The abstract portal is now closed.   Notification of acceptance to the 2017 Conference will be advised in the first weeks of September.

Planning for the 2017 conference is well under way with our team checking out venues for the social events and the diverse range of accommodation options Melbourne has to offer.

Melbourne’s city centre has much to offer with a melting pot of cultures where you will find a myriad of restaurants, cafes and bars, art galleries, shopping and interesting little lane ways to explore.  You will be spoilt for choice as to what to do in Melbourne and the surrounding area.

Everywhere you turn there’s something special to see and do in Victoria – from sandy beaches and snow-capped mountains, to zoos and aquariums, historic sites, bars and cafes, white-water rafting, spas, wildlife and wineries, or drives along Victoria’s breathtaking coastline.

Visit the official site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia HERE

In recent years the conference has traveled to many places across Australia, including Fremantle, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and earlier this year on the Gold Coast.  We would dearly love to take it to other parts of the country including our larger regional areas, and it has not been since 2006 that this entrepreneurship conference graced the shores of New Zealand.

As many of you are aware, the conference is managed and underwritten by ACE in liaison with the ACERE advisory committee comprising of representatives from across Australia and New Zealand.  The main involvement from our partnering university is the local logistics and on the ground support during the conference.

If you would like to discuss the possibility of partnering with us as host university of the conference in your city or region, for 2018 or future years, we would like to hear from you!   Please either email acereconference@qut.edu.au or you can phone Karen +61 7 409 483 144

The abstract submission portal is open and the deadline to submit is 21 August 2016.  Abstracts must be submitted online and uploaded in a specific format.  Abstracts must be in English, approximately 900 words and clearly state: title, principal topic, method, results and implications.  Please read ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES and instructions before you submit.

The suitability of all abstracts will be checked by a ‘double-blind’ international panel of colleagues.  If the abstract is accepted, participants will then be invited to submit a 15 page Full Paper.   Full papers will be due on 1 November 2016.  Only full papers submitted on or before this date will be double blind peer reviewed, will qualify for awards and will qualify to be nominated for the PDS Sessions.

We are looking very much forward to welcoming you to Melbourne – see more of what Australia has to offer here

Entrepreneurship is a rapidly evolving and diversifying field – whatever your sub-field of entrepreneurship, your abstract is welcome – but please make sure it observes the abstract submission guidelines.

The abstract submission portal will open on 1 July 2016.  The abstract Deadline is 21 August 2016.

Full Papers will be due 1 November (only full papers submitted on or before this date will be double blind peer reviewed, will qualify for awards and will qualify to be nominated for the PDS sessions)

The 2017 conference will again offer a wide range of informative and stimulating sessions, including:

• Keynote performances from pre-eminent international scholars – Melissa Cardon and  Mike Wright.   Plus our ‘regular’ pre-eminent scholars like Dean Shepherd and Per Davidsson, who will be this year joined by Pia Arenius from RMIT.
• Paper presentations in cognate session streams
• Paper development workshops with written feedback
• Doctoral Consortium
• Lively networking and social functions

You can be assured that you will extract great value from your attendance and participation in this conference. The track themes will emerge as the abstracts (and later the papers) roll in.

The Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE) Conference is the premier Australian-based annual conference dedicated to the growth, support and promotion of entrepreneurship research and practice.  It is designed to be a highly developmental and professionally rewarding experience for all delegates.  Featuring high-calibre researchers from throughout the world, it’s a stand-out fixture on the academic and professional development calendar.

ACERE is organized by the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) at Queensland University of Technology.  The conference usually rotates to different locations, involving a local co-host.

The 2017 Conference venue will be a little different to previous years. The main conference program will be held at NAB’s ‘The Village’ – a new innovative space for business customers and community partners to connect, learn and work. The location is in the Docklands in the centre of Melbourne’s CBD, and just a 5 minute walk from Melbourne’s major transport hub, Southern Cross Station.

We are proud to be co-hosting the 2017 conference with RMIT University.  We also welcome The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the QUT Business School, and The UQ Business School as award sponsors.

As always the ACERE Conference is an annual meeting of entrepreneurship researchers from Australia and around the world – a community of researchers who believe that sharing their current research and their expertise helps build entrepreneurship as a field of research and a force to build a better world.

But also it is a social gathering, of old and new friends, an extended family who have an annual reunion. Come back again this year, or join us for the first time this year – we welcome you with open hearts and minds

Thank You

The ACERE 2016 Conference was a great success and we thank you all for your contributions and wonderful feedback.

This year there were over 130 Delegates from more than 21 countries. We received over 180 submissions, 109 were accepted and scheduled for presentation. 20 of these papers were accepted to the Paper Development Sessions (PDS). The Doctoral Consortium (DC) was very popular with 28 participants.

Tell us what you think

We value your thoughts and would like to hear any feedback that you might have for us to improve the conference for 2017 in Melbourne! Please CLICK HERE to complete a short survey.

2017 in Melbourne!

The 2017 Conference venue will be a little different to previous years. The main conference program will be held at NAB’s ‘The Village’ – a new innovative space for business customers and community partners to connect, learn and work. The location is in the Docklands in the centre of Melbourne’s CBD, and just a 5 minute walk from Melbourne’s major transport hub, Southern Cross Station.

We are proud to be co-hosting the 2017 conference with RMIT University. We also welcome The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at the QUT Business School, and The UQ Business School as award sponsors.

For the latest on ACERE, keep an eye out for upcoming e-newsletters and stay subscribed to our communication channels.

Here is another teaser before your visit to Melbourne next year. Enjoy…

Message from Professor Per Davidsson

Dear ACERE conference community,

I hope you had the pleasure of enjoying Dr. Saras Sarasvathy’s keynote speech (and possibly individualised feedback) at ACERE 2016 or elsewhere. At the conference I promised Saras to make an exception and forward the invitation to this list. I hope you do not mind (CLICK HERE).

In short, if you have an effectuation-related paper you may want to consider submitting it to the Bodo conference, especially if you plan to attend the ensuing BCERC (Babson) conference.

Best Regards,
Per

DEADLINE for ACERE participants is extended to Monday 22 February.