IEEC 2009
Event Details
When:
September 2, 2009 - 12:00pm to
September 4, 2009 - 2:15pm
Location:
Edinburgh Conference Centre
Contact Name:
Andrew Mitchell
Contact Email:
andrew [dot] mitchell [at] ed [dot] ac [dot] uk
Contact Phone:
0131 650 9935
International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference
Enterprise Educators and the NCGE are delighted to announce this year's International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference will be held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh from 2nd-4th September. The Principal Sponsor for IEEC 2009 will be Informatics Ventures at the University of Edinburgh.
This year's Conference theme is ‘Advancing Enterprise Education’. Within that, there are several broad themes: 'raising awareness', 'enterprise in context: teaching methods', 'pollcy in action' and 'pathways for learning'.
Confirmed speakers include:
Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise Energy and Tourism
Professor Phil Race, UK Expert in Learning and Teaching & HEA Senior Teacher Fellow http://phil-race.co.uk
Doug Richard, former TV Dragon and founder of School for Startups http://www.schoolforstartups.co.uk
Professor Chandra Embuldeniya, Uva Wellassa University on establishing an entrepreneurial university in Sri Lanka
Gill Westaway, British Council Country Director, Sri Lanka
PLUS
This year we will have more educator sessions than ever before – over 40 interactive workshops and papers showcasing enterprise education across the UK, Europe and China.
International delegates from over 20 countries have already booked to attend.
Exhibitors include SIMVENTURE; Speakeasy4Schools; NACUE & EPIGEUM; Stock Market Challenge. More exhibitor spaces available from: emrys [at] enterprise [dot] ac [dot] uk
The Gala Dinner on the Thursday evening includes the presentation of the 1st Annual Enterprise Educator Awards and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers will be raising the temperature of the event!!
