Developing Scotland’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem(s)

Event Date: 9 March 2022 - 30 March 2022

Time: 16:00-18:00

Location: Strathclyde Business School, 199 Catherdral Street, Glasgow, G4 0QU OR online

How do we create a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem that is centred around equality, inclusivity, and inspires Scotland’s (future) entrepreneurs to ‘think big’ and address the most pressing socio-economic-environmental issues of our time? If you are an entrepreneur, someone supporting entrepreneurs, a policy maker, investor, or generally involved in the Scottish entrepreneurial ecosystem in any other form, we would like to invite you to participate in this workshop series!

Led by Strathclyde Business School and supported by the Scottish Government’s Ecosystem Fund, this series of four thematic workshops aims to promote engagement among Scotland’s ‘ecosystem builders’ as we discuss a number of topical issues. Workshops will involve roundtable and plenary discussions, encouraging wide debate and consideration of how Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem can – and should – be developed and supported. These will be hybrid events, supporting both in-person and virtual participation.

Workshop 1: The What, How, and Why of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

9 March 2022, 16:00-17:30 GMT
Keynote speaker: Professor Erik Stam (Utrecht University)

Workshop 2: Deveoping Inclusive and Sustainable Ecosystems

16 March 2022, 16:30-18:00 GMT
Keynote speaker: Professor Banu Ozkazanc-Pan (Brown University)

Workshop 3: Integrating Clusters and Missions

23 March 2022, 16:30-18:00 GMT
Panellists: Euan Cameron (Cohesion Medical); Wendy Pring (TheWayForward2045); Dr Matthew Hannon (University of Strathclyde)

Workshop 4: The Way Forward for the Scottish Ecosystem