The 2nd International Enterprise Promotion Convention to be held in Harrogate, Yorkshire on 8-10 November 2010 will show case best practice and innovation in the creation and support of small businesses world-wide.  It will attract many entrepreneurship educators and small business trainers who are seeking innovations and new opportunities in the changing enterprise support sector.

Many of you are engaged in teaching entrepreneurship and supporting new entrepreneurs through novel and exciting programmes.  The key aim of this Convention is to share experiences of successful programmes, whilst highlighting the policy implications. The many Universities, Business Schools and Training Companies that stimulate and promote enterprise can gain valuable ideas and new contacts.

All enterprise education and training organisations need to keep themselves up to date and also consider the alternative options for their ongoing engagement with prospective and established small businesses.

Those who teach young people about enterprise or train potential entrepreneurs see entrepreneurship as a transformational force for people and communities. At this Convention you can share your successes and learn from the experience of other educators from around the world in order to keep up this vital work. New small businesses are vital to economic growth and innovation in all countries.

MAIN THEMES & TOPICS

The three plenary session topics are briefly:

•Opening Plenary: Enterprise Support Policy vs. Practice

•Middle Plenary: Entrepreneurship Education Policy vs. Practice

•Closing Plenary: Enterprising Inspiration for Youth

The main themes to be addressed in participative Workshops, Case Studies and Debates are:-

A - Advancing entrepreneurship education – inspiring young people 

B - Business creation and development - stimulating start-ups

C - Community groups and social enterprises – inspiring social benefits

E - E-business, e-learning, e-marketing - and now social networking

M - Management and business development - for global growth

S - Supporting small business development – new tools and techniques

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This Convention is being organised on a low-cost not-for-profit basis so that as many SME specialists and support organisations as possible can attend from the UK and overseas including for example:

•Business Advisers, Brokers, Coaches, Consultants, Counsellors, Facilitators and Mentors, etc;

•Enterprise Agencies; Incubation & Innovation Centres; Science Parks; Support Organisations;

•Entrepreneurship Educators, Teachers & Trainers; Qualifying Bodies; Professional Institutes:

•Financiers & Venture Capitalists; Government SME-Policy Makers; Development Agencies;

•SME Support Organisations; Trade Associations; Chambers of Trade & Commerce, etc.

There will also be optional evening social and networking events within the overall programme.   

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

An ideal opportunity to learn about best practice in enterprise promotion in many parts of the world:

•Interact with practitioners, policy-makers, entrepreneurs and advisers

•Share best practice in business creation and support services

•Hear from successful enterprise promotion programmes world-wide

•Exchange experience in entrepreneurship education & training

•Debate new approaches to small business development

•Consider applications & policy implications of many innovations

•Develop existing networks and establish new working relationships

PLENARY SESSIONS FORMAT

The three Plenary Sessions will be addressed by distinguished speakers well qualified to present their perspective on what constitutes best practice in their own sector – and how that contrasts with past Government policy and expected future policy in the UK and around the world.

These sessions will be relevant to organisations and individuals that specialise in helping entrepreneurs to start their own business, guiding them through the initial development phase to a secure trading position in their own country and onward into the global market place

WORKSHOP FORMAT

There will be up to six parallel Workshops, facilitated by relevant Organisations and co-chaired by specialists in these subjects who will highlight recent experiences in the field and then stimulate discussion and debate over the practical and policy implications of the presentations.  For maximum participation all presentations are limited to about 15 minutes with no more than three presentations per session.  These sessions will then be an opportunity for all delegates to exchange views and learn, whilst networking with other delegates in the same field from around the world.    

HEAR ABOUT THESE KEY ISSUES:

•Inspiring enterprise in young people

•Inclusion of under-represented communities

•New approaches to inspiring business start-ups

•Identifying and promoting growth and innovation

•New tools and techniques for business support

•Social networking for business growth

IEPC ORGANISATION

The International Enterprise Promotion Convention is organised by David Irwin, Former Head of the Small Business Service; George Derbyshire, CEO of the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies; Tony Robinson, Founder & Executive Chairman of SFEDI and Brian & Beryl Dunsby, Perlex Associates, past organisers of IBA, ICSB, ISBC & ISBE Conferences on small business and entrepreneurship.

The inaugural International Enterprise Promotion Convention last year demonstrated the demand for an event which brings together a host of people with a common interest in Enterprise Promotion. The informal and participative format worked well and the Harrogate location, with its superb International Convention Centre and wide range of nearby accommodation and hospitality options, was the perfect venue. Our aim is for IEPC 2010 to be bigger and better than ever. Hard-hitting plenary speakers, contrasting policy and practice, more focussed workshop themes, more time for discussion, better value. Come and join us at IEPC2010. We look forward to welcoming you to Harrogate in November.

REGISTRATION  FEES

The full Registration Fee covering all three days and the Welcome Reception is just £395 with discounts offered to speakers, students, partner organisation members and delegates from non-OECD Countries. To register please go to www.enterprisepromotion.org/login and simply pay online by Credit Card.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:– Tel: +44(0)1423 879208 Fax: +44(0)1423 870025

Contact: Brian Dunsby, Convention Organiser, PO Box 288, Dept EP011, Harrogate HG1 9AX, UK

E-mail: organiser@enterprisepromotion.org
Web site: www.enterprisepromotion.org