King Saud University represented by Entrepreneurship Center and Entrepreneurship Network Association (E-nas) with the cooperation of International Entrepreneurship Academy (INTENTAC) are holding the first international conference on entrepreneurship.

This conference aims to bring budding entrepreneurs in contact with the leading experts of entrepreneurship from around the world, not only to share ideas but also to create direct linkages.

Conference Objectives:

• Consolidate the concepts and foundations of professional entrepreneurship and the mechanisms applied in its education.
• Train individuals to transfer their ideas and projects to the economic reality.
• Promote entrepreneurial orientation and behavior   towards business in the coming generations.
• Underscore the characteristics and skills of creativity and innovation in knowledge based economies.
• Enhance the culture of knowledge and leadership thought to support business pioneers in order to activate their role in sustainable development.
• Confirm the strategic role of entrepreneurship associations in the development of active entrepreneurial thought process.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

FIRST THEME: Entrepreneurial Thought in Business:

• Dimensions, and Historical Development of Entrepreneurship.
• Basic Concepts in Entrepreneurship.
• Fundamental Principles of Entrepreneurship.
• Prospective Future of Entrepreneurship.

SECOND THEME: Innovative Thinking and Behavior:

• Concepts and Characteristics of Innovative Thought.
• Challenges in Nurturing Humans Capable of Innovation and Creativity.
• Roles of National Institutions to Support and Care for Innovation.

THIRD THEME: Economics of Knowledge and the Future Businessmen:

• Concepts and Characteristics of the Economics of Knowledge.
• Roles of Science Parks in Building Knowledge Economies.
• Incubators and Their Roles in Transforming Ideas into Entrepreneurial Project Strategies.

FOURTH THEME: Women Entrepreneurs – Social Entrepreneurship:

• Examples of Role Models and Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs.
• Ideas and Strategic Directions for the Construction of a Distinct Generation of Entrepreneurs.
• Areas and Entrepreneurial Projects for Women Entrepreneurs.
• Social Entrepreneurship.

FIFTH THEME: Roles of Universities and Public Institutions to support Entrepreneurship:

• Entrepreneurship and the Characteristics of Outputs of the Educational Process.
• Strategic Partnerships between Universities and Public Institutions to Strengthen Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
• Roles of Academic Centers and Associations in Building and Leading the Development of Innovative Thought.

SIXTH THEME: Institutions in support of Innovation and entrepreneurship.

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Men:
25-26 October, 2009
Hamdan AlJasr Hall
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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