CCSBE-CCPME 2005 Conference - Waterloo, Ontario

The 22nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship.
Waterloo, Ontario, October 27,28,29, 2005

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All Events will be held at the Waterloo Inn & Convention Centre unless otherwise noted.

THURSDAY, October 27th
8:00am to Noon	Arrival
9:00am to 12:30PM	CCSBE Planning Meeting. (2005-2006 Board Members)
Noon	Registration noon to 6pm. Barrister's Room.
12:30pm to 2:30pm ---------- 12:30pm to 4:30pm	CCSBE 2005 Board Meeting St. Jacob's Tour (see Social Activities page for details)
7:15pm	Bus departs for CIGI Centre for International Governance Innovation
8:00pm to 9:45pm	Opening Reception - CIGI Centre for International Governance Innovation MC: Benson Honig Director, NeXt Centre, Benson Honig CCSBE-CCPME President’s Welcoming Remarks, Annette St-Onge ICSB President, Colin Dunn BDC Official Sponsor Keynote Jim Balsillie
10:00pm	Bus to Waterloo Inn
FRIDAY, October 28th
7:00am	Registration begins. Barrister's Room.
7:30am to 8:30am	Breakfast and Opening Plenary - MC: Annette St-Onge - Ballroom Salons A&B Welcome Address: Dr. Robert G. Rosehart, President, Wilfrid Laurier University CCSBE-CCPME President’s Remarks BDC Keynote Address - "BDC: A bridge between research ideas and marketplace solutions" Presented by: Ms. Edmée Métivier, Executive Vice President, Integrated Risk & Technology Management, BDC
	ROOM 1 Ballroom Salons A&B	ROOM 2 Bloomingdale	ROOM 3 Rosedale Room	ROOM 4 Salzburg Room
8:30am to 9:45am	General Issues	Business Support	Teaching Stream	General Issues Practical and Research
	Session Chair: Monica Diochon Canadian Nascent Entrepreneurs’ Outcome Attributions Presented by: Monica Diochon Cognitive Influences on the Planning Process:The Impact of Overconfidence and Belief in the Law of Small Numbers on Planning Propensity Presented by: King Les dirigeants de PME et les services offerts par les organismes de soutien : comment assurer un meilleur emploi de ces services ? Présenté par: Josée Audet, Université Laval; Haja, Ialaina Rakotoarison, Université Laval (étudiant)	Fostering and Incubating Canadian Entrepreneurship: Family Business Succession Strategies that Work Presented by: Fred Burke, C.G.A. - Chief Operating Officer, Renée’s Gourmet Foods Incorporated	Best Practices: Building & Supporting Student Entrepreneurship (ACE Canada)	The approach to venture capital financing for early-stage technology businesses, especially university spin-outs and scientific founders initiatives Presented by: Victor Scutaru, Director, Technology Seed Investments BDC
9:45am to 10:00am	Break with refreshments. Upper Lobby and Convention Lobby.
10:00am to 11:30am	General Research Stream	Business Support	Teaching Stream	General Issues Practical and Research
	Atelier sur le mentorat d’affaires présenté par la Fondation de l’Entrepreneurship Présenté par: Nicole Laverrière, Directrice du Service de mentorat Fondation de l’Entrepreneurship	Session Chair: Joan Mount A Leader Through Partnerships: The Case of the Sudbury Regional Business Centre Presented by: Joan Mount, Laurentian University; Helen Mulc, Sudbury Regional Business Centre; Michelle Munro, Sudbury Regional Business Centre To grow or not to grow: A cross-country study of entrepreneurial activity Presented by: Dirk De Clercq, Brock University; Harry P. Bowen, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School An Analysis of Entrepreneurship Policies in 13 Countries: Where Does Canada Fit? Presented by: Lois Stevenson Director, Economic Framework Policies Industry Canada	Session Chair: Ed Leach A Practical Strategy for Teaching Entrepreneurship using Blooms Revised Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching and Assessing: Instruction-based Action Guidelines Presented by: Ed Leach MBA, CMA School of Business Administration Dalhousie University Examining Entrepreneurship Education in relation to Degree Concentration Choice and Gender Issues Presented by: Teresa V. Menzies Ph.D., Brock University; Heather Tatroff (Student), Brock University	Supporting Nascent Biotech Clusters through Entrepreneurial Education at Canadian Universities Presented by: Minna Allarakhia; Anthony Wensley, The University of Toronto at Mississauga
11:30 to 1:00pm	Keynote Plenary Lunch - MC: Benson Honig - Ballroom Salons A&B CBET Keynote Danny Miller and Isabelle Le-Breton-Miller.
1:00pm to 2:30pm	General Research Stream	Business Support	Teaching Stream	General Issues Practical and Research
	Session Chair: Yvon Gasse La culture entrepreneuriale : de quelle façon influence-t-elle les perceptions des canadiens face à leurs intentions de devenir entrepreneur ? Présenté par: Josée Audet, Université Laval; Nathaly Riverin, Chaire J.A. Bombardier HEC Montréal Best Practices: The Export Partnering Program At UNB Presented by: Dannie L. Brown, Director, International Business & Entrepreneurship Centre Elaboration et Validation d'un instrument de sensibilisation a l"entreprepreneurship Présenté par: Yvon Gasse Faculté des sciences de l’administration, Université Laval	Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Strategic Planning 'The Implementation Enigma' Presented by: Heather C. Banham B. Bus. (Acctg.), CGA, MBA, DBA (Candidate), Okanagan University College; Sherry L. Price, BA, MBA, CHRP, DBA (Candidate), Okanagan University College	Dobson Foundation Resources Workshop	Factors Affecting Technology Innovation Adoption by SMEs Presented by: Lynn Sparling, BComm, CMA, MBA Faculty of Business, Okanagan University College
2:30pm to 2:45pm	Break with refreshments. Upper Lobby and Convention Lobby.
2:45pm to 4:15pm	General Research Stream	Business Support	Teaching Stream	General Issues Practical and Research
	Academic Spin-Off Companies: Their Origins and Impacts Presented by: Paul Vincett Chair in Management of Technology Enterprises & Professor, Wilfrid Lauirer University Building Sustainable Start-ups: A Conceptual Model and Empirical Research Presented by: Nikhil Celly, PhD Candidate-General Management Ivey Business School; Mary Han, School of Business Management Ryerson University; Macan Nia, Undergraduate Student Ryerson University Reconcilier theories et pratiques des affaires dans le contexte de l'entrepreneuriat et des PMEs: le Grounded Theory" est-il une solution? Présenté par: Jean-Marie Nkongolo-Bakenda, Unversité de Regina; Gerald d’Amboise, Université Laval; Robert Anderson, Unversité de Regina Session chaired by Leo Donlevy, Senior Instructor and Area Chair, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Area, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary	The Apec Training and Certification Program for Small Business Councellors: Advancing the councelling profession Presented by: Elaine Conway, Simon Chartier, Tammy Forrester, Sarah Allen, Chris Pelham, Dave Sammut, Yvon Gasse	The Shad Valley Experience: Experience a Day at Shad Presented by: Barry Bisson and Ed Leach	Session Chair: Annette St-Onge Women Entrepreneurs in East Africa: The Missing Middle Presented by: Lois Stevenson and Annette St-Onge Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Network Marketing Organizations: The Role of Social Capital Presented by: Xiaohua Lin, Associate Professor, Business Strategy and Entrepreneruship & Director, the Centre of Canada -Pacific Rim Business Research, Odette School of Business, university of Windsor Proposing SMEs Conceptual Policy Framework for Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Presented by: Mengsteab Tesfayohannes Research Associate, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
4:30pm to 6:15pm	Leisure Time
6:15pm to 6:30pm	Bus to Stratford
8:00pm to 11:00pm	Stratford Festival: 'The Tempest' (2.5 - 3 hours). See Social Activities page for details.
11:00pm	Bus to Waterloo Inn
SATURDAY, October 29th
7:00am to 7:45am	CCSBE Annual General Meeting and Breakfast - Ballroom Salons A&B
8:15am to 9:45am	ROOM 1 Ballroom Salons A&B	ROOM 2 Bloomingdale	ROOM 3 Rosedale Room	ROOM 4 Salzburg Room
	General Research Stream	Business Support	Teaching Stream	General Issues Practical and Research
	Session Chair: Martin Weilmaker Networks and Linkages Among Firms and Organizations in the Ottawa-Region Technology Cluster Presented by: Madill et al Less vs.Well-Developed Venture Capital Networks: The Venture Capital Acquisition Process in New Brunswick Presented by: Melanie MacLean, Dev Mitra, and Martin Wielemaker The University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Administration Community-based Entrepreneurship in Norway Presented by: Leo Paul Dana and Robert B Anderson	Fostering Grassroots Networks to Support Student Entrepreneurship Presented by: Anne Swift, Bryan Watson	The Academic Apprentice Presented by: Sandra E. Malach, LLB, LLM Instructor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary	Training that Works for Entrepreneurs (BizLaunch) Presented by: Andrew Patricio
9:45am to 10:00am	Break with refreshments. Upper Lobby and Convention Lobby.
10:00am to 11:30am	General Research Stream	Business Support	Teaching Stream	General Issues Practical and Research
	Session Chair: Kathryn Campbell The Mother/Daughter Enterprise as Quintessential Entrepreneurial Incubator Presented by: Kathryn Campbell Associate Professor Business Administration Program Trent University Stages of Small Enterprise Development: A Comparison of Female and Male Entrepreneurs Presented by: J. Terrence Zinger, Laurentian University; Rolland LeBrasseur, Laurentian University ; Nathaly Riverin, GEM Canada; Yves Robichaud, Laurentian University Fostering and Incubating Canadian Entrepreneurship: Best Practices, Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Presented by: Rachel Mielke Women Entrepreneurs of Saskatchewan Inc.	Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research in Waterloo Region (tech transfer from Universities) Papers Presented by: Allison Bramwell and David Wolfe; Nichaya Suntornpithug and Zelimir William Todorovic; Scott Jeffrey Gordon Adomdza Thomas Åstebro; J. Michela, A. Balsom, and P. Guild; Rakinder S. Sembhi and Rod B. McNaughton	The Spirit of Entrepreneurship in Canada - Is it Alive and Well? Presented by: Lois Stevenson and Louis Jacques Filion	Aboriginal Session Presented by: Bob Anderson
11:30pm to 2:00pm	Gala Lunch and Awards Ceremony - MC: Annette St-Onge - Ballroom Salons A&B Steve Farlow Dean Scott Carson Introduction of 2006 President by Annette St-Onge CCSBE-CCPME 2006 President's remarks Introduction of new board and comments by Ed Leach Promotion of ICSB 51st World Conference by ICSB President Colin Dunn Presentation of APEC CBC Awards CCSBE-CCPME Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation CCSBE-CCPME Best Paper Awards Presentation
2:30pm to 11:00pm	Niagara Region Wine Tour. See Social Activities page for details.
SUNDAY, October 30th
7:45am to 8:30am	Breakfast - Bloomingdale Room
8:30am to 10:00am	CCSBE 2006 Board Meeting