17th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference - 17th-19th June 2019, Inverness
Hosted by Impact Hub Inverness/University of the Highlands and Islands
Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Shucksmith
Day 2 Plenary - Showcase of HIE's support for rural entrepreneurship over the last 50+ years
Hosted by Impact Hub Inverness/University of the Highlands and Islands
Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Shucksmith
Day 2 Plenary - Showcase of HIE's support for rural entrepreneurship over the last 50+ years
The conference will take place at Inverness Town House and the full conference programme is available to view here. This includes a civic reception at Inverness Town House on the evening of the 17th, and a gala dinner on the 18th which will be held at the Glen Mhor Hotel on the banks of the River Ness.
Themes being explored at the conference include:
Themes being explored at the conference include:
- Entrepreneurship, farming, land use and the natural environment
- Digital Rural Entrepreneurship
- International dimensions of rural entrepreneurship
- New approaches in rural theory, method and measurement
- Opportunities and challenges for rural development
- Rural Innovation, EU funding and the role of Universities
- Rural Social Entrepreneurship
- Rural Place Marketing
- Rural tourism, heritage and cultural entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurship, Islands and 'Islandness'
- Rural entrepreneurship development and education