IEEC2024 PROGRAMME AND PARALLEL SESSIONS

The full programme for IEEC2024 is now available at https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/39219/program

You can find the outline programme below. 

Programme overview – please note that times may change.

Tuesday 3rd September  
5pm – 9pm Pre-conference Belfast Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Tour, hosted by Startium. Limited places – for more details, and to reserve your space, click here.
Wednesday 4th September  
10am EEUK Advisory Council meeting (invitation only)
12pm Registration, networking & lunch
12pm


First-time delegates meet-up
12.10pm


Track Chair meeting
1.00pm


Welcome and introduction
Dave Bolton, EEUK President
Prof. Nola Hewitt-Dundas – Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor, AHSS, Queen’s University Belfast
Prof. M. N. Ravishankar – Dean and Head of School, Queen’s Business School
Ian Snowden, Permanent Secretary, Department for the Economy
Graeme Browne, Business Events Account Manager, Visit Belfast
Charles Xu, Group President & CEO, Innocare Group
1.20pm Keynote session – Professor Colette Henry
2.10pm EEUK Opportunities for the Year Ahead
2.40pm

Break, including the following special session:

Innovator Business Founder Visa session, hosted by Envestors.
LT OG.013 (Student Hub)
3.15pm


Roundtable with MIT REAP Team Northern Ireland. Outline agenda available here.
4.10pm Parallel session 1
4.55pm Close
6.30pm for 7.00pm


Welcome Social – The Great Hall, Queen’s University Belfast
Guest Speaker: Andrew Trimble
Entertainment: Ionian String Quartet
Thursday 5th September  
8.30am Registration (day delegates), networking, tea & coffee
8.50am Welcome to day delegates and briefing
9.15am


Parallel session 2
10.00am


Keynote session – Professor Maura McAdam
10.50am Break
11.20am Parallel session 3
12.00pm Lunch, including the following special sessions:
  • ICURe Mini Roadshow (Powered by Innovate UK) – dive into the world of impact creation, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Please click here to download the Agenda.
    Weston Lecture Theatre OG.028 (Conference Hub).
  • ETIC Group (Entrepreneurship Threshold Concepts International Collaboration) Mini-Symposium – learn how transformative concepts can reshape the way entrepreneurial thinking is taught and understood, gaining cutting-edge insights that can be applied in a wide range of educational contexts. For more information, click here. 
    Seminar Room 01.012 (Conference Hub).
  • Europe- China Cross-Border Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education. Hosted by IEEC partner Innocare Group, join leading experts in this discussion of current collaborations in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education between Europe and China. 
    Seminar Joint OG.039 A (Student Hub).
1.15pm Policy Update
Alison Price
1.35pm Keynote session – Dr Spinder Dhaliwal
2.25pm Keynote session – Gareth Trainer 
3.15pm Break
3.45pm Parallel session 4
4.30pm Parallel session 5
5.10pm Close
7.00pm Drinks Reception, Titanic Belfast
7.30pm Gala Dinner & National Enterprise Educator Awards 
With the Logue Ceilidh Band
Friday 6th September  
8.45am Registration
9.15am Welcome to day delegates
9.30am Parallel session 6
10.15am Break
11.00am Keynote session – Steve Lazars
11.50pm


Keynote session – Charles Xu
12.40pm

Conference conclusions
Dave Bolton
Professor Archie Clements
Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise, Queen’s University Belfast

Best in Track awards

A word from our IEEC2025 host, Manchester Metropolitan University
1.15pm Lunch, networking and depart