Sunday 21 August
19:00 Opening dinner (optional) at the restaurant of Waxholms Hotell (the conference venue)
Monday 22 August
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant
10:45 Coffee and registration
11:15 Fredrik Sjöholm, CEO IFN. Opening remarks (in the conference room)
Session I:
11:30–12:00 David Audretsch: "What's So Human about Human Capital? The Entrepreneurship Difference."
12:00–12:30 John Haltiwanger: "Early Joiners and Startup Performance."
Discussant: Mikael Stenkula
12:30–13:40 Lunch
Session II:
13.40–14.10 Mirjam van Praag: "The Potential Value of "Childlike" Human Capital."
14.10–14.40 Magnus Henrekson: "Entrepreneurship Research and Research Entrepreneurship – A Personal Perspective".
14.40–15.10 Mark Sanders: "Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Resilience."
Discussant: Pehr-Johan Norbäck
15.10–15.40 Coffee
Session III:
15.40–16.10 Roy Thurik: "Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Magnus."
16.10–16.40 Niklas Elert: "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Quasi-Markets."
Discussant: Maria Minniti
16.40–17.10 Siri Terjesen: "Adolescent Tech Entrepreneurship."
Discussant: Mark Sanders
18:30 Meeting in the lobby for a group photo
18.45–21.45 Boat trip with dinner
21:45 Informal bar in the conference lounge at the hotel
Tuesday 23 August
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant
Session IV:
09.00–09.30 Lars Persson: "Skill Formation, Temporary Disadvantage, and Elite Education."
Discussant: Simon Parker
09.30–10.00 Özge Öner: "Political Institutional Change and Local Entrepreneurship: How Does a Change in the Municipal Government Impact the Local Business Climate?"
10.00–11.00 Coffee (and check out from the hotel)
Session V:
11.00–11.30 Simon Parker: "Politics and the Endogeneity of Entrepreneurship Policy."
Discussant: Daniel Waldenström
11.30–12.00 Maria Minniti:" Knowledge and the Provision of Public Goods."
Discussant: Siri Terjesen
12.00–12.15 End of the conference and final remarks
12.15–13.15 Lunch
13:15– Taxi to the airport (for those who fly back on Tuesday; we will try to coordinate the ordering of taxis)
or
Boat trip to Stockholm for those who will stay in, or travel from, Stockholm.