GLOBAL STARTUP WORKSHOP 2008

Building the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability

Madrid, Spain

March 26 - 28, 2008

GSW 2008 Highlights

• Presentations and panel discussions on "Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem"
- Introduction to the entrepreneurial ecosystem
- Evaluating your current ecosystem


• Presentations and panel discussions on "Goals of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem"
- Business Plan Competition Basics
- The Importance of Entrepreneurial Support Systems
- Advanced networking session

Promoting Entrepreneurship
- The pre-startup phase - building networks for forming ideas and teams
- Finding and understanding investors
- Startup war stories - challenges faced and lessons learned
- Measuring impact and continuing to evolve

Stimulating Innovation
- The role of universities and business plan competitions
- Role of IP protection in enabling innovation
- Revitalizing traditional sectors

Cases in Sustainability
- Funding and sustaining developmental entrepreneurship
- Sustainable public policies for economic growth of SMEs
- Going Green: Alternative energy technologies, policy and opportunities


• Presentations and panel discussions on "Entrepreneurial Case Studies"
- Google Spain - An Innovation Success
- iMotions and High Tech Entrepreneurship
- International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- Uthango Social Investments, South Africa
- Rive Technology, Inc.

Keynote Speakers

- Mr. Jose Maria Figueres, CEO of Grupo Felipe IV
- Mr. Sergio Regueros, CEO of Telefonica Moviles Colombia
- Mr. Jason Pontin, Editor in Chief and Publisher of Technology Review
- Ken Morse, Senior Lecturer and Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center

Sponsors

la Caixa	EOI Escuela de Negocios