2012 ACERE Conference Wrap-up

ACE hosted the international Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE) in Fremantle late January.

This year the conference was held in conjunction with the DIANA Project, providing participants with a wider range of conference streams. The conference was hosted at the University of Notre Dame, where the campus, integrated with the City of Fremantle provided a perfect background for 4 days of conference activities.

Key note addresses were given by Dr Patricia Green Co-Founder of the Diana Project, Centre for Women’s Business Research Board Member, IC2 Fellow, University of Texas Austin, and Professor Dean Shepard, Randall L Tobias Chair in Leadership, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University USA.

With over 92 papers presented at the conference covering a wide range of subject streams valuable discussion, debate and learning was achieved. Additionally, an Entrepreneurship and SME Policy Forum was held, along with a Doctoral Consortium / Paper Development Workshop.

The 2013 ACERE conference will be hosted at QUT from the 6th to 8th of February 2013. Register now at the conference website: http://acereconference.com/