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    GEC Policy Summit: Start-up to Scale-up

    2013 Global Entrepreneurship Congress Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Monday, March 18, 2013


    13:30 Opening Remarks Jonathan Ortmans Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Congress Representative of the Kauffman Foundation

    14:00

    Helping Entrepreneurs Start Strong Comparison of smart government strategies to encourage and enable more startups as drivers of job creation, innovation and economic growth Moderator: Jonathan Ortmans Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Congress Panelists: Felipe Mattos (confirmed) Creator, StartUp Brazil and Founder and CEO, Startup Farm Doug Rand (confirmed) Senior Policy Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Ayla Matalon (confirmed) Executive Director, MIT Enterprise Forum of Israel Alexei Sharonov (confirmed) Deputy Mayor of Moscow Conrad von Igel (to be confirmed) Executive Director of Innova Chile Alessandro Fusacchia (to be confirmed) Chief Counselor to the Minister for Economic Development Italy Joanna Drake (invited) Director, European Commission Directorate General for Enterprise

    15:00

    Coffee Break

    GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS | 2300 N STREET NW, SUITE 603 | WASHINGTON, DC 20037

    15:30

    Removing Barriers to Scaling Up Smart government policies to facilitate faster scaling of existing high growth firms Moderator: Fernando Fabre President, Endeavor Brazil Panelists: Randall Kempner (confirmed) Executive Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Daniel Isenberg (confirmed) Executive Director, Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project Fiorina Mugione (confirmed) Chief of Entrepreneurship Section, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD Humberto Riberto (confirmed) Secretary of Trade and Services, Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade

    16:30

    Official Delegate Discussion Open discussion with representatives from other nations sending delegations to the GEC to share additional ideas for both start-up and scale-up Facilitator: Jonathan Ortmans Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Congress

    17:30

    Closing Remarks: The Rise of Rio as an Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Julio Bueno (confirmed) Secretary for Development, Energy, Industry and Services, State of Rio de Janeiro

    GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS | 2300 N STREET NW, SUITE 603 | WASHINGTON, DC 20037

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