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June 18th 2005 |
7:30 – 11:45
Plenary Address
Colin Dunn, ICSB 2006 Conference Convener
Awards Presentation
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
Competitive and Invited Papers, Workshops and
Symposia
Saturday Women's Issues, Paper Session
Session Chair: Petra Moog, Zurich University
"Women Entrepreneurship in Oman"
Sami A. Khan, Mazoon College for Management &
Applied Sciences
A. P. Ghosh, Mazoon College for Management &
Applied Sciences
Donald A. Myers, University of Missouri - Rolla
"Rural Entrepreneurship in Kenya: Perception of
Women on Entrepreneurship"
Peter B. Kibas, KIM School of Management
"Evaluation of Policy Implementation in Women
Entrepreneurship Development"
Erlinda A. Dionco-Adetayo, Obafemi Awolowo
University
J.T Makinde, Obafemi Awolowo University
J.O. Adetayo, Obafemi Awolowo University
10:15 – 11:30 Entrepreneurship and Economic
Development, Paper Session
Session Chair: Lucyna Kornecki, Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
"Challenges for Small Business Entrepreneurs: A
Study in the Waikato Region of
New Zealand"
Sukh Deo, Waikato Institute of Technology
"Why Do Some SME Clusters Stagnate?: Evidence
From Two Resources-Based
Clusters in Kerala, India"
M.K. Sukumaran Nair, University of Botswana
"Navigating the Choppy Waters of Economic
Development: How Does
Entrepreneurship Promotion Fit Into the Mix?"
Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, University of Kentucky
Saturday Social Entrepreneurship, Workshop
Session Salon D
10:15 – 11:30 ISBC Track Session
Summary and Invitation for 33rd Conference of
ISBC in Sofia, Bulgaria
10:15 – 11:30 Women Entrepreneurship Activities
Poster Session Salon One
Julie Weeks, National Women's Business Council
Lois Stevenson, Industry Canada
Virginia Littlejohn, Project Tsunami
Annette St Onge, CCSBE-CCPME
11:45 – 1:30 All Conference Luncheon
The FSF-NUTEK Award Winners Panel Presentation
2:00 – 4:00 ICSB Board Meeting Salon J
Arlington
Ballroom
McLean
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For more
information contact: www.sba.gov/ed/wbo/index.html
Wilma
Goldstein- Small Business Administration (SBA)
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Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)
Second Speaker: Anne Sullivan
Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) is a
national bi-partisan public policy organization
representing more than 505,000 women in business
and women business owners nationwide.
When you join WIPP, you join 505,000 women
business owners and women in business who
understand the importance of public policy and
the fact that it has a direct impact on running
and expanding their businesses. Decisions are
made daily in Congress and the Administration
that affect your bottom line. WIPP works, in a
bi-partisan fashion, to make sure that the voice
of women businesses owners is represented at the
table where these decisions are being made.
Key points made by Anne:
- Having the numbers is powerful – work with
like minded organizations
- Co-opting is key – no one organization will
make an impact
- Advocacy and having an organized strategy
- Hire a professional lobbyist – this is the
most powerful way to make an impact
- Continually form relationships
- Keep constantly updating with contacts
- Working at grass-roots level is unorganized if
you are to make an impact you need to have a
focus:
o Have a target
o Know your opponents
o Ascertain who is out there to help |
For more
information contact:
www.wipp.org
Joseph P Loddo
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local
Small Business Administration (SBA) |
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Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC)
Speaker: Ann Maries Almeida, President &
CEO
AWBC is the national not for profits
organization representing women’s business
centers and women business owners. Founded in
1998, the AWBC supports entrepreneurial
development among women as a way to achieve
economic self sufficiency, create wealth and
participate in economic development through
education, training, mentoring, and business
development ad financing opportunities.
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For more
information contact:
www.womensbusinesscenters.org
Ann Maries Almeida -
Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) |
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The National Association of Women Business
Owners (NAWBO)
Speaker: Amanda K Perl, Director
NAWBO is the only US-based national organization
representing the interests of all women
entrepreneurs in all industries. It currently
has over 8,000 members in nearly 80 chapters
nationwide, and is the US affiliate of FCEM (Les
Femmes Chefs d’Enterprises Mondiales, or the
World Association of Women Entrepreneurs)
NAWBO propels women entrepreneurs into economic,
social, and political spheres of power
worldwide. For more than 25 years, members have
benefited from NAWBO's growing network, public
policy advocacy, and powerful business
resources.
NAWBO NOVA's Mission:
To provide benefits to our members in the
following key areas: Business Development and
Resources, Education, Visibility, and Advocacy. |
For more
information contact:
www.nawbonova.org/
Amanda K Perl
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The
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) |
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Northern Virginia Community Business
Partnership Center will host the meeting at
their facilities and will feature some of their
partners such as:
the local Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Presentations by:
Kathy Wheeler, President, CEO
Barbara Wrigley, Executive Director
Dr Patricia Peacok, Director
Pauline Leitch, Director
B.P Walker, M.D Director
Karen Maples, Chapter President
Sheina Waddel, President, Waddell Entertainmant
Consultants, LLC
Patricia Sands, President, Spill-Guard, LLC
The Women's Business Center of Northern Virginia
was funded to help any woman in the Northern
Virginia area who is interested in starting or
expanding her small business.
They offer free and low-cost training programs,
free one on one technical counseling, marketing
assistance, access to those who can make loans,
help in getting special certifications to do
business with local, state and federal
government, a resource library, computers and
Internet access.
The Community Business Partnership opened a new
Business Incubation Center in February 2004.
Four 100 sq ft offices are available for
businesses who have outgrown their home offices,
but are not quite ready for commercial space.
Businesses must be six months old, submit a
business plan and have sufficient cash flow to
be considered for the Center. Benefits include a
furnished office, 24/7 access, a top-of-the-line
computer system, local area network with T1
Connectivity, access to professional
consultants, and much more. Contact Barbara
Wrigley at bwrigley@wbcnova.org for more
information.
Services include:
Training
One- to – one training
Computer and internet access
Resources and referral network
Networking
Marketing
Success stories:
Sheina Waddell, President
Waddell Entertainment Consultants, LLC
Sheina is very experienced within the
entertainment business and last year she decided
to start her own business organizing events and
concerts
PATRICIA SANDS - SPILL-GUARD LLC
Helping to care for her father, who suffered
from a stroke, Patricia Sands experienced the
difficulty of caring for a bedridden loved one.
It was during this time that she conceived of a
product – a spill-proof male urinal – that could
make both nursing care and the patient’s
experience less difficult. She arrived at the
Women’s Business Center of Northern Virginia
with a viable idea, a patent and a desire to
learn how to make this product succeed in the
business world. A year later, the Spill-Guard
has received glowing industry reviews and is
poised to burst into the nursing care world,
proving that a business can have a major social
impact and also be a financial success.
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For more
information contact: www.wbcnova.org
Kathy Wheeler -
Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) |
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World Bank for ICSB Welcome Reception
ICSB...Committed To A Better Worldwide
Understanding of the Smaller Business Enterprise
The International Council is a non-profit
organization devoted to continuing management
education for entrepreneurs and small business.
The Council was founded on the belief that
enlightened small business management is
necessary for successful profitable small
business, that successful small businesses are
essential to our national economies, and that
entrepreneurship needs to be fostered to
stimulate a dynamic and growing economic system.
USASBE
The mission of the United States Association for
Small Business and Entrepreneurship is to
advance knowledge and foster business
development through entrepreneurship education
and research.
USASBE is interdisciplinary, cross-functional
and globally connected (as an affiliate of the
International Council for Small Business).
USASBE is the premier network for
entrepreneurship educators at all student
levels, for professional practitioners, for
entrepreneurship researchers, and for government
policy makers.
USASBE offers cutting-edge programs for
entrepreneurship education and encourages
research that has practical application."
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