Hopefully everyone has enjoyed the summer and is ready for the new semester and the exciting events that are waiting this fall season. Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy will be hosting several seminars for educators and, we hope you also will find others of the events listed below interesting and worthwhile participating in. But first some good news and stories from the last couple of months.
More students do entrepreneurship courses
From 2007 to 2008 the number of students doing entrepreneurship and innovation courses at the universities in the Øresund Region has increased with 50 percent and at the same time a 23 percent increase in the number of courses is registered. These findings are stated in the latest report from Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy.
Lund University gets elite entrepreneurship program
In June the Swedish government announced that Lund University was to be the host of one of two elite entrepreneurship education programs. Out of ten applications Lund university's was the second one chosen after a joint application from Chalmers and Göteborg University. LU will receive SEK 5.1 mill. to improve an already well established and extensive program at CIRCLE.
Education and inspiration from abroad is in great demand. Through financial assistance of The Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy has had the opportunity in cooperation with IDEA and the Kauffman Foundation to select five new fellows to participate in the program: The Danish Kauffman Global Scholarship. The program provides six-months of entrepreneurial training in the United States for student entrepreneurs from Denmark and other countries in Europe and Asia.
Among the five fellows is Pranjul Shah, Ph.D. student at the Technical University of Denmark, specializing in nanotechnology.
This spring 14 entrepreneurship educators from the Øresund Region participated in a study excursion to Boston which included visits to leading entrepreneurship academies and universities. The participants returned with lots of impressions and inspiration for their own teaching. In addition, the trip provided ample opportunities to network with both American educators and entrepreneurs and amongst the participants themselves. Says one of the participants: “I’ve learned a lot from informal conversations with the other members of the group. After a trip like this we know each other quite well and it’s easy to discuss and develop different issues.”
International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference 2009, Edinburgh
September 2-4, 2009 in Edinburgh
The 4th annual International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference will be held this year on 2nd-4th September at Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh Conference Centre. Please visit http://www.ieec.co.uk/ for more information.
The IEEC is the major forum for international entrepreneurship educators and policy-makers to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues, surveying the best worldwide initiatives embedding entrepreneurship within education and enabling delegates to contribute to informing strategies that will lead to greater, more sustainable global enterprise.
Morning Entrepreneurial Education Encounter: Teaching with cases - the HBS method
September 11, 2009, 8:00-10:00 at CBS, Kilevej 14, K.1.30 Lecturer: Robert D. Austin, Ph.D., CBS - Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
At this morning encounter Robert Austin will present how he uses cases in entrepreneurship teaching based on the Harvard Business School case method.
Robert Austin is Professor with special responsibilities at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy and Associate Professor in Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Primary research areas: Innovation, Creativity, Creative Industries, Experience Economy, Aesthetics, IT Management and IT Leadership. Robert has a long list of publications and he teaches, among other things, the courses “Managing in the Creative Economy” and “The Information Technology Manager as a Business Leader”.
Iværk&Vækst09
September 11-12, 2009 at Forum, Copenhagen
The largest fair in Denmark for entrepreneurs, growth enterprises and business managers. Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy has participated in this fair with a stand the last 2 years with great success. It is the meeting place for entrepreneurs and organizations as well as for students.
Innovation in Mind – European Innovation Conference
September 15-17, 2009 in Lund, Sweden
In the European Union Year of Innovation, Lund University, Region Skåne and partners will arrange one of the year’s most important international conferences – INNOVATION IN MIND. By taking new approaches to innovation, they aim at illustrating important innovation issues in a global perspective, at creating interchanges among different areas of knowledge, and at contributing to a better innovation climate. The point of departure is that all innovation begins in human consciousness.
This special program features some of the master teachers and seminal figures in the discipline of entrepreneurship. Over three intense days, they share best practices and leading edge innovations in entrepreneurship teaching and pedagogy, in the design of state of the art entrepreneurship curricula, and in the development of world class entrepreneurship programs.The Experiential Classroom is an annual clinic designed to demonstrate practical, simple, provocative, and innovative ways in which those who are new to the teaching of entrepreneurship can use a variety of experiential and application-oriented pedagogical tools. The aim is to help entrepreneurship educators be great at what they do.
Deadline for submission of application: September 21, 2009
Offering courses in entrepreneurship to the 150.000 students in the Øresund region forms a challenge when it comes to attracting new qualified teachers. Therefore Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy offers a series of "teacher-packages” with financial means earmarked for the appointment of teachers at the 11 universities in the region.
Universities in the region can submit applications for these funds (3 x DKK 450.000) until Monday, September 19, 2009 at 12 a.m.
Call for proposals: Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Proposals are now being accepted for the 2009-2010 Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program. The Foundation will award up to 15 Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to Ph.D., D.B.A. or other doctoral students for the support of dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship.
View the full Request for Proposals for details and to submit your dissertation proposal.
The international dimension of entrepreneurship teaching
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 9:30-16:00 at CBS, Kilevej 14, Frederiksberg, Room K.1.30
Entrepreneurship teaching is exceptional by incorporating different methods and pedagogical approaches. Previous conferences and workshops arranged by Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy and IDEA have focused on Interdisciplinarity and the practical dimension. This time the theme will be how you can incorporate the international dimension in your teaching.
How do you pass on most efficiently the opportunities and challenges that lie in incorporating not just the local but also the global aspects in your teaching. Is it possible? Different teachers give examples of experiences from their own teaching and the participants get involved in creating a catalogue of ideas for: • How to integrate an international perspective? • What to keep in mind when a large number of your students are foreign? • What to keep in mind when preparing for and carrying through the exams?
Monday, October 26 & Tuesday, October 27, 2009 in London, England
The 1 ½ days program is arranged by Harvard Business Publishing and hosted by Imperial College Business School. The program aims to equip new instructors with basic skills in leading case discussions as well as to elevate seasoned teachers to higher levels of proficiency. The seminar is structured around case studies to allow attendees to experience the method in action by participating in facilitated discussions. Registration fee: $1,100 USD
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Malmö högskola, Sweden
In collaboration with Malmö högskola Øresund Entrepreneurship Academy invites entrepreneurship educators and other interested in the subject for a half-day seminar.
ISBE‘s 32nd annual conference is to be held in Liverpool in November 2009. ISBE’s annual conferences have long been celebrated as the most respected events of their kind and the place to go for the newest and most relevant research, up to the minute thinking and stimulating discussion and debate on small business development and entrepreneurship. For this reason they attract some of the most eminent practitioners, policy makers and researchers from all around the world.
November 9-10, 2009 at Hasseludden in Stockholm, Sweden
Since 1998, ESBRI (Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute) arranges an annual workshop for people who teach entrepreneurship and small business. The workshop provides a unique meeting place for discussions and exchanges of ideas.
20 November, 2009, at CBS, Kilevej 14, Frederiksberg, Room K.1.30 Lecturer: Ebbe Kromann-Andersen, MEd. - Frederiksberg College of Education
Ebbe Kromann-Andersen is a senior lecturer at Frederiksberg College of Education and has over the last ten years been working practically and theoretically with pedagogical and didactical innovation. Amongst others he teaches the course "Innovation and entrepreneurial didactics”. In 2007 he received the "IDEA Teacher of the Year" award (International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy) for his consistent effort to change the innovation culture of Frederiksberg College of Education. Ebbe is the author of numerous articles and publications about innovation and teaching.
