IEEC 2009: Advancing Enterprise Education

Enterprise Educators and the NCGE were delighted to host this year's International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh from 2nd-4th September. The Principal Sponsor for IEEC 2009 was Informatics Ventures at the University of Edinburgh.

The Conference theme for 2009 was ‘Advancing Enterprise Education’. Within that, there were several broad themes: 'raising awareness', 'enterprise in context: teaching methods',  'pollcy in action' and 'pathways for learning'.

Materials for Parallel Sessions

You can now find the PowerPoint presentations used for various Parallel Sessions which were held over three days at the Edinburgh 2009 conference. To view the materials click here: http://www.ieec.co.uk/index.php?page=parallel-sessions

Speakers included:

Jim Mather MSP, Minister for Enterprise Energy and Tourism
Professor Phil Race, UK Expert in Learning and Teaching & HEA Senior Teacher Fellow http://phil-race.co.uk
Doug Richard, former TV Dragon and founder of School for Startups http://www.schoolforstartups.co.uk
Professor Chandra Embuldeniya, Uva Wellassa University on establishing an entrepreneurial university in Sri Lanka
Gill Westaway, British Council Country Director, Sri Lanka

PLUS

This year saw more educator sessions than ever before – over 40 interactive workshops and papers showcasing enterprise education across the UK, Europe and China.

Exhibitors included SIMVENTURE; Speakeasy4Schools; NACUE & EPIGEUM; Stock Market Challenge.

The Gala Dinner included the presentation of the 1st Annual Enterprise Educator Awards with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers as entertainment for the night.