Agenda & Speakers
Day One Panel Topics
- Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Objective: Highlight government transparency, accountability, market institutions, and economic freedom needed for a business environment supportive of entrepreneurship. - Focus on successful entrepreneurs
Objective: Discuss success stories of different types of entrepreneurs in the context of the need for institutional environment and support. - Developing young leaders through entrepreneurship education
Objective: Discuss effective approaches to spreading the understanding of democratic values of entrepreneurial ways of thinking. - Policy solutions and advocacy approaches to fostering entrepreneurship
Objective: Explore the types of policies that strengthen entrepreneurship and emphasize how small business participation in policy making through associations can shape entrepreneurial environments.
Day Two Panel Topics
- Building entrepreneurial cities and communities
Objective: Discuss examples of cooperation between the public and private sectors to create local environments supportive of entrepreneurs. - Financing and investment in entrepreneur initiatives
Objective: Focus on what investors want, what barriers entrepreneurs face, and opportunities and challenges in emerging markets. - How can donors, corporations, and foundations support entrepreneurship?
Objective: Explore synergies between different approaches, relating back to CIPE's work around the world.
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Note that topics and speakers are subject to change.
Keynote Address: Hernando de Soto
World famous democracy advocate Hernando de Soto is the president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy in Peru and the author of The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else. He has received numerous awards for his groundbreaking work on the informal sector, property rights, and legal reform.
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Jesus Estanislao
Chairman and CEO, Institute for Solidarity in Asia and Institute of Corporate Directors; former Finance Minister, Philippines
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Karen Kerrigan
CIPE Board Chair; President & CEO, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council; CEO, Women Entrepreneurs Inc., USA
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Randall Tavierne
Partner and Global Markets Leader for Strategic Growth Markets, Ernst & Young LLP, USA
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Lynda Y. de la Viña
Executive Director, Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Peter Flawn Professor of Economics, University of Texas San Antonio, USA
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Michael Hershman
President and CEO, Fairfax Group and co-founder of Transparency International, USA
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James J. O'Connor
Managing Director, MVC Capital; Co-Chair, Chicago Entrepreneurial Center, USA
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Aurelio Concheso
Former President, Center for the Divulgation of Economic Information, Venezuela
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Ambassador (ret) J.D. Bindenagel
Senior Advisor to the President for International and Global Chicago Affairs, DePaul University, USA
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