Location

Queen’s Management School, QUB
Riddel Hall,
185 Stranmillis Rd,
Belfast,
BT9 5EE.


October 22, 2015 17:00 - October 22, 2015 19:00

Entrepreneurial businesses can play a key role in stimulating innovation in a region. Many of these firms will be micro-enterprises with less than 10 employees. Northern Ireland currently leads other UK regions in terms the intelligence available on innovation in micro-enterprises. This workshop aims to share key insights from this research and stimulate dialogue on the options for effectively supporting innovation in micro-enterprises.
Presentations will highlight the key features of innovation in micro-enterprises in Northern Ireland, consider the role of such firms in stimulating new to the market innovation, and profile existing support mechanisms for these firms. This workshop is jointly organised by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, the Enterprise Research Centre and Queen’s Management School.

Speakers

Nola Hewitt-Dundas

Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Queen’s University Belfast

Nola Hewitt-Dundas is Professor of Innovation Management and Policy and Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast. She has published consistently in leading international journals on innovation systems, the micro-economics of business innovation and university-business collaboration. An internationally recognised expert, she has provided advice to national and international organisations and serves on the Board of UKRI.

Stephen Roper

Director - ERC

Stephen Roper is Professor of Enterprise at Warwick Business School, Director of the Enterprise Research Centre - ERC (www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk) and Co-Director of the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE)

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