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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This is a</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:red'>first call</span> <span style='color:black'>for papers for the 3rd</span> <u><span style='color:red'>International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></u><span style='color:red'> (ICIE-2015)</span> Co-hosted by The University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban and the Ethekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa on the 19-20 March 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>This call will </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>close</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> on <b>28<sup>th</sup> August 2014.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:left'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Innovation and entrepreneurship are tightly coupled concepts. Innovation involves designing new ways of conceptualising, developing and producing goods and services which society requires, whilst entrepreneurship is sometimes said to be a mindset required to convert innovation into a real business situation which will deliver benefits to the stakeholders. Entrepreneurship is generally driven by an individual or a small group of individuals who are sometimes colloquially referred to as the ‘movers and shakers’ in our society. The International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a platform for academic researchers and practitioners in the field to come together to discuss the emerging topics and the share their experiences and research. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We invite contributions for</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <b>academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters are also 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'> <b>A prize will be awarded to the best PhD paper and the best Poster.</b></span><b><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Publication opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment. ICIE 2015 proceedings are submitted to Thomson ISI World of Science, Scopus, Google and a number of other citation organisations for indexing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information, please go to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://academic-conferences.org/icie/icie2015/icie15-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icie/icie2015/icie15-call-papers.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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 </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://twitter.com/ICIE_Conf">Twitter</a></span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/suenugus">Follow me on Twitter</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sue-nugus/7/616/1b4">Connect with me on LinkedIn</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=94 height=131 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF5A3B.877A6730" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CF5A3B.877A6730"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Further details can be found on our bookshop at:</span> <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.academic-bookshop.com/">http://www.academic-bookshop.com/</a> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br clear="both">
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