Objectives:
The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship is Britain’s premier small business and entrepreneurship network for individuals and organisations involved with SME research and entrepreneurship education and support. ISBE also provides a welcome forum for those who provide business advice, and those who formulate, deliver and evaluate enterprise policy. With a mission ‘to promote excellence in education, research and practice’, ISBE’s primary purpose is to promote knowledge and expertise in small business and entrepreneurship, most noticeably through its annual conference.

ISBE’s annual conferences are Britain’s leading forum for promoting, disseminating and
debating small business development and entrepreneurship evaluation and research;
informing many major shifts in UK policy and practice over the past 30 years. The
Conference is an excellent opportunity for participants to develop networks as well as to present, hear and discuss the latest research in the area of small business and
entrepreneurship education, and share best practice in enterprise creation and development.

The Conference attracts leading small business researchers and academics, policy makers,educators and advisers, as well as SME Bodies and Support Organisations.

A - Advancing entrepreneurship education and young enterprise
B - Business birth-rate strategy - stimulating & supporting start-ups
C - Community, ethnic, minority, rural and social enterprise
E - E-entrepreneurship, e-business and e-learning
I - Innovation, technology transfer and knowledge networks
M - Management, skills development and growth issues
S - Supporting small business development world-wide
V - Small business finance and financial management
W - Women's enterprise and family business relationships

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Who should attend?

• Educators - at Universities, Colleges, Business Schools, Junior & Secondary Schools,
  Training Centres, Virtual Learning, etc.

• Financiers - in Clearing Banks, Micro-Finance, Loan Schemes, Investment Funds, Aid
  Agencies, Venture Capital, etc.

• Policy-makers - Government SME Ministers and Officials at international, national, regional
  and local levels, etc.

• Practitioners - Advisers, Coaches, Consultants, Counsellors, Incubators, Mentors,
  Publishers, Trainers, etc.

• Researchers - at Universities, Business Research Centres, Economic Development
  Centres, Governments, etc.

• SME Bodies - Business Centres, Chambers of Commerce, Enterprise Agencies, Support
  Organisations, Trade Associations.

Why should you attend?

• Share best practice in enterprise creation and development

• Hear the latest advances in entrepreneurship education

• Discuss leading-edge research in entrepreneurship and SMEs

• Consider the applications and policy implications of this research

• Present your own research and experience and gain feedback

• Interact with leading academics, practitioners and policy-makers

• Develop your networks and establish new working relationships

• Business to business networking and match-making opportunities

• Best practice visits to Industrial Parks, Incubation & Innovation Centre