XII International Conference on the Empowerment Entrepreneurship: How Entrepreneurs & Stakeholders Can Build a Sustainable Future

The XII International Conference ‘Empowerment Entrepreneurship: How Entrepreneurs & Stakeholders Can Build a Sustainable Future’ was held in Albena Resort, organized by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Chair of Entrepreneurship of the UNWE, the Bulgarian Association for Management Development and Entrepreneurship (BAMDE), in partnership with the University of Economics – Varna, the Institute for Economic Research of the BAS and the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB), and with the support of the National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science.

Assoc. Prof. Kostadin Kolarov, PhD, is opening the Conference with a brief retrospective of the previous editions

As keynote speakers in the Conference took part Prof. Dylan Jones-Evans, OBE, Founder, UK Fast Growth 50 Index and the National Startup Awards; Prof. Raymond Saner, PhD, International Relations & International Management University of Basle, Switzerland; Professor Lichia Saner-Yiu, Co-Founder and President of the Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND), Genève, Switzerland, Taiwan, A UN ECOSOC accredited think tank with Special Consultative Status; Prof. Diego Matricano, PhD, Department of Management, Università degli Studi della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Chair of SIG Entrepreneurship @ EURAM Conference; Mr. Aurel Laurentiu Plosceanu, EESC Vice-President for Communication and Assoc. Prof. Milena Angelova, PhD, SME Envoy of Bulgaria, SME Envoys Network, DG GROW, on behalf of the Ministry of Economy and Industry.

Prof. Dylan Jones-Evans, OBE, at the end of his keynote speech on the Empowered Entrepreneurship – Engaging the Innovation Ecosystem to Build a Sustainable Future, is paying tribute to Prof. Kiril Todorov, DSc, founder and longstanding Chairman of the International Conference on Entrepreneurship

The rest of the participants presented papers covering various aspects of entrepreneurship and sustainable development, which apart from the immediate feedback from the sessions, will be further peer-reviewed with a view to targeting them for publication in journals and books of reputed international publishers.

Within the frameworks of the Conference, with the kind hosting of the University of Economics – Varna, a workshop was held on How to get published in renowned international journals; the do's and don'ts’, led by Prof. Diego Matricano, PhD, author of more than one hundred publications (papers, monographs, and chapters) focused on entrepreneurial processes, profiles and dynamics, the winner of the Best Book Award 2024 /Interdisciplinarity in Entrepreneurship published by Palgrave Macmillan/Springer/  assigned by the European Academy of Management /Bath, June 2024/,  Associate Editor for several top-ranked journals and is the Chair of SIG Entrepreneurship at EURAM Conference and Co-coordinator of Entrepreneurship Thematic[ВТС1]  Group at SIMA – Società Italiana di Management.

Participants in the Conference

In this year's edition of the Conference, along with the traditional participants, new participants from Bulgaria and abroad played an active role, who confirmed the usefulness of this Forum and expressed their interest in participating in the next editions. Among the new participants were prominent scientists such as Prof. Igor Kononenko, DSc, as well as many doctoral students and young scientists.

Despite the rich scientific programme of the Conference, a social programme with memorable events was traditionally organized, in the organization of which Dr. Yordanka Stoeva, Chairwoman of the Municipal Council of the town of Shabla, and the opera singer Mr. Vladimir Marinov played a key role. These events contributed to the creation of a friendly atmosphere, encouraging informal communications and the establishment of new academic partnerships.

The XII International Conference on Entrepreneuship proved its role in the exchange of new knowledge, research practices and the creation and development of international scientific networks.

For further information visit the webpage of the Entrepreneurship Department.