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The first KEEN Forum was held on April 29th, Kaunas University of Technology in Valley "Santaka". Auditorium was blown away with great discussions and team building between researchers from Universities of Lithuania, Germany, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Powerful presentations by Cranfield University and University of Wuppertal had a huge impact on the audience and left a spot for important questions about entrepreneurship education and challenges of entrepreneurial ecosystem. Panel discussion about breeding unicorns called out intensive discussion on this topic where representatives from academia and business had some interesting ideas pointing out.
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The first Forum of the Knowledge-Empowered Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN) will take place at Kaunas University of Technology in Santaka Valley on April 29. The Forum is organized by Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, in partnership with Cranfield University, United Kingdom, University of Wuppertal, Germany and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
The aim of the Knowledge-Empowered Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN) is to strengthen research and innovation competence in entrepreneurship, and develop new knowledge on the growth of new enterprises, business model innovations and dynamic managerial capabilities of the entrepreneur.
The participants of the forum will be given a unique opportunity to learn about the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystems in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and advancements in the entrepreneurship research. We hope that the first KEEN forum will pave the way for closer cooperation between universities and business, and highlight a number of real-life issues for future research on entrepreneurship.
KEEN Forum Program
13.30-13.40
Welcome to KEEN
Asta Pundziene
13.40-14.05
Is it possible to educate successful entrepreneur?
Richard Adams, Cranfield University
14.05-14.30
Challenges and Drivers of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Christina Volkmann, Bergische Universitate Wuppertal
14.30-15.30
Panel discussion:
How to breed unicorns?
Looking at the global list of the unicorns there are only 2 countries topping the list – USA and China. Some German and UK start-ups. Strong focus on entrepreneurship education and different support measures is deployed for more than 10 years now – what more we can do to breed more unicorns in UK, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania? Why current efforts fail?
Christina Volkmann, Bergische Universitate Wuppertal
Michael Hudecheck, St.Gallen Univesity
Paulius Insoda, NFQ technologies
Kamilė Ciehanavičiūtė, Virstustream
Kęstutis Šetkus, MITA
Algirdas Stonys, TeleSoftas
Mindaugas Bulota, Kaunas University of Technology
15.30-16.30
Networking coffee
The aim of the Knowledge-Empowered Entrepreneurship Network (KEEN) is to strengthen research and innovation competence in entrepreneurship, and develop new knowledge on the growth of new enterprises, business model innovations and dynamic managerial capabilities of the entrepreneur.
The participants of the forum will be given a unique opportunity to learn about the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystems in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and advancements in the entrepreneurship research. We hope that the first KEEN forum will pave the way for closer cooperation between universities and business, and highlight a number of real-life issues for future research on entrepreneurship.
KEEN Forum Program
13.30-13.40
Welcome to KEEN
Asta Pundziene
13.40-14.05
Is it possible to educate successful entrepreneur?
Richard Adams, Cranfield University
14.05-14.30
Challenges and Drivers of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Christina Volkmann, Bergische Universitate Wuppertal
14.30-15.30
Panel discussion:
How to breed unicorns?
Looking at the global list of the unicorns there are only 2 countries topping the list – USA and China. Some German and UK start-ups. Strong focus on entrepreneurship education and different support measures is deployed for more than 10 years now – what more we can do to breed more unicorns in UK, Germany, Switzerland, Lithuania? Why current efforts fail?
Christina Volkmann, Bergische Universitate Wuppertal
Michael Hudecheck, St.Gallen Univesity
Paulius Insoda, NFQ technologies
Kamilė Ciehanavičiūtė, Virstustream
Kęstutis Šetkus, MITA
Algirdas Stonys, TeleSoftas
Mindaugas Bulota, Kaunas University of Technology
15.30-16.30
Networking coffee