Networking and Refreshment Break |
|
3:00 to 4:30 pm |
Academic Presentations – Social Entrepreneurship 1 1. Service Learning to Social Entrepreneurship: A Continuum of Action Learning 2. Do social entrepreneurship organizations have different critical success factors than other organizations? – An explorative study 3. Social Enterprises in BC and Alberta: Size, Scope and Strength Is Microfinance Social Entrepreneurship? Commercial Entrepreneurship? Or Both? |
|
3:00 to 4:30 pm |
Showcase and Competition - Education: Experiential Learning Activity |
|
4:30 to 5:30 pm |
Buses Depart Hotel for Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University |
|
5:30 to 7:30 pm |
Reception, Refreshments, Networking to be held on the 2nd Floor Atrium, Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University Keynote Speaker : Linda Thomas, VP Marketing, Smart Technologies Inc. |
|
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm |
Buses Depart MRU for Downtown Calgary and Hyatt Hotel |
|
7:30 pm |
Dinner on Own |
