The detailed programme is now available: ICSB Draft Program 20 May (27 KB)

 

Please scroll down for information about

special events, symposia, panels, workshops, 

special issues, best paper awards, and other highlights.

 

Keynote Speakers

Founded in 1955, the ICSB was the first international membership organization to promote the growth and development of small businesses worldwide. The organization brings together educators, researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world to share knowledge and expertise in their respective fields. The participation of these four groups (known as the ICSB’s four ‘pillars’) in our annual conference makes an ICSB event like no other conference.

The keynote speakers for the 2012 conference have been carefully selected to demonstrate the four pillars and the programme has been designed to allow them to be showcased individually as well as to interact with others.

Details of the keynote speakers will be posted as they are confirmed.

 

Professor Saras Sarasvathy We are very pleased to announce that Professor Saras Sarasvathy has confirmed that she will be one our keynote speakers for the Conference. Professor Sarasvathy is based at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and was named one of the top 18 entrepreneurship professors by Fortune Small Business magazine and is well known for her influential work on Effectuation and world leading academic contributions in entrepreneurship. Her session is planned for Tuesday, 11am - 12.30 pm.

 

Bentham Ohia Bentham is Te Pouhere (CEO) of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa - (The biggest Indigenous University of the World). Bentham is of Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Pukenga, Ngāti Ranginui, Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Rarua and Te Arawa descent. Bentham has worked at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa for the past 18 years. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is a Māori-led tertiary organisation based on Māori values and open to all people of Aotearoa (New Zealand). It enrols more than 35,000 students each year and employs more than 1,200 people. Bentham Ohia's keynote is planned for Monday, 11.45am - 12.30pm.

 

Rod Oram Rod Oram has more than 30 year's experience as an international business journalist. He has worked for various publications in Europe and North America, including the Financial Times of London. Rod and his family emigrated from the UK to New Zealand in 1997. He is currently a columnist for the Sunday Star-Times; a regular broadcaster on radio and television; and a frequent public speaker on business, economics, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship, in both NZ and global contexts. For more than a decade, Rod has been helping fast-growing New Zealand companies through his involvement with The ICEHOUSE, the entrepreneurship centre at the University of Auckland's Business School. Penguin published in 2007 his book on the New Zealand economy, Reinventing Paradise. Rod Oram's keynote is planned for Monday, 11.45am - 12.30pm.

 

Robert Sun-Quae Lai Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprise Administration (SMEA) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan Chairman of APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group (SMEWG). Click here to view Dr Lai's profile. Dr. Lai will be a discussant of Professor Sarasvathy's keynote.

Plenary Panel: Local Heroes of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

On Wednesday, 11am-12.30pm, there will be a panel of local entrepreneurs who excell in innovation.

The chair of this session is Peter Robinson of Grow Wellington.

Confirmed panelists include:

Scott Houston (Greenbutton)

Mario Wynands (Sidhe)

Richard Shirtcliffe (Phil and Teds)

Richard Taylor (Weta) (video message)

Chris Parkin (Museum hotel)

 

Special events, Symposia, Panels, and Workshops

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Special events

The following special events are scheduled for presentation:

 

Monday 3.30 - 5pm: Screening of "Last Paradise"

This is a documentary about the origins of adventure sports in New Zealand and beyond. It is directed by Clive Neeson.

After the screening, Vishal Gupta (Binghampton University) and Chris Streb (University of Groningen) will analyse the film from the point of view of business theory and research.

 

Tuesday 1.30 - 5pm: Entrepreneurship Educators Forum

Under the inspired guidance of Colin Jones (University of Tasmania) and Andy Penaluna (Swansea Metropolitan University) the Forum is designed to bring interaction and exchange amongst entrepreneurship educators. 

Various themes will be discussed in small groups. This event lasts for the entire afternoon and includes a separate Educator's refreshment break.

 

Symposia

The following symposia are scheduled for presentation:

 

Monday 1.30 - 3pm: SME Disaster Recovery and Risk Management  

Moderated by Peter Townsend (Canterbury Chamber of Commerce)

Other speakers: Dr. Rober Lai (APEC Centre for Crisis Management)

Barbara Cullen (State of Victoria, Australia)

Prajakta Khare (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)

Mark Steel (Minsitry of Economic Development, New Zealand).

 

Tuesday 9 - 10.30pm: What is and should be the Role of Government in Small Business Development?

Moderated by Amanda Castray (Tasmanian Department of Economic Development)

Other speakers: Prof. Frank Hoy (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

Prof. Morgan Miles (University of Tasmania)

Prof. Brian Gibson (TOP Education Institute and President of SEAANZ).

Other speakers TBA

 

Tuesday 1.30 - 2.30pm: SME's Issues in the Carribean: What Have We Learned?

Moderated by Ivelisse Betancourt (Inter American University of Puerto Rico)

Other speakers: 

Zulma Quiñones PhD., Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San Germán, 

Karen Orengo PhD., University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

Eneida Serra ABD., Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San  Germán

 

Tuesday 2.30 - 3pm: Celebrating 100 Years of Schumpeter

Presentations by  Dr. Dr. J. Hanns Pichler, University of Economics and Business, Vienna University, and

Dr. Brian Gibson, TOP Education Institute and SEAANZ President

 

Tuesday 3.30 - 5pm: Life Sciences Entrepreneurship: Education, Training and Practice

Moderated by William G. Marshall, Jr., University of South Florida, and

Michael W. Fountain, University of South Florida, fountain@usf.edu

 

 

Panels

The following panels are currently scheduled for presentation:

 

Monday 1.30 - 2.15pm: 25 Years of Change? Reflections of SEAANZ Past Presidents

Panel Chair: Brian Gibson (TOP Education Institute and President of SEAANZ).

Other speakers: Geoff Meredith, President 1987-89

Colin Dunn, President 2002-04

Michael Schaper, President 2004-06

Claire Massey, President 2006-07

 

Monday 3.30 - 5pm: ICSB Global Panel: Online Education Exploration

Moderator: Ayman El Tarabishy, ICSB, 

Panelists:

Geoff Archer, Royal Roads University 

Robbie Field, Eastern Institute of Technology

Amanda Gudmundsson, Queensland University of Technology

Grant Hannis, Massey University

Stephen Ryan-Harvey, State Government of Victoria, Australia

Oludare E. Ogundimu, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Nigeria

 

Tuesday 9 - 10 am: ICSB Global Panel: State of the Art of Entrepreneurship Education

Moderator: Don Bradley, ICSB President

Panelists:

Ki-Chan Kim, Catholic University of Korea

Charles Matthews, University of Cincinnati

George Solomon, George Washington University

 

Tuesday 10 - 10.30am: ICSB Global Panel: Engendering Innovaton through Entrepreneurship Education

Moderator: Tom Cooney, ICSB President-Elect

Panelists:

Richard Schnabel, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, Australia

Xiaobo Wu, Zhejiang University

 

Wednesday 9 - 10.30am: Collaboration of Organisations Concerned with Small Enterprise Policy, Research and Education

Moderator: Brian Gibson, President, SEAANZ

Panelists:

Ken Phillips, CEO, the Independent Contractors of Australia, and Chairman, COSBOA

Peter Strong, CEO, COSBOA

Don Bradley, President, ICSB

Tom Cooney, President–elect, ICSB

Michael Schaper, Deputy Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Glen Senior, CEO, The Small Business Company Ltd

Michael Schwager, Head of Division, Industry and Small Business Policy, Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research & Tertiary Education, Australia

 

Workshops

The following workshops are scheduled for presentation:

 

Monday 1.30 - 2.15pm: Living the American Dream: But is it Dead?

Moderator: Wil Clouse, Western Kentucky University

 

Monday 2.15 - 3pm: IDEAS: Innovation Development Early Assessment System

Moderator: Jack English, University of Tasmania

 

Monday 2.15 - 3pm: Regional Business Partner Programme

Moderators:

Euan Purdie, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

Peter Bull, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

 

Monday 3.30 - 5pm: Getting Published

Moderators: George Solomon and Michael Battaglia (Journal of Small Business Management)

 

Tuesday 1.30 - 2.15pm: Sustainable Innovation, Unlocking Innovation

Moderators:

Jay Friedlander, College of the Atlantic

Gary R. Palin, Elon University

 

Tuesday 2.15 - 3pm: Risk Minimization Training for Entrepreneurs: Organize, Manage and Adapt

Moderators:

Janet Tan, Taiwan National Chengchi University

Chi Liu, Chienkuo Technology University

 

Tuesday 3.30 - 4.15pm: Are We There Yet? Metrics for Assessing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Moderator: Norris Krueger, Entrepreneurship Northwest

 

Tuesday 4.15 - 5pm: Building Cross Disciplinary International Entrepreneurship/Innovation Programs

Moderator: Wil Clouse, Western Kentucky University

 

Wednesday 9 - 10.30am: Bridging the Gap Between Academics, Practice, and Policy in Entrepreneurship

Moderators: 

Suresh U. Kumar, Founder and CEO, NexAge Technologies USA Inc and Green Earth LLC. 

Norris F. Krueger, Jr. Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship Northwest

 

 

Best Paper Awards and Special Issues

 

The conference includes 18 Tracks, including the Conference theme track, with the exciting theme "Leading From the Edge".

For each track, there will be a best paper award. Unfortunately, no money is attached, but the honour is there for eternity.

 

We are also pleased to announce that the International Small Business Journal (http://isb.sagepub.com/) will run a special issue containing the best papers of ICSB 2012. 

 

Track 2, Indigenous Entrepreneurship, has a special issue connected to it:

Special Call for Papers for Indigenous Scholars in Entrepreneurship and Indigenous Small Business

This is the first year the conference has held a specific track for Indigenous Entrepreneurship, an opportunity for scholars in Indigenous Entrepreneurship to highlight their scholarship together at this internationally renowned conference

Six to eight of the best papers will be automatically published in December 2012 in a special issue  of the Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (JAII) a quality interdisciplinary academic journal publishing refereed articles in all areas of Indigenous Studies. For background information on the Journal refer to their website.

We look forward to your support to build on the growing research field of Indigenous Entrepreneurship.

Professor Dennis Foley and Dr. Annemarie Gillies (Track Leaders)

Contact Information: Professor Dennis Foley, email: dennis.foley@newcastle.edu.au.

 

In addition, there are plans for a pre-conference hui on indigenous entrepreneurship. However, no definite confirmation can be given at this stage. More information to follow

 

Track 4: Entrepreneurship Education and Training, will host an Entrepreneurship Educators Forum.

See the description above under "special events".

 

Track 10 "Small Business Performance" has its own special issue in Small Enterprise Journal.

A number of papers submitted to this track will be selected for publication in a special issue of the journal ‘Small Enterprise Research’ to be edited by track chair Dr Martie-Louise Verreynne (The University of Queensland).

Please follow the link for background information on the journal:

http://ser.e-contentmanagement.com/"

 

Connected to Track 18 (Female entrepreneurship) is the 9th Annual Best Paper Award in Women's Entrepreneurship. 

The award shall consist of a certificate to the recipient, a cash award in the amount of $1,000 USD, a subscription to the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, and consideration of the paper for publication in the journal. This award is being co-sponsored by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, publishers of the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, and Womenable, a for-profit social enterprise whose mission is to improve the environment for women-owned businesses worldwide.