The University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” Business Start-up Centre in Skopje, Macedonia together with CITY College (an affiliated institution of University of Sheffield) - Computer Science Department, Thessaloniki, Greece are organising the first International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development ICEIRD 2008.

Topics covered at the conference are:

• Governmental and regional policies on entrepreneurship, innovation and R&D
• Clustering and networking
• Entrepreneurship education
• Family businesses and entrepreneurship
• University – industry collaboration
• Innovation policy in small and medium enterprises
• ICT and Regional competitiveness
• Knowledge management and technology transfer
• Regional innovation strategies
• Regional competitiveness and development
• Business process modeling
• The benefit of knowledge zone, business centers and incubators in the region
• Business incubation
• Best practices in the region / Macedonia (start-up companies)
• Financing innovation, R&D, SMEs

January 31, 2008 - Deadline for abstract submission
March 8, 2008 - Notification of abstract acceptance/rejection
March 11, 2008 - Early registration deadline
April 8, 2008 - Deadline for paper submission
May 1, 2008 - Registration deadline (conference and accommodation)
May 8-11, 2008 - ICEIRD2008

Source: http://www.iceird.org/