Program: Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research

16.00 Welcome

16.10. Conversation with Lars Backsell, donor of the award, Johan Eklund, Professor and Managing Director Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and Fredrik Sjöholm, Professor and Managing Director IFN. Moderator: Maddy Savage, journalist and broadcaster

16.20 Comments from Maryann Feldman, Professor at University of North Carolina, and previous winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research and  Jan-Olof Jacke, CEO Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

16.30 Award Lecture: Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century with John C. Haltiwanger, Professor of Economics at University of Maryland

17.30 Closing

 

Speakers:

Lars Backsell
Founder Recipharm		 Johan Eklund
Managing Director Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and Professor BTH och JIBS		 Maryann Feldman
Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA		 John Haltiwanger
Professor University of Maryland, USA
Jan-Olof Jacke
Director General Confederation of Swedish Enterprise		 Fredrik Sjöholm
Professor and Managing Director IFN		 Maddy Savage
Journalist (Moderator)