ICEIRD 2011

ICEIRD 2011
4th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development 2011
Event in series	ICEIRD
Dates	2011/05/05 (iCal) - 2011/05/07
Homepage:	www.iceird.org/2011
Location
Location:	Ohrid, Macedonia
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Important dates
Abstracts:	2010/12/10
Papers:	2011/02/20
Submissions:	2010/12/10
Notification:	2010/12/20
Camera ready due:	2011/03/20
Table of Contents

CONFERENCE TITLE:

From Entrepreneurial Learning to Innovation and Regional Development

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE:

The objective of the conference is to gather decision makers (government, ministries and state agencies), innovation experts (universities, research and development centers, technology transfer centers, start-up centers) and practitioners(SMEs, business incubators and business support organizations) in order to generate discussion and exchange on the potential of entrepreneurship promotion and innovation for national and regional competitiveness.

ICEIRD 2011 is organized under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Macedonia H.E. Dr. Gjorge Ivanov.

ORGANIZER: National Centre for Innovations and Entrepreneurial Learning - www.ncdiel.mk

PATRONS:

• European Academy of Sciences and Arts - www.euro-acad.eu
• Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts - www.manu.edu.mk

MAIN TOPICS:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: as a process of identifying opportunities and putting useful ideas into practice

• Corporate entrepreneurship / intrapreneurship
• Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
• Entrepreneurial Process: From Creation to Growth
• Entrepreneurial university and the role of universities
• International Entrepreneurship
• Linking Intellectual Capital, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
• Models of Entrepreneurial learning at all levels of education
• Technological entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, green entrepreneurship
• Young and female entrepreneurship

INNOVATION: as the driver of national, regional and global economy

• Develop the enabling environment for innovative entrepreneurship
• National and regional policies on entrepreneurship and innovation
• Green Innovation
• Human Resources Practices for promoting innovation for SMEs
• Innovation training & education
• Innovative processes and models (SCM, ERP, BPR, e-business models, …)
• Intellectual Property Management in Higher Education and Research Institutions
• Intellectual property rights
• International cooperation and national innovation policies to face global challenges
• Methods and tools for innovation
• Open innovation strategies and models from universities and research centers
• The conditions for developing sustainable systems of innovation

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: and the possibilities and barriers for closer cooperation between South East European economies, EU and beyond

• Cross-border cooperation – best practices towards regional development
• Entrepreneurship and Regional Open Innovation Systems
• ICT and Regional competitiveness
• Intelligent regions
• Networks and clusters of innovation
• Regional competitiveness and development
• Support infrastructure for entrepreneurial ventures and business incubation
• Territorial cooperation as a driver of regional growth
• The benefit of knowledge zones, business start-up centers and incubators in the region

Committees

• Co-Organizers