This week I chaired a conference at Birmingham City University on Creative Enterprise.

It was largely aimed at educators but it did have a few students and some business support people amongst its delegates.  First thing to say is that a way more reflective and thoughtful digest of the conference is being put together by Charlotte Carey. Go read it. I thought it might be worth pulling together links to some of the participants as that doesn’t seem to have been done anywhere else.

Here goes:

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And now here’s a conference for students on the same date as the one for educators in Birmingham.

If you can get to Dundee then the Scottish Institute for Enterprise is holding a one-day event that “is a unique opportunity to hear some of the most successful and inspiring entrepreneurs of our time speak about their success, what inspires them, and share some invaluable advice.”

The keynote speaker is James Caan from Dragon’s Den and there’s a quite a list of other inspiring entrepreneurs as well.

If you’re a Scottish Student it’s a mere £6 or £15 for other students.

Date: 10am - 4.30 pm, Wednesday 12th March 2008

Venue: Caird Hall, Dundee

Contact: Evelyn Hynan

Further details from their website.

Birmingham City University are hosting a follow-up conference to their event a couple of year back that explores debates and practice in enterprise education. The audience for this is very much educators rather than students but students can come along for a heavily reduced fee of just £10.

The conference will be held on Wednesday 12th March at Birmingham City University’s School of Jewellery.

For all enquiries please contact Kate Beresford on 0115 9655603 or register your interest for the conference here www.enterprise.ac.uk.

Delegate Fees:
Members of Enterprise Educators UK - £45
Non-members - £90
Students - £10