SME Conference 2018: 3RD INTERNATIONAL SME CONFERENCE Pearl Continental Hotel Lahore Lahore, Pakistan, April 25-26, 2018 |
Conference website | https://smeda.org/smeconference/ |
Abstract registration deadline | March 15, 2018 |
Submission deadline | March 15, 2018 |
Entrepreneurship is at the heart of regional economic integration and sustainable development. In the wake of emerging opportunities through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and other regional integration initiatives, Pakistan is set to take a leap for the better. This however would require converting Pakistan’s youth bulge into productive human resources who have entrepreneurial zeal and skill set to capitalize on our natural endowments and inherent industrial strengths.
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, in collaboration with University of Management and Technology launched SME Conference in 2016 as a platform to promote collaboration between government, private sector, academia and international development agencies for creating a conducive policy and regulatory regime for entrepreneurship driven sustainable growth of the country. The platform is envisaged to enhance collaboration between industry, academia and government so that joint initiatives could be embarked upon for nurturing SME focused research in Pakistani universities, learning from international best practices, and furnishing knowledge based policy imperatives to the government and international development agencies.
1st and 2nd SME Conferences were held in collaboration with local and international partners in May 2016 and March 2017 at Lahore. A diverse set of stakeholders participated in the conferences. Building upon the momentum created through the hitherto conferences, the 3rd International SME Conference is being organized in April 2018. The conference, thus, seeks to understand and develop recommendations for policy makers, researchers and development practitioners to cope with the challenges of entrepreneurship development, sustainability and regional integration. Research papers, case studies, and successful development initiatives falling within the realm of entrepreneurship, regional integration, specifically opportunities emerging through CPEC are therefore solicited.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Please submit your manuscripts at submissions@smeconference.com.pk
Last date of submission is March 15, 2018
REVIEW PROCESS AND ACCEPTANCE NOTICE
Authors can send empirical and conceptual papers as well as case studies and development initiatives. The papers should include objectives, data and methods, results, up to 6 key words, and conclusions with significance. All papers will undergo double-blind review process and a notification of acceptance of contribution will be served within 4 weeks after submission.
List of Topics
Both conceptual and empirical papers relating to the following sub-themes of the conference are welcome.
- Estimating the contribution of SMEs in national economy
- Role of SMEs in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Challenges of small and medium enterprises in Pakistan
- Financial inclusion and entrepreneurship development
- Women, youth, and Transgender Entrepreneurship
- Measuring development impact
- Succession planning in SMEs
- Challenges and opportunities for regional integration particularly focusing on CPEC
- Scope and importance of ICT for SME growth
- Cost of doing business for SMEs
- Impact of incubators on entrepreneurship promotion
- Cluster development approach for economic development
Committees
Program Committee
Organizing committee
Publication
Abstracts of all selected papers will be published in Conference Proceedings in online and hard-copy formats.
With consent of authors, top 5 papers – based on reviewers’ evaluation – will be published in Volume 5, Issue 1 of SMEDA Research Journal (ISSN: 2220-7570).
Venue
The conference will be held at
Pearl Continental Lahore
Shara-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Lahore.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
Nadia Jahangir Seth Sami Ullah Bajwa |
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