Wednesday, January 7

2:30pm - 6:00pm

Strategic Planning/Leadership Workshop
2008 & 2009 Officers, Directors, Interest Group Chairs and Vice Chairs

6:00pm - 10:00pm

2008 Board of Directors Meeting

Thursday, January 8

8:30am - 4:30pm

Pre-conference Sessions - Details

8:00am - 9:00pm

Doctoral Consortium

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Conference Opening Session/Reception
Welcome by Mayor Curt Pringle of Anaheim, CA

Keynote Speaker: Amilya Antonetti
Details

Friday, January 9

7:00am - 8:15am

Past Presidents Meeting

7:30am - 8:30am

Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 9:45am

Plenary Session
 
Keynote Speaker: Donald F. Kuratko
The Jack M. Gill Chair of Entrepreneurship
Professor of Entrepreneurship & Executive Director
Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The Kelley School of Business
Indiana University - Bloomington
Details

9:45am - 10:15am

Refreshment Break

10:15am - 11:30am

Pillar Sessions – New for 2009!
 
Publishing Entrepreneurship Research: Insights from the Gatekeepers
R. Duane Ireland
Distinguished Professor of Management
Foreman R. and Ruby S. Bennett Chair in Business
Mays Business School
Texas A&M University
Details
 
Best Practices in Entrepreneurship Outreach and Centers
Michael H. Morris
Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship
Syracuse University
Details

11:45am - 1:30pm

Achievement/Advocacy Awards Luncheon

1:45pm - 3:00pm

Breakout Sessions

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Refreshment Break

3:30pm - 4:45pm

Breakout Sessions

5:15pm - 6:00pm

Annual Business Meeting

6:00pm - 7:00pm

USASBE Special Interest Group Meetings

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Fellows Dinner

Saturday, January 10

7:00am - 8:15am

2009 Executive Committee Meeting

7:30am - 8:30am

Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 9:45am

Plenary Session

Keynote Speaker: Tim Draper
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Founder, Managing Director
Details

9:45am - 10:15am

Refreshment Break

10:15am - 11:30am

Pillar Sessions – New for 2009!
 
Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
Michael W. Fountain
University of South Florida
Details

Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
William J. Dennis Jr.
Senior Research Fellow
NFIB Research Foundation
Washington, D.C
Details

11:45am - 1:30pm

Luncheon with Speaker

Keynote Speaker: Rob Ukropina
Black Diamond Ventures
Founder, Overnight Express
Details

1:45pm - 3:00pm

Breakout Sessions

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Refreshment Break

3:30pm - 4:45pm

Breakout Sessions

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Entrepreneurship Education National Awards Program/Reception

Sunday, January 11

7:30am - 8:30am

Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 9:30am

Plenary Session

Keynote Speaker: Chris Lane
Personal Fitness Trainer/Business Owner
Los Angeles, CA
Details

9:45am - 10:15am

Refreshment Break

10:15am - 11:30am

Breakout Sessions

1:30pm - 4:30pm

2009 Board of Directors Meeting