NCEE Entrepreneurial Universities Summit 2007: Different Thinking for the Challenges Universities Face, 4th March, University of Leeds
Universities are being asked to do more with less, respond faster to change, build resilience, create new partnerships and keep innovating.
The Entrepreneurial University Summit will explore how entrepreneurial thinking, leadership and practice can help universities respond, bringing together leading thinkers, examples of what works and practical ideas to take back to your institution.
The Summit will combine high-quality speakers and examples of leading practice with opportunities for participants to exchange experience and apply what they have heard to their own challenges.
Hear the best. Share what works. Find new answers. With just 80 places, the Summit will create space for meaningful conversations, new connections and ideas that can help tackle the challenges universities face.
Three Summit Themes
The Summit will focus on three simple questions:
1. Entrepreneurial Leadership
How do we lead, create momentum and enable innovation when resources are constrained and certainty is disappearing?
Areas might include: leading through uncertainty; resilience and adaptability; creating space for new ideas; distributed entrepreneurial leadership; building an innovative culture; turning strategy into action.
2. Enterprise & Innovation
How do universities generate new ideas, experiment, recognise opportunities and turn innovation into action?
Areas might include: entrepreneurial mindset; enterprise and entrepreneurship education; new models and approaches; experimentation; innovation and commercialisation; using technology differently; turning ideas into sustainable activity.
3. Place & Inclusive Enterprise
How can universities use enterprise to create opportunity and impact for students, communities, businesses and places?
Areas might include: inclusive enterprise; civic and place-based engagement; business engagement; social mobility and opportunity; innovation ecosystems; partnerships; regional growth and impact.
The Summit is designed to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding of how entrepreneurial approaches can help universities respond to current and emerging issues, particularly around leadership, innovation, resilience, enterprise, inclusive growth and institutional change.
A strong emphasis will be placed on sharing established and emerging practice that participants can learn from and apply within their own professional roles and institutions.
Sessions will be designed to develop participants’ knowledge and understanding in areas including entrepreneurial leadership, innovation, institutional change, enterprise, inclusive entrepreneurship and partnership working.
Contributors will be specifically asked to identify the learning from their research or practice and what other participants can take from it and apply within their own institutions.
Participants will receive relevant supporting materials and resources from the Summit, including presentations and practical tools/resources where these are made available by contributors.
We will also provide a certificate of attendance/participation confirming attendance at the professional development summit.
Draft Programme (subject to change)
| Time | Session | Overview |
|---|---|---|
| 08:45–09:30 | Registration, Coffee & Innovation Marketplace | The Innovation Marketplace opens and remains available throughout the day, showcasing practical tools, resources, projects and research with real-world applications. |
| 09:30–09:45 | Welcome: Why Entrepreneurial Universities Now? | NCEE sets the context, exploring how entrepreneurial universities can respond to financial pressures, technological disruption and increasing demands for impact. |
| 09:45–10:30 | Opening Keynote: Finding New Answers in Difficult Times | A keynote exploring innovation, resilience and entrepreneurial thinking, with insights on leading and acting differently during periods of change. |
| 10:30–11:00 | Ideas from Leeds | Perspectives from regional leadership, business and entrepreneurship on what universities should do differently to become genuinely entrepreneurial. |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee, Connections & Innovation Marketplace | Networking and time to explore posters, exhibits and contributions from across the sector. |
| 11:30–12:30 | Best Practice: Learn from What’s Working | Choose from three parallel sessions: Leading Entrepreneurial Universities: What Works?, From Ideas to Impact: What Works?, or Universities, Place & Opportunity: What Works? |
| 12:30–13:30 | Lunch & Innovation Marketplace | Lunch and opportunities to explore practical tools, resources, projects and research from across the community. |
| 13:30–14:30 | NCEE Swap Shops: Ideas Worth Borrowing | Three interactive Swap Shops focused on Entrepreneurial Leadership, Enterprise & Innovation, and Place & Inclusive Enterprise, featuring rapid-fire sharing of practical ideas and resources. |
| 14:30–15:30 | New & Emerging: Discover What’s Next | Choose from three forward-looking sessions: Leading Differently, The Next Wave of Enterprise & Innovation, or Rethinking Place, Partnership & Inclusion. |
| 15:30–15:50 | Refreshments & Innovation Marketplace | A final opportunity to explore Marketplace contributions and make new connections. |
| 15:50–16:30 | Closing Keynote: What Will Entrepreneurial Universities Need Next? | A forward-looking keynote exploring the capabilities, behaviours and approaches universities will need for the next period of change. |
Our Guest Speakers - TBC
Useful Resources...
Presentations & useful resources will be posted here after each session. Watch this space!
FINANCIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Our cancellation policy is as follows:
(1) cancellations 14 or more days before the event: 50% cancellation fee per delegate
(2) cancellations less than 14 days before the event: no refunds.
Promotion cancellation fee applies to all places.
Cancellations must be submitted in writing to Karen.Biscombe@ncee.org.uk.
No charge will be made for replacement delegates.
Transfer of any confirmed booking between events is not possible.
The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme and its format and change the speakers without prior notice.