Announcement of the ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference at 16 - 18 May 2018 in Twente (Saxion, University of Twente and ROC van Twente)

1. 3E Conference 2018
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education
Enschede – Twente
The Netherlands
16-18 May 2018

2. Conference theme
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

3. Industry pioneers in Twente
Entrepreneurial innovators:
• C.T. Stork
• Thomas Ainsworth
• Charles de Maere
• Willem de Clercq
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

4. Panorama of Twente around 1930
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

5. Employment in the
textile industry
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Development of number of jobs in the textile industry from 1969 to 2011
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

6. Downturn of the textile industry
“Innovation comes with creative
destruction”, Josef Schumpeter
What/who doesn’t innovate becomes
obsolete!  New replaces old
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

7. Regional policy in Twente
Policy measures implemented in Twente Strengthen the
regional development:
1. Investment in Human Capital (Higher Education)
2. Supporting Entrepreneurship
3. International cooperation
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

8. 1 Investment in Human Capital
Investment in Technical Higher Education:
Building the University of Twente (1962)
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

9. 2 Supporting Entrepreneurship
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

10. 2 Supporting Entrepreneurship
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

11. 3 International cooperation
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

12. ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

13. Programme
Tuesday 15 may 2018
• Arrival dinner at “het Paradijs” (The paradise)
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

14. Programme
Wednesday 16 may 2018
• Practitioner Development Workshops at Saxion University
• Welcome reception at City Hall Enschede
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

15. Programme
Thursday 17 may 2018
Friday 18 may 2018
• 3E conference at University of Twente
• Conference dinner at “de Gieterij”(Foundry)
University
of Twente Gieterij
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

16. Getting to Enschede
Airplane:
• Schiphol airport:
• Direct connection by train every 30 mins
• Airport Munster/Osnabrück
• Connected by bus and train every hour
Car: by A1/A35 (E30)
Train: via Netherlands & Germany
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

17. Accommodation
• Intercity hotel.
Next to central train station
and city centre.
• Drienerburght.
On the university campus
• Broeierd.
Near the university campus
Bus transfers are supplied
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands

18. Contact
Conference chairs:
• Matthijs Hammer
- Mail: m.h.m.hammermsc@saxion.nl
- Phone: +31 88 019 1397
• Ruud Koopman
- Mail: r.g.m.koopman@saxion.nl
- Phone: +31 6 1249 2862
• Aard Groen
Website: www.3E2018.org
ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference
16 – 18 May 2018, Enschede, The Netherlands