Please Join Us for the 8th Annual NYU-Stern Conference on Social
Entrepreneurship, Nov 2-4, 2011!
Submissions were again at an all-time high with over 100 abstracts
from all over the world: US, Canada, Belgium, China, Croatia, Egypt,
Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico,
Namibia, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates,
etc.
We are looking forward to seeing you at this year's conference
dedicated to the ongoing development of theory and research on social
entrepreneurship and its impact on global communities. The aim is to
bring together scholars in social entrepreneurship to discuss emerging
concepts and themes in social entrepreneurship research.
We already have an exciting conference schedule, with the following
keynotes confirmed:
* Nobel Laureate A. Michael Spence, NYU-Stern School of Business
* Paul Romer, NYU-Stern School of Business
* Alex Nicholls, University of Oxford, Said Business School
* Paul Tracey, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School
* Paul Light, NYU-Wagner School of Public Policy
* Geoffrey Kistruck, The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business
* Ana Maria Peredo, University of Victoria, Peter B. Gustavson School
of Business
* Silvia Dorado, The University of Rhode Island, College of Business
Administration
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Reserve Your Seat Today!
To reserve your seat for the conference by October 15th, please register at:
http://secure.stern.nyu.edu/berkley/forms/events/conference.cgi?conference=academic
The $750 conference fee can be paid by major credit cards and covers
meals and receptions. As a bonus and added feature, participants will
have the opportunity to attend a number of practitioner sessions
including keynotes, panel discussions, and workshops on the last day,
November 4th.
A couple of special events have been planned including an evening on
Broadway Thursday evening and our formal reception Friday evening with
the announcement of the NYU-Stern Best Paper Award. A detailed
conference schedule will follow soon.
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Hotel Accommodations, Conference Location, and Travel Information
We have blocked a number of rooms at the Downtown Club Quarters (52
William Street, NYC). You can contact them directly at 212.575.0006,
identify yourself with NYU and mention NYU-Stern Social
Entrepreneurship Conference.
Our conference will be held on our NYU Campus in our Kaufman
Management Building (44 W. 4th Street, NYC).
For an interactive map of NYU campus, go to:
http://www.nyu.edu/footer/map.html
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Best Paper Awards and Recognition
Please plan on staying and networking at our reception on Friday
evening and the announcement of the conference's best papers:
* The NYU-Stern Best Paper Award ($5,000) will be granted for the best
research paper.
* Also, best papers will be selected and will be given the opportunity
to appear in the forthcoming 2012 book edited by Jill Kickul and
Sophie Bacq, "Patterns in Social Entrepreneurship Research" (Edward
Elgar).
* Finally, the best paper to address the intersection of public policy
and social entrepreneurship will be chosen to appear in a 2012 issue
of Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy.
If you have any questions, please also feel free to contact our
NYU-Stern Conference on Social Entrepreneurship Coordinator, Sophie
Bacq,
sbacq@stern.nyu.edu.
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We hope to see you here in November!
Best, Jill
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Jill Kickul, Ph.D., Director
NYU-Stern Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
NYU Stern School of Business
44 W 4th Street, Tisch 424
New York, NY 10012
(v) 212-998-0530
(e)
jkickul@stern.nyu.edu
http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~jkickul/