EBRF 2008 CONFERENCE PROGRAM

	Monday, September 22nd 2008
Finnish time
11.30 – 16.30	Registration at Helsinki Katajanokka harbour, Viking Line M/S Gabriella leaves on 17.30 and registration closes 1 hour prior to the departure. The registration desk is in the check-in hall at the terminal. Tickets to the boat and other conference materials will be given to participants here.
11.30 - 12.30	Lunch at Viking Buffet, deck 8
	Plenary session, Auditorium, conference deck 10
12.30 – 12.45	Words of Welcome
12.45 – 13.30	Keynote: Intelligence in the IIIrd millennium, challenges and opportunities
	Georgij Alafuzoff, Commodore Chief of military intelligence, Finnish Defence Forces
13.30 – 14.15	Keynote: Intelligent Capital: The critical role of angel investors in emerging economies
	Elizabeth O’Halloran, Managing Director and Director of Intellectual Capital Batten Institute, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, USA
14.15 – 14.45	Coffee break on conference deck 10
14.45 – 16.30	Parallel sessions (4 sessions) on conference deck 10
16.30 – 16.45	Break on conference deck 10
16.45 – 18.30	Parallel sessions (4 sessions) and Growth venturing doctoral consortium 1/3 on conference deck 10
	* the boat leaves Helsinki 17.30
18.30 – 19.00	Extra Session: Results of Finnish software industry survey, on conference deck 10
20.30	Buffet Dinner at Viking Buffet, deck 8
	Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
Swedish time
08.00 – 09.30	Breakfast at Viking Buffet, deck 8
10.00 – 12.00	Sightseeing tour in Stockholm City
10.00 – 12.00	Growth venturing doctoral consortium 2/3 on board, conference deck 10
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch at Viking Buffet, deck 8
13.00 – 14.45	Parallel sessions (4 sessions) on conference deck 10
14.45 – 15.00	Break on conference deck 10
15.00 – 16.45	Parallel sessions (3 sessions) and Growth venturing doctoral consortium 3/3 on conference deck 10
16.45 – 17.15	Coffee break on conference deck 10, the boat leaves Stockholm
	Plenary session, Auditorium, conference deck 10
17.15 – 18.00	Keynote: Intangible Value Drivers of the 21st –Centure Organizations
	Giovanni Schiuma, Professor, Scientific Director of Centre for Value Management – LIEG – at the universitá della Basilicata, Italy, Visiting Research fellow with the Centre for Business Performance at Granfield School of Manangement
18.00 – 18.45	Keynote: Role of Education-Enterprise Model for developing growth ventures in differing economic contexts
	Dhrubes Biswas, Professor of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Professor-in-charge of Incubation and Entrepreneurship, Managing Director of Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park
18.45 – 19.00	Conclusions and Closing
20.00	Gala Dinner, Restaurant Food Garden on deck 8. Dress code smart casual
	Wednesday, September 24th 2008
Finnish time
08.00 – 10.00	Breakfast at Viking Buffet, deck 8
09.45	The boat arrives at Helsinki

The main part of the conference program is build from the research presentations of the abstracts that were accepted to the conference by the review board. There will also be several invited keynote speeches enriching the scientific discussions. The program allows room for these discussions and we hope that this will help in producing interesting full papers after the conference.

In addition to the official conference program, we also offer two enjoyable get-togethers. First evening we will enjoy the famous Scandinavian buffet on board M/s Gabriella. On the second conference day we explore the city of Stockholm on a guided city tour by bus. In the evening the gala dinner at Food Garden Restaurant will be a memorable end to a unique conference day on board M/s Gabriella.

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