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Dear colleagues,

This is a reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions for the 8^th annual International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development is on 30^th January.

The conference is being hosted by the University of Sheffield on 18^th and 19^th June. The conference will bring together leading academics and practitioners, and includes excellent keynote speakers and a range of interesting research tracks.

The keynote speakers are:

• Professor Sue Marlow, University of Nottingham

  Title: 'Searching for the elusive female entrepreneur: Hunting the snark and creating academic ghettos?'

• Professor Aard Groen, University of Twente

  Title: 'Entrepreneurial ecosystems'

• Professor Michael Kitson, University of Cambridge                                    Title: 'The role of universities in the innovation ecosystem'

The research tracks will provide a forum for the latest research on entrepreneurship and innovation to be presented and discussed:

• The social and spatial enactment of entrepreneurship

• Resilience and Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurship, employment and exclusion

• Networks and Innovation

• Tackling enterprise in the informal economy in South-East Europe (and beyond)

• Social entrepreneurship

• Enterprise Education

• Entrepreneurship, policy and society

Further details on keynotes, tracks and additional conference information can be found on the website www.iceird2015.com

We look forward to welcoming you to Sheffield.