SME Agenda Online

Registration at ADA University

• Participants will receive their workshop schedules.

Plenary – Opening Part, The Future of Education and Entrepreneurship

• Dr. Fariz Ismailzade, Vice Rector of ADA University
• KOBIA representative
• Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy, President & CEO of ICSB
• Dr. Ki-Chan Kim, Chair of the Board of ICSB

Panel A: A New Path Forward: Achieving the SDGs through Entrepreneurship

Moderator:

• Ayman El Tarabishy

Panelist:

• ICSB: Ambassador Oh Joon, Former Korean Ambassador to the UN and the 71st President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
• Emin Ilyas, Instructor, Operations Management, School of Business of ADA University
• ICSB: Winslow Sargeant, Immediate Past Chair, ICSB Company Executive
• ICSB: Vicki Stylianou, Head, Small Business Investment Committee, Institute of Public Accountants Australia

Panel B: Emerging Trends for SMEs

Moderator:

• Winslow Sargeant, Immediate Past Chair, ICSB

Panelist:

• ICSB: Walter Ruda, Professor at Hochshule Kaiserlautern, University of applied Sciences
• ICSB: Thomas Heupel, Vice-Rector for Research, FOM Germany
• ICSB: Hartmut Meyer, Business Professor, FOM Germany
• ICSB: Ruben Ascua, Rector at Universidad Nacional de Rafaela

Coffee-break

Policy Presentations

Panelist:

• Hartmut Meyer, Business Professor, FOM Germany
• Steven Michael, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
• Petros Golitsis, FHEA, Assistant Professor, SEERC Research Associate (Online)

• Nnamdi Madichie, Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, University of Kigali (Online)
• Ameena Anchala, Associate Manager Sales, SP Jain School of Global Management (Online)
• Norris Krueger, Distinguished Visiting Research Professor, QREC, Kyushu University (Online)

Closing Remarks and Handover

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Opening Session

• Dr. Ayman El Tarabishy, President & CEO (opening remarks)
• Mr. Orkhan Mammadov, Chairman of the Board, KOBİA
• Video on Tourism Potential Azerbaijan
• Dr. Ki-Chan Kim, Chair, ICSB
• Mr. Yusif Abdullayev, Head of Azerbaijan Investment and Export Promotion Agency – AZPROMO
• Performance by Shahriyar Imanov, Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Mr. Dumitru Pintea, Director of Organization for Entrepreneurship Development of the Republic of Moldova (ODA)
• Ms. Manuela Traldi, President of the Italy-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce
• Mr. Mammad Musayev, President of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers) Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan
• Mr. Yaşar Doğan, President, Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TÜMSİAD)

Signing Ceremony

• MOU between KOBİA and ODA

Coffee Break and Networking

Panel Session 1: Policies Impacting Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan

• Gunay Guliyeva, Head of Analysis department, Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication of the Republic of Azerbaijan

• Winslow Sargeant, Immediate Past Chair, ICSB
• Representative of the Ministry of Economy, Republic of Azerbaijan (Department TBC)
• Andrew McDonald, Head Small Business Investment Committee, EBRD
• Ambassador Oh Joon, Former Korean Ambassador to the UN and the 71st President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Lunch Break with Networking

Panel Session 2: SMEs Digital Transformation and Foreign Trade

• Winslow Sargeant, Immediate Past Chair, ICSB

• Zaur Gardashov, Advisor to the Chairman, KOBİA
• Ruben Ascua, Rector, UNRAF University, Argentina
• Andrew McDonald, Head, Small Business Investment Committee, EBRD
• Thomas Heupel, Vice-Rector for Research, FOM Germany
• Gulmina Malikzada, Head of Project Management, Center for Analysis and Coordination of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Panel Session 3: Empowering Women and Youth Entrepreneurship

• Tatyana Mikayilova, Entrepreneur, Founder of Azerbaijan Business Women

• Ayman ElTarabishy, President & CEO, ICSB
• Narmina Hasanova, Founder, MiniBoss Business School Azerbaijan
• Vicki Stylianou, Head, Small Business Investment Committee, Institute of Public Accountants Australia
• Hartmut Mayer, ICSB Board Member & Host ICSB 2024 World Congress
• Afet Ahmadova, Business owner, Brightman

Closing Remarks and Handover

Gala Reception