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The 2015 SME Assembly Programme
November
18
2015
The 2015 SME Assembly begins today (18-20 November, Luxembourg) and the full conference programme is now available (please see below). Hosted in partnership with the Luxembourg Presidency, the Assembly, which is the main European SME Week event, will feature speakers from the Government of Luxembourg and the European Commission, the Committee of the Regions, academia and the private sector. Key speakers include: HRH, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Pierre Delsaux, Deputy General of DG Growth, European Commission, Amy Millman (President of Springboard Enterprises), and Corinne Vigreux (Co-founder of Tom Tom).
The Assembly will be opened formally on Thursday 19 November by Elżbieta Bieńkowska, EU SME Envoy and Member of the European Commission for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs and Francine Closener, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy of the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
This year for the first time, there will be an Open Space session where participants will have the opportunity to agree together new ways of implementing and promoting the principles of the Small Business Act. All delegates to propose and debate ideas for moving SME policy forward.
The SME Assembly will also feature the European Enterprise Promotion Awards ceremony where the 19 nominees will compete for their chance to win either in one of six categories or the Grand Jury Prize. You can find out more about the 2014 winners here.
The Ideas From Europe Finals will take place on Friday 20 November, where the nine most inspiring ideas from entrepreneurs with the potential to change the world will be chosen from across Europe’s 28 Member States. Following the selection at the SME Assembly and the online vote, the top ten ideas will then go through to a final judging session at The Hall of Knights on 31 March 2016 in The Hague.
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2015 SME Assembly Update
May
11
2015
The motto of this year’s gathering is “Europe Works For SMEs: Forward. Together.” Following the tremendous success over three years, the 2015 SME Assembly is set to be yet again the most important European event for SME policy. This time more than ever we are inviting you to develop SME policy together and co-create innovative ways of cooperation to ensure effective support for entrepreneurs. To this end we are inviting well-known and new partners from the world of business, academia, policy making and media. We will be honoured by the presence of HRH The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, in particular for an interactive discussion about women entrepreneurship.
For the first time, the SME Assembly 2015 will feature an exceptional session, which may be shaped by interested National Coordinators. Another first, the Netherlands will hold a European edition of the TEDx Binnenhof event in late March 2016.
TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world in the form of short, powerful talks. 10 entrepreneurs with great ideas and innovative solutions for the challenges Europe and the world are facing will present their inspiring thoughts at this special TEDxBinnenhof in the Netherlands. To find these 10 the following process will be starting soon: local TEDx organisers in the Member States in cooperation with SME Envoys will choose their national candidate.
On our side we would also like to encourage the national SME Week Coordinators to assist this process, in as far as it is relevant for you. Should you be interested, please contact: GROW-SME-WEEK-ADMIN@ec.europa.eu
The SME Assembly will also be the focus of the European SME Week; and will host the presentation of the 2015 European Enterprise Promotion Awards. We are also proud to say that we are teaming up with the Start-Up community in Luxembourg who will hold a Start-up weekend right after the formal end of the SME Assembly; for those interested there will a possibility to experience entrepreneurship in action.
