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ACERE 2023 – Accommodation Options

We recommend staying in the City, South Bank or Toowong areas of Brisbane. They are convenient to the University of Queensland St Lucia campus and offer local dining and transport options.

City

City accommodation recommendations:

Transport from City:

  • Public transport: CityCat Ferry from North Quay to UQ Lakes, Bus 66, 411 or 412 from King George Square to University of Queensland
    • Travel time approx. 25-40mins
    • Cost: $3.45
  • Taxi or Uber
    • Travel time approx. 14mins
    • Cost: $25-$35

Southbank

South Bank is the cultural heart of Brisbane with a wide range of accommodation, dining, entertainment, and transport options. 

Southbank accommodation recommendations:

  • Emporium Southbank
  • Rydges Southbank
  • Mantra Southbank

Transport from Southbank:

  • Public transport: CityCat Ferry from Southbank to UQ Lakes, Bus 66 from Southbank to University of Queensland.
    • Travel time approx. 12mins
    • Cost: $3.45
  • Taxi or Uber:
    • Travel time approx. 10mins
    • Cost: $25-$35

Note: The University of Queensland ferry terminal is not currently operational and is not expected to be working by the time of the conference.

Toowong

Toowong is an inner-city suburb of Brisbane that is close to the University of Queensland.

Toowong accommodation recommendations:

  • Jephson Hotel
  • Toowong Inn & Suites
  • Benson Court Motel (budget option)

Transport from Toowong:

  • Public transport: CityCat Ferry from Regatta to UQ Lakes and multiple bus options from Toowong to University of Queensland.
    • Travel time approx. 8mins
    • Cost: $3.45
  • Taxi or Uber:
    • Travel time approx. 4mins
    • Cost: $10-$20

ACERE 2023 – Registration, Submission Details and Additional Information About Events

Dear ACERE Community, 

We are excited to share with you additional details about ACERE 2023.  

Registration 

Registration to ACERE 2023 is now open! Please register via the ACERE Registration link

Early bird prices, if you register before the 15th of December:

  • Student: AUD $350
  • Regular: AUD $790 

If you register after the 15th of December:

  • Student: AUD $450 
  • Regular: AUD $890 

Paper Development Workshops 

The Journal of Business VenturingAcademy of Management Review, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice will be running Paper Development Workshops (PDWs) in the lead-up to the conference on the 7th of February.  The calls for submissions are now open! Please find more details under Paper Development Workshops. The deadline to apply for the PDWs is the 3rd of January 2023

Doctoral Consortium 

Application for the Doctoral Consortium is open until the 15th of December. The DC provides a unique opportunity to learn from leading international and local experts in entrepreneurship and management. Confirmed participating faculty include: 

  • Sherry Thatcher, The University of Tennessee, and Editor at AMR 
  • Greg Fisher, Indiana University and Associate Editor at AMR 
  • Jeff McMullen, Indiana University, Editor-in-Chief of JBV 
  • Dean Shepherd, Notre Dame University 
  • Per Davidsson, Queensland University of Technology and Jönköping University

To apply for the consortium, please fill in the ACERE Doctoral Consortium Submission Form.

Educators Forum – Preparing Future Entrepreneurs 

Application for the Educators Forum is open until the 7th of December.  

What is next for entrepreneurship education? How do we best prepare future entrepreneurs? If you are at the forefront and making a difference in this space the ACERE Educators’ Forum is for you. Facilitate your best workshop or give a short `show and share` TED-talk style presentation, learn from the experts developing cutting edge approaches and meet others passionate about entrepreneurship education. 

To apply for the Educators Forum, please fill in the ACERE Educators Forum Submission Form.

Best Paper Awards 

If you submit your full paper by the 30th of November, it will be reviewed and evaluated for the following awards. Stay tuned for more details! 

  • Best Quantitative Paper 
  • Best Qualitative Paper 
  • Best PhD Student Paper 
  • Best ECR Paper 

Online Participation 

To continue the reach that the online conference of 2021 and 2022 enabled, we will offer a purely online stream of paper presentations to welcome participation from delegates who face significant resource constraints preventing them from participating face-to-face in the conference. We will also provide non-synchronized access to the keynote presentations.  

Accommodation Options

Please find more information here about ACERE 2023 Accommodation Options.

Key Dates 

Submission and Deadlines:

  • Full paper submission deadline for the conference: 30 November 2022 
  • Educators Forum submission deadline: 7 December 2022 
  • Application for the Doctoral Consortium: 15 December 2022 
  • Registration early bird prices: 15 December 2022 
  • PDWs submission deadline: 3 January 2023 

Activities:

  • Doctoral Consortium: 6 February 2023 
  • Paper Development Workshops: 7 February 2023 
  • Educators Forum: 7 February 2023 
  • Industry Forum: 10 February 2023 
  • Main Conference: 8-10 February 2023 

Social Events:

  • Welcome Reception: 7 February 2023 
  • Social Event: 8 February 2023 
  • Awards Night: 9 February 2023 

ACERE 2023 – Registration and Additional Details

Dear ACERE Community,

We are excited to share with you important details about the upcoming ACERE 2023, which will be held in person, in Brisbane, at the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus between the 8th-10th  of February 2023 with preconference events taking place on the 6th and 7th.

ACERE 2023 Theme: ”Entrepreneurship to create a better future”

  • Educators Forum theme: ”Preparing future entrepreneurs”
  • Industry Forum theme: ”Towards the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games – opportunities for entrepreneurs”

Keynote Speakers and PDW Hosts

  • Sherry Thatcher, Editor of AMR
  • Greg Fisher, Associate Editor of AMR
  • Jeff McMullen, Editor-in-Chief of JBV
  • Dean Shepherd, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Mendoza College of Business, Notre Dame University

Conference Registration and Fees

  • Early bird prices, if you register before the 15th of December
    • Student: AUD $350
    • Regular: AUD $790
  • If you register after the 15th of December
    • Student: AUD $450
    • Regular: AUD $890

Read more about registration here

Extended Abstract Submission Deadline

Have you submitted an abstract already? Don’t worry if you haven’t yet – we give you some more time to prepare and finalize your work.

We have extended the abstract submission deadline until the 30th of September!

More details will be shared soon about the Doctoral Consortium, Educators and Industry Forum.

We will endeavour to answer your queries as efficiently as possible at acereconference@qut.edu.au.

#ACERE2023

ACERE 2023 – Call for Abstracts open!

ACERE is returning to Queensland!

ACERE 2023 will be hosted by the University of Queensland (UQ) and co-organised with the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (QUT).

After two years of being online we are excited to be hosting an in-person conference.

The conference will take place in Brisbane, at the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus on the 8th-10th of February 2023 with preconference events taking place on the 6th and 7th.

The 2023 will keep the best of ACERE (Doctoral Consortium, Educators Forum, Interactive Paper Presentations Panel Discussions, Best Paper Awards & Social Events), continue with the recent edition of the Industry Forum and introduce PDWs with our leading journals.

We are thrilled to announce that Journal of Business VenturingAcademy of Management Review, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice will be running Paper Development Workshops (PDWs) in the lead-up to the conference.

To continue the reach that the online conference of 2021 and 2022 enabled, we will offer a purely online stream of paper presentations to enable participation from delegates who face significant resource constraints preventing them from participating face-to-face in the conference. We will also provide access to the keynote presentations.

Stay tuned for more details on the PDWs, Doctoral Consortium, Educators Forum, Industry Forum and Social Events.

Key dates

Call for Abstracts

We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission portal is now open!

The abstract deadline is 15 September 2022.

Click here to submit your abstract

Abstract submission guidelines

Abstracts must be submitted online, and uploaded in the following specific format:

  • All Abstracts must be submitted in English.
  • Abstracts must be an approximately 900 words.
  • The abstract should clearly state the:
    • Title
    • Principal Topic (at least 100 words and no more than 500 words)
    • Method (or “Key Propositions” for conceptual papers) (at least 100 words and no more than 300 words)
    • Results and Implications (at least 100 words and no more than 300 words)
  • Abstracts must be text only and there is no need to list the references even if in-text references are used (having a couple of key in-text references may be appropriate).
  • Pictures or graphs should not be submitted.
  • Contact information for all author/s; including name, affiliation and email addresses must be entered in the online submission form. The author(s) name and contact information should not appear anywhere in the abstract.

The full papers are due 17 November 2022.

Good luck with your submissions!

We will endeavour to answer your queries as efficiently as possible at acereconference@qut.edu.au.