ACERE Conference

ACERE academic entrepreneurship conference

ACERE 2022 – Abstract Submission Closed

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We are delighted to announce already confirmed keynote speakers for ACERE 2022.

  • Dean A. Shepherd. Ray and Milann Siegfried Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame University. (Attending in-person)
  • Jo Barraket. Distinguished Professor and Director, Centre for Social Impact. Swinburne University of Technology. (Attending in-person)
  • Tom Lumpkin. Professor of Entrepreneurship & Executive Director at Tom Love Division of Entrepreneurship, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. (Attending online)

In addition to that, confirmed speakers and mentors for our Educators Forum and Doctoral Consortium are:

Educator’s Forum:

  • Professor Heidi Neck, Academic Director Babson Academy (Attending online)
  • Vimala Palaniswamy​, Director MIT Bootcamps (Attending online)
  • Professor Rowena Barrett, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Entrepreneurship) Queensland University of Technology (attending in-person)
  • Emeritus Professor Murray Gillin, Swinburne University of Technology (attending in-person)
  • Professor Mile Terziovski, Chair, Department Business Technology and Entrepreneurship (BTE). Swinburne University of Technology (Attending in-person)
  • Professor Elain Chen, Tufts Gordon Institute, Director Darby Entrepreneurship Centre (Attending online)
  • Dr Grainne Oates, CEO and founder of Quitch education software (Attending in-person)
  • Dr Martin Bliemel, Associate Dean Research, University of Technology Sydney (Attending in-person)

Doctoral Consortium:

  • Professor Dean A. Shepherd. Ray and Milann Siegfried Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame University. (Attending in-person)
  • Professor Per Davidsson, Talbot Family Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) in QUT Business School (Attending in-person)
  • Professor Tom Lumpkin. Executive Director at Tom Love Division of Entrepreneurship, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. (Attending online)

We also want to take this opportunity to lay out some of our thinking about the conference and how the various scenarios may play out.

  • Our preferred scenario, and the one we are actively planning for, is that travel within Australia and New Zealand will be possible by January-February 2022, and possible from other countries. In that case, the conference will essentially be face-to-face in Melbourne, though we will allow some individuals to participate via Zoom.
  • At the other extreme, we may all still be in lockdown. If that is the case, we are ready to revert to a fully online conference if needed.
  • There may also be intermediate scenarios that we will deal with as they arise.

But, regardless of which scenario eventuates, we strongly suggest that you take a ‘real option’ approach to the conference – physical attendance. When we open the conference registration in late November, please register. It is important to us because we (ACERE) need to have an idea of how many people are coming for catering and other arrangement purpose.

Fee And Registration

Click HERE to Register

Registration fees are as follows:

  • Standard Registration AUD $350.00 (inc GST)
  • Student Registration AUD $150.00 (inc GST)
  • Online Participation AUD $150 (inc GST)
  • EE Forum only AUD $50 (inc GST)

PLEASE NOTE: All presenting authors (or their designated delegate) must be registered by Friday 14 January 2022.

Registration includes:

  • Access to Sessions
  • Delegate Satchel including Program
  • Tea Breaks & Lunches
  • Cocktail Function/Networking Event
  • Doctoral Consortium, if accepted to the program.
  • Industry Forum.
  • Entrepreneurship Educator’s Forum as presenter and/or observer.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact the conference organisers acereconference@qut.edu.au

We are looking forward to welcoming you to ACERE 2022!

Prof. Martin Obschonka
Director QUT ACE, Chair ACERE Academic Committee

Prof. Mile Terziovski
Head of Department, Business Technology and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Co-Chair ACERE 2022

Dr. Rui Torres de Oliveira
QUT ACE, Co-Chair ACERE 2022

Industry Forum

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ACERE 2022 –Industry Entrepreneurship Forum: 11 February 2022 – 9 am to 12.30 pm

Hybrid mode – at Swinburne University of Technology and online for those who cannot travel

Purpose of the Forum

An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is broadly defined as the environment that affects the success of entrepreneurs/intrapreneurs inclusive of support organisations such as businesses, venture capitalists, universities, public sector agencies and processes that occur inside the ecosystem (Mason and Brown, 2014).

The purpose of the Industry Entrepreneurship Forum is twofold. Firstly, to explore the lessons learned by intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs during COVID-19 and discuss the challenges and opportunities moving forward.  Secondly, to explore the nexus between entrepreneurial ecosystems and the commercialization of university research.

Forum Programme

  • 9.00 – 9.30 – Opening – Senior Swinburne Executive
  • 9.30-10.15 Panel 1 – Intrapreneurship and Entrepreneurship in a COVID-19 Reconfigured Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
    • Chair: David Knowles, Partner and Executive Director at Pitcher Partners Melbourne
    • Panellists – Intrepreneurs to be confirmed
  • 10.15 – 10.30 Coffee Break
  • 10.3 -11.00 Keynote: Phil Bouchard, TrustedPeer, US based – “Interview Results from 700 Directors of University Entrepreneurship Centers, Economic Development Centers and Corporate Intrapreneurship Programs.”
  • 11.00 – 11.45 Panel 2 – Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Commercialisation of University Research
  • Chair: Dr Elaine Saunders, Managing Director at Bingarra Scale-Up Solutions
    • Panellists – Entrepreneurs to be confirmed
  • 11.45-12.00 Wrap-up and Close
  • 12.00 – 12.30 Networking


Forum Organising Committee:
Professor Milé Terziovski, SUT
Professor Martin Obschonka, QUT
Dr. Rui Torres de Oliveira, QUT
Dr Richard Laferriere,
Daniel Ritlewski, SUT
Alex Kaiser, SUT
Dr Aron Perenyi, SUT

Fee And Registration

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Click HERE to Register

Registration fees are as follows:

  • Standard Registration AUD $350.00 (inc GST)
  • Student Registration AUD $150.00 (inc GST)
  • Online Participation AUD $150 (inc GST)
  • EE Forum only AUD $50 (inc GST)

PLEASE NOTE: All presenting authors (or their designated delegate) must be registered by Friday 14 January 2022.

Registration includes:

  • Access to Sessions
  • Delegate Satchel including Program
  • Tea Breaks & Lunches
  • Cocktail Function/Networking Event
  • Doctoral Consortium, if accepted to the program.
  • Industry Forum.
  • Entrepreneurship Educator’s Forum as presenter and/or observer.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact the conference organisers acereconference@qut.edu.au

Entrepreneurship Educator’s Forum: Call for Proposals

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How do you create a hybrid/HyFlex learning environment to teach the “contact sport” of entrepreneurship?

This year the ACERE 2022 Entrepreneurship Educator’s Forum is inviting you to join us in discussion, exploration and experiential learning to explore, share and build on what we know of the digital world for entrepreneurship education, its practice, theory & scholarship.

Beside this special focus, the Entrepreneurship Educator’s Forum also welcomes submissions on the other “hot topics” and themes linked to Entrepreneurship Education (for example, entrepreneurship education in primary and secondary schools, entrepreneurship education platforms, or partnerships to drive entrepreneurship education).

When: Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Where: Hybrid Mode – On location at Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne) and online for those who cannot travel.

The main theme of the ACERE Entrepreneurship Educator’s Forum is designed to give teachers, practitioners, and students of entrepreneurship education the opportunity to focus collectively and individually on how “the contact sport” that is entrepreneurship can, is and should be taught in the hybrid/HyFlex learning environment.

  • Hear from successful entrepreneurship educators in the online space – how did they make it happen?
  • Gain insights into the latest teaching and learning theory and practice for online entrepreneurship education – what could you be doing?
  • Understand and discuss the role of scholarship in online entrepreneurship education – what is making a difference?

Confirmed Speakers:
Keynote:
Professor Elain Chen, Tufts Gordon Institute, Director Darby Entrepreneurship Centre

Morning Panel: Entrepreneurship Education and the Scholarship of teaching and learning
Professor Heidi Neck, Academic Director Babson Academy

Master Class Presenters:
Vimala Palaniswamy​, Director MIT Bootcamps, demonstrating how MIT deliver bootcamps in the virtual world
Dr Grainne Oates, founder of Quitch education software demonstrating how to use digital tool Quitch in teaching E&I

Marque Panel: Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystems and the continued development of Entrepreneurship Education
Moderator – Emeritus Professor Murray Gillin
Panellists:
– Professor Mile Terziovski, SUT
– Professor Rowena Barrett, QUT
– Dr Martin Bliemel, UTS

Organising Committee:
Professor Mile Terziovski, Swinburne University
Associate Professor Bert Verhoeven, Flinders University
Dr Richard Laferriere, Swinburne University
Dr Rosemary Fisher, Swinburne University

Preparation requirements
As part of the application process, you will submit a total maximum 1200 word overview of your proposal for blind peer review.
We also encourage all participants to sign-up as reviewers of abstracts for the conference. This is a great opportunity to give back to the field and get an insight into the review process.

Application Process
Submit your proposal through our email: acereconference@qut.edu.au
Applications close on 8 December 2021.

Name:
Institution:
Email:
1. Proposal: (max 800 words)
2. Explain how your proposal responds to at least one of the following four themes (max 400 words):

Practice:         How does this proposal respond to the practice of EE?
Theory:           How does this proposal respond to the theory of EE?
Scholarship:   How does this proposal contribute to the scholarship of EE?
Hot Topics:    Proposals that address a “hot topic” of interest to entrepreneurship educators


Doctoral Consortium: Call for Expression of Interest

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ACERE Doctoral Consortium (DC)

Are you pursuing a PhD on an entrepreneurship-related topic?
Then this is for you!

When: Tuesday, February 8th 2022
Where: Hybrid Mode – On location at Swinburne University (Melbourne) and online for those who cannot travel

The ACERE Doctoral Consortium is designed to give students the opportunity to:

  • Meet leading International and Australian Entrepreneurship researchers
  • Obtain expert feedback on specific challenges you face in your research
  • Share experiences and build a network with other doctoral students
  • Get first-hand experience of the review process
  • Gain tips and tricks for finishing, finding a job, and surviving the process

The program provides the opportunity to pitch and receive feedback on your research and any specific challenges you face in an informal discussion setting with leading scholars in the field. Hear from experts on developing theory and designing research.  You will also get key insights into what happens after the PhD from early career researchers who have started their careers but still have the PhD process in fresh memory.

Confirmed Participating Faculty:
Prof. Dean Shepherd, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Prof. Per Davidsson, Queensland University of Queensland
Prof. Tom Lumpkin, The University of Oklahoma

Co-Chairs:
Dr Anna Jenkins, The University of Queensland
Dr Viet Le, Swinburne University

Preparation requirements
As part of the application process, you will need to submit a max 1200 overview of your research. You will also be required to write one written review for a paper submitted to the paper development sessions and actively participate in the discussion of the paper.
We also encourage all participants to sign-up as reviewers of abstracts for the conference. This is a great opportunity to give back to the field and get an insight into the review process.

Application Process
Please email the below details to apply for the doctoral consortium to Anna Jenkins a.jenkins@business.uq.edu.au and Viet Le: clle@swin.edu.au. Applications close on November 10th 2021.

Name:
Institution:
Stage in the PhD Process:
Purpose/Main Research Question (max 400 words):
Main Theories (max 400 words):
Main research method(s) (max 400 words):

For any other enquiry, please email us at acereconference@qut.edu.au