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Program
The Conference will begin with a welcome reception on the evening of June 22nd. The Conference Opening takes place on the morning of June 23rd and the program consists of plenary sessions and parallel workshops. A Pre-conference Policy Forum takes place during the day of June 20th.
CLICK HERE for a detailed schedule of presentations and moderator timeslots
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Monday, June 23 |
Tuesday, June 24 |
Wednesday, June 25 |
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7:30 - 8:45 |
CCSBE AGM (Grand Ballroom) |
07:45- 09:00 |
Continental Breakfast and ICSB AGM (Grand Ballroom) |
| 11:00-13:00 |
Outgoing CCSBE Board Meeting (Suite 203) |
08:15- 09:00 |
Conference Opening (Grand Ballroom) |
09:00- 10:30 |
Plenary Panel: "From Research to Results" (Grand Ballroom) |
09:00- 10:30 |
Concurrent Paper and Workshop Session
Incoming CCSBE Board Meeting (until 11:00) (MacDonald Room - Delta Halifax) |
| 09:00- 09:55 |
Part I - Opening Plenary & Panel: "Perspectives and trends on SME/ Entrepreneurship Research, Education, Policy & Practice" (Grand Ballroom) |
10:30- 11:00 |
Refreshment Break (Room 100) |
10:30- 11:00 |
Refreshment Break |
| 09:55 - 10:15 |
Refreshment Break (Room 100) |
11:00- 12:30 |
Concurrent Paper and Workshop Session |
11:00- 12:30 |
Concurrent Paper and Workshop Session |
| 10:15- 11:30 |
Part II - Opening Plenary & Panel: "Perspectives and trends on SME/ Entrepreneurship Research, Education, Policy & Practice" (Grand Ballroom) |
12:30- 14:00 |
Lunch with Speaker (Grand Ballroom) |
12:30- 14:00 |
Lunch, Awards, and Invitation to ICSB 2009 (Grand Ballroom) |
12:00- 18:00
13:00- 18:00 |
ICSB Board Meeting (Room 201)
Conference Registration (Outside Room 100) |
11:30 - 11:45 |
Introduction of the ICSB Wilford White Fellows |
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14:30- 18:00 |
ICSB Board Meeting (NcNab Suite - Delta Halifax) |
| 11:45- 13:00 |
Concurrent Paper and Workshop Session |
14:00- 15:30 |
Concurrent Paper and Workshop Session
Interested in forming an ICSB Chapter of Affiliate? Orientation Session at the Delta Halifax - McNabb Suite (until 15:00) |
| 13:00- 14:15 |
Lunch with Speaker (Grand Ballroom) |
15:30- 16:00 |
Refreshment Break (Room 100) |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Wilford White Fellows Meeting (McNab Suite - Delta Halifax) |
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| 14:15- 15:45 |
Concurrent Paper and Workshop Session |
16:00- 17:30 |
Plenary Panel: "Barriers & Constraints to Entrepreneurship & SME Development" (Grand Ballroom) |
| 15:45 - 16:15 |
Refreshment Break (Room 100) |
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| 16:15 - 17:45 |
Concurrent Paper and Workshop Session |
18:30 - 19:30 |
Reception (Room 100) |
| 19:00- 21:00 |
Opening Reception (Grand Ballroom) |
19:00- 21:00 |
Delegate Evening |
19:30- 23:00 |
Gala Dinner & Dance (Grand Ballroom) |
Note: This schedule is for guidance only and may change before the conference date. The final session times will be confirmed on the final program.
Official languages of the conference are French and English. Given the wide range of delegates expected we regret it is not possible to offer simultaneous translation in other languages
Detailed Program:
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
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Registration
Location: World Trade and Convention Centre, 1800 Argyle St, Halifax |
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Opening Reception
Location: World Trade and Convention Centre |
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Master of Ceremonies:
Mr. Ron Robichaud, President, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) |
Welcoming Remarks:
Dr. Colin Dodds, Conference Co-Chair, President, Saint Mary’s University
Ms. Annette St-Onge, Conference Co-Chair, Senior Vice President, Affiliates, ICSB
Mr. Rob van der Horst, President, ICSB
Mr. Ron Robichaud, President, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship CCSBE |
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Pot pourri of Atlantic Canadian music |
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Monday June 23rd, 2008
Simultaneous interpretation will be available in all plenary sessions and sessions held in the plenary room.
There will be one breakout session with continuous French presentations.
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Conference Opening
Location: World Trade and Convention Centre |
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Welcome and Head table introductions: Ms. Annette St-Onge, Conference Co-Chair, Senior Vice President, Affiliates, ICSB
Opening Remarks:
The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Q.C , Senator, the Senate of Canada
The Honourable Jaime Muir , Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Dr. Colin Dodds, Conference Co-Chair, President, Saint Mary’s University
Ms. Annette St-Onge, Conference Co-Chair, Senior Vice President, Affiliates, ICSB
Mr. Ron Robichaud, President, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship CCSBE
Mr. Rob van der Horst, President, ICSB |
9:00 am –
9:55 am |
Opening Plenary Panel Part I
“Perspectives and Trends on SME/Entrepreneurship Research, Education, Policy, and Practice” |
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Moderator:
Mr. Rob van der Horst, President, ICSB |
Panellists:
Research – Dr. Zoltan Acs
Professor, School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Co-Founder and Co-Editor, Journal of Small Business Economics and Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Education – Dr. Kevin Hindle, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia |
9:55 am –
10:15 am |
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Opening Plenary Panel Part II |
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Panellists:
SME/Entrepreneurship policy – Dr. Anders Hoffman, Director, Entrepreneurship Policy, Danish Enterprise and Construction Agency, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, Copenhagen, Denmark
Small Business Practice – Mr. Chris Pelham, Head of APEC-IBIZ (Canada) and Executive Director, Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship, Wolfville, Nova Scotia |
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Dr. David Smallbone, Professor, Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Associate Director, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, London, UK
Dr. Jose Romaguera, Professor, Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Director, Business Centre, College of Business Administration, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Puerto Rico |
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Introduction of the ICSB Wilford White Fellows – Dr. George Solomon, George Washington University, Washington, DC |
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Concurrent paper sessions |
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Lunch with Keynote Speaker –Mr. Michel Bergeron , Vice-President, Corporate Relations, Business Development Bank of Canada, Montreal, Quebec
Introduction by Ms. Sandra Avolese, McInnes Cooper Law Firm |
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Concurrent paper and workshop sessions |
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Concurrent paper and workshop sessions |
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Choice of Tall Ship Silva Dinner Cruise
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The Halifax Feast Dinner Theatre
Delegates can register for each event when registering for the conference |
Tuesday June 24th, 2008
Simultaneous interpretation available in all plenary sessions and sessions held in the plenary room.
There will be one breakout session with continuous French presentations.
9:00 am –
10:30 am |
Plenary Panel Session
“From Research to Results”, featuring winners of the FSF/NUTEK International Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research Award |
Moderator:
Dr. Anders Lundström, President, Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF) and IPREG |
Panelists:
Dr. Howard Aldrich, Professor and Department Chair, Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Management in the Kenan-Flager BUsiness School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Dr. Candida Brush, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Dr. David Storey, Director, Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Warwick University, Coventry, UK |
10:30 am –
11:00 am |
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Concurrent paper and workshop sessions |
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12:30 pm –
2:00 pm |
Lunch with Keynote Speaker – Mr. Jim Reid, North America CEO, Green Standards, Nova Scotia
Introduction by Mr. Ed McHugh, Academic Chair, Nova Scotia Community College |
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Concurrent paper and workshop sessions |
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3:30 pm –
4:00 pm |
Refreshment Break |
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Plenary Panel Session
“Addressing Barriers and Constraints to Entrepreneurship and SME Development : An International Perspective” |
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Moderator:
Lois Stevenson, Visiting Research Fellow, International Development Research Centre, Middle East Regional Office, Cairo |
Speakers:
Ms. Diana Ablonczy - Secretary of State of Small Business and Tourism
Mme Marie Florence Estimé, Deputy Direct, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Dr. David Wheeler, Dean, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University and Co-Chair, UNDP Task Force in Private Sector Development, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Mr. Guann-Jyn Lee, Director of Business Start-up and Incubation Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipei, Taiwan
Mr. Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Manager of the SME Unit, Ministry of Finance, Government of Egypt, Cairo
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Reception |
7:30 pm –
11:00 pm |
Gala Dinner
Location : World Trade and Convention Centre |
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Induction of the 2008 Wilford White Fellows, moderated by Dr. George Solomon |
Speakers:
The Honourable John F. Hamm, Co-chair Democracy 250
Keynote Speaker – Mr. Ben Barry, Founder and CEO, Ben Barry Agency, Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Introduction by the Honourable Harinder Takhar, Minister of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Province of Ontario |
Dancing to the music of famous Nova Scotia band Blueberry Grunt
and socializing and networking to the piano styling of Steve Dooks |
Wednesday June 25th, 2008
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Continental breakfast and ICSB Annual General Meeting (AGM) |
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Concurrent paper and workshop sessions |
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Concurrent paper and workshop sessions |
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12:30 pm –
2:00 pm |
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Announcement of the finalists of the Dell Global Small Business Excellence Awards, Dell Canada |
| Announcing the winners of Inter-ICSB 2008, Prof. Pasi Malinen, Business Research and Development Centre, Turku School of Economics, Finland |
Best Paper Awards, Dr. Chuck Matthews, President-Elect, ICSB
Presentation of Award for Best Paper on Women’s Entrepreneurship on behalf of National Women’s Business Council and ICSB, Ms. Julie Weeks and Ms. Annette St-Onge |
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Invitation to ICSB2009 – Professor Hyun-Duk Yoon, Vice Chancellor of Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea |
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