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

UPLOAD YOUR FULL PAPER HERE

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​, former 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)
• Elaine Chen, Cummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurship, Director, Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts (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.

Registration Fees:

• Standard – AUD 350
• Student – AUD 150
• EE Forum only – AUD 50

Email us at acereconference@qut.edu.au for more information.

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

Please join us for ACERE 2022 (8 to 11 February 2022), co-organised by the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (QUT) and Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship AGSE, School of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology.

After careful consideration of the current situation and potential future scenarios, the ACERE Academic Committee decided unanimously that ACERE 2022 will take place.

The ACERE Executive Board has decided that we are going to plan this conference to be on a ‘face-to-face basis’. This means that we are going to work on the assumption that at the very minimum, an Australia-New Zealand travel bubble will be in effect.

For our international colleagues, you will have the ability to join us virtually (except the physical social events) if the borders of Australia remain closed. If there are travel restrictions within the Australia-New-Zealand region, we will also be prepared to switch to online mode.

Because of our burst of optimist and the “long time no see” feeling, we want to create a memorable experience and therefore we will have some important news on this year’s program (stay tuned).

While the conference continues to cover all themes and aspects of entrepreneurship research, we can already reveal that the special theme of the 2022 ACERE Conference will be “Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Commercialisation of Research”.

We can also announce that, like in the past years, we will also run the ACERE Doctoral Consortium and the ACERE Educators Forum as part of the ACERE 2022 conference along with having several keynotes from distinguished senior scholars and experts in the field of entrepreneurship research and practice.

While we acknowledge the level of uncertainty that many entrepreneurship researchers around the world are facing these days, the abstract submission portal opens on 17 August 2021 and will close on 17 September 2021. 

So please join us and contribute to this great community spirit that makes entrepreneurship research and the ACERE conference so special.

We are anticipating the conference fees will be in the range of $350 for standard delegates, and $150 for PhD students.

Please note: The conference covers all themes and aspects of entrepreneurship research. An invitation to submit full papers for presentation at the conference is upon acceptance to of your abstract. Further notification of acceptances and the mode of delivery will be emailed to the submitting authors by early October 2021 along with additional information on what form the conference may take and how you might deliver your presentation and interact with conference participants.  Full papers will be due on or before 5 November 2021 (only full papers submitted on or before this date will be peer-reviewed, will qualify for awards, and will qualify to be nominated for a PDS Session).

Let us make ACERE 2022 at Swinburne in Melbourne a very positive and valued experience for you and your colleagues. The 2022 conference partner, Swinburne University of Technology, together with the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, are working on an exciting academic and social program.  

Please feel welcome to forward this invitation to your colleagues and students.

Martin Obschonka
Director QUT ACE, Chair ACERE Academic Committee

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

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

Please note that due to COVID-19 restrictions, ACERE 2021 will be different than the previous ones.

The 2021 conference will keep the typical ACERE structure (Doctoral Consortium, Educators Forum, Interactive Paper Presentations, Paper Development Sessions, Panel Discussions, Best Paper Awards Session, Social Events) but will be offered via on online format that allows all participants, including international participants from various continents, to participate in all types of sessions in a way that guarantees a high-level of academic exchange. This also involves high-caliber keynote speakers. The conference will be accessible through our conference APP and website.  Once registered you will receive instructions on how to set up the conference APP.

In 2021 you will have 24hr access to the ‘ACERE Social Zoom Room’ to meet with other conference participants during the conference week.  The link to the ‘ACERE Social Zoom Room’ will be made available to you via the Conference APP.

Importantly, we also plan for a few activities to be held offline (physical location at Bond University, Gold Coast) – so ACERE 2021 will be a hybrid format, essentially (but those participants that cannot attend physically do not miss anything and benefit from the whole program via interactive online formats over 4 conference days).

In addition, for those that can travel and participate physically, we organised an on-site physical program at Bond University, Gold Coast, (face to face F2F) which will run from Tuesday 9 February through to Friday 12 February 2021, organised and hosted by members of the ACERE academic committee. These sessions will comprise of workshops on academic career development for early- and mid-career researchers, discussions of emerging research topics and fields, the link between entrepreneurship research, education and practice, and updates on academic publishing and top journals. We will also provide ample opportunity for physical attendees to interact with each other and to get in contact with senior scholars and thought leaders.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for ACERE 2021