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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Hello<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This is a <span style='color:red'>second call</span> for papers for the <u><span style='color:red'>9th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></u> <span style='color:red'>- ECIE 2014</span> being held at the University of Ulster Belfast, UK on the 18-19 September 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a name="OLE_LINK2">This call <span style='color:black'>will </span><b><span style='color:red'>close</span> </b><span style='color:black'>on <b>27 February 2014.</b></span></a><b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The theme of the Conference for ECIE 2014 is "<b>Societal-driven innovation and entrepreneurship</b>". To set the scene, the conference will be opened with a keynote presentation by Roberto Santoro (Italy) President of the European Society of Concurrent Engineering Network (ESoCE Net) who will address the topic “PEOPLE OLYMPICS FOR HEALTHY and ACTIVE LIVING”: A People Driven Social Innovation Platform.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>We can also now confirm a second keynote speaker: Micheal Pyner, Social Entrepreneur and Creative Advisor, Michael will address the topic: "Innovating for Community Good"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>In addition to the main conference topics, we also invite submissions to the following mini tracks:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Learning by Doing: Entrepreneurship Education in Action - co-chaired by Doan Winkel and Dr Alexandros Kakouris.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Internationalization, entrepreneurship and innovation: Challenges in 21st century chaired by Dr Luisa Carvalho<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Collaboration in Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice co-chaired by Dr Christos Apostolakis and Dr Fernando Romero<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Innovation and Strategy: Facilitating innovation co-chaired by Claire Auplat and Sonia Ben Slimane<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We warmly invite practitioners, academics, and people in the field of policy making to present their research and to share their experiences in a broad range of areas related to the new trends in innovation and entrepreneurship. Topics can be related to all types of organizations (SMEs - YICs - spin-offs - MNEs – private and public research centres – Universities – Government Institutions). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>For more information, please go to <a href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecie/ecie2014/ecie14-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecie/ecie2014/ecie14-call-papers.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations based on the main themes are also invited.</b><span style='color:black'> </span><b><span style='color:red'>Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>There are a number of publication opportunities available. For example: Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the <b>conference proceedings (indexed in the WOS and by Scopus</b>), subject to author registration and payment. Selected papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for a special issue of the <b>International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development </b>and the<b> International Journal of Technology Marketing</b>, journals published by Inderscience. In addition selected papers will also be considered for a special issue of the <b>Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation (JEMI</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>We are also promoting details for a special issue on "Technology Transfer for Sustainable Regional Economic Development: A System Innovation Perspective". Further information is available from <a href="http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=2189">http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=2189</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Follow the conference on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Conferences-on-Innovation-Entrepreneurship-ECIE-4446885/about">LinkedIn </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ECIE-ICIE-Conferences-on-Innovation-and-Entrepreneurship/160122784031089">Facebook </a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/IE_Confs">Twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/suenugus">Follow me on Twitter</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sue-nugus/7/616/1b4">Connect with me on LinkedIn</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=107 height=149 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF0E0E.579B24B0"></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Available from our Bookshop at: <a href="http://academic-bookshop.com/">http://academic-bookshop.com/</a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>www.academic-conferences.org <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>sue@academic-conferences.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/suenugus"><span style='color:blue'>Follow me on Twitter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sue-nugus/7/616/1b4"><span style='color:blue'>Connect with me on LinkedIn</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br clear="both">
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