SECOND BEPART CONFERENCE: TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURIAL REGIONS: UNIVERSITIES & INNOVATION-NETWORKS CHALLENGED BY THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

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THURSDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2006

Opening of the conference.

Welcome speech by the
Mayor of Tartu - Mrs. Laine Jänes
Vice Rector of Tartu University prof. Ain Heinaru

Keynote speaker Dr. Peter C. van der Sijde (Nikos, University of Twente)
“Entrepreneurial University: Entrepreneurship in Network Perspective”

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION:Programmes, Tools and Pedagogy
Moderator Christoph Diensberg

Paula Kyrö:
"Teaching metacompetences in entrepreneurship education"

Kati Peltonen:
"Entrepreneurial team-teaching: Is there a connection between entrepreneurial team-teaching and risk-learning?"

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: Programmes, Tools and Pedagogy
Moderator Gottfried Effe

Kaisa Hyrsky, Outi Hägg:
"Creative industries and entrepreneurship education"

Paula Kyrö, Veikko Somersalmi, Mika Niemi, Milla Alanärä:
"New generation business planning"

Katja Piiksi:
"Usability evaluation in entrepreneurship online environments"

Plenary session Keynote speaker Dr. Toomas Neuman (Protobios, visiting professor at the Tallinn University of Technology)
“Bioentrepreneurs in Estonia and the World - Similarities and Differences”

 

FRIDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2006

Greeting speech by the dean of Faculty of economics prof. Toomas Haldma

Keynote speaker Erik Puura (Institute of Technology, University of Tartu)
“Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship”

Greeting speech by the member of the European Parliament Dr. Toomas Savi

MOTIVES AND ENABLERS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Moderator Urmas Varblane

Helge Löbler, Markus Maier and Daniel Markgraf
" Risk-perception or self-perception: What makes people decide to start a venture?"

Yuji Mori, Toshiki Watanabe
" The effect of “age consciousness” on entrepreneurship: Implications for entrepreneurship education"

Urve Venesaar, Ene Kolbre, Toomas Piliste
" Analysing students’ intentions and attitudes towards entrepreneurship: A case of Estonia"

INNOVATION NETWORKS
Facilitator Christoph Diensberg

Participants of this open space workshop will be invited to discuss freely on:
• characteristics of networks,
• limitations for innovation,
• needs and conditions for innovation & entrepreneurship.
Conclusions