INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY IN YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION OF THE XXIST CENTURY

04/03/2009: The meeting on 'Innovation and creativity in youth entrepreneurship education of the XXIst century' will take place on Thursday 5 March 2009, Room Jan 6Q2 from 15:30 to 20:00 hrs.

The two roundtables scheduled, 'Junior enterprises developing Europe's competitiveness' and 'The benefits of business / university cooperation', will be followed by an Excellence Awards Introduction where young student- entrepreneurs will be selected by a jury for the best Junior Enterprise project.

The speakers include, among others, Christian Weinberger and Simone Baldassari from DG Enterprise, Sergei Koperdak and Peter Bauer from DG Education, Christiane Westphal from DG Employment, Margarete Rudzki from Eurochambres, a representative from BusinessEurope, John Lindsay from 'Serial Entrepreneur', and Florent Barel from JADE (The European Confederation of Junior Enterprises).

More than 100 young entrepreneurs from different European countries are expected to attend.

For further information: +32-2-22847447