Small Business Day

Keynote presentations

• Prof. Allan Gibb, Professor Emeritus, University of Durham England and former chair and Director of the Small Business Centre at Durham Business School UK.
  
• Ms. Carolyn Creswell, CEO Carmans Muesli
  

Morning Tea

Hypothetical: Life and Death of a Small Business

Facilitated by: Professor Peter Sheldrake, Professor of Business Entrepreneurship at RMIT University

Panel

• David Latina – Executive Director, Office of Small Business, Department of Industry, Innovation and Regional Development, Victorian Government.
  
• Barry Moltz, (Chicago),author of You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business and founder of Prairie Angels
  
  
• Michael Schaper: ACT Small Business Commissioner
  
• Ivan Deveson AO: former MD of Channel 7 and General Motors
  
• David Southwick: founder of The Body Collection cosmetics and Entrepreneur in Residence RMIT University
  
• Michael O'Hagen, CEO and Founder of Mini Movers.

Lunch

• Amanda Gome (of Business Review Weekly) will present on the characteristics of Fast growth Companies

Opportunity recognition for would be entrepreneurs - Workshop

Presenters: Jose Romaguera – author of Chispa Empresarial , Roger LaSalle – author of Think Next Opportunity , Colin Dunn – author of Let's Plan a Business – an entrepreneurial approach

This workshop will look at opportunity recognition from three perspectives:

• The techniques used to assist undergraduate business – entrepreneurship students find and develop opportunities;
• Informal processes used to assist non-business persons identify an opportunity; and
• A systematic opportunity identification matrix.

Afternoon Tea

Keynote Presentation

• Barry Moltz - author of You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business and founder of Prairie Angels

Networking

Big Bottle Happy Hour

• Continue the networking over a drink.