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Pedagogy  
Patricia G. Greene
President's Chair in Entrepreneurship
Babson College
   
Patricia G. Greene is the President's Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurship at Babson College where she formerly served as Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate School. Prior to joining Babson, she held the Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Missouri – Kansas City and the New Jersey Chair of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Rutgers University. Dr. Greene earned a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a BS from the Pennsylvania State University. She was a founding member of the Rutgers Center for Entrepreneurial Management and the coordinator of the Rutgers Entrepreneurship Curriculum. At UMKC she helped to found KC SourceLink, the Entrepreneurial Growth Resource Center (EGRC), the iStrategy Studio, the Business and Information Development Group (BRIDG), the UMKC Students in Free Enterprise Program (SIFE), the Kauffman Entrepreneurship Internship Program (KEIP), the Entrepreneurial Effect, the Network for Entrepreneurship Educators and Researchers (NEER), and the annual regional Business Plan Competition. Her current Babson assignment is as the National Academic Director for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative and advisor to the 10,000 Women project. Dr. Greene's most recent work is University Based Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Global Practices (with M. Fetters, M. Rice, & J. Butler. She is a founding member of the Diana Project, a research group focusing on women and the venture capital industry. In 2007, the Diana Project was awarded the SFS-NUTEK Award, given to recognize those who produce scientific work of outstanding quality and importance related to entrepreneurship. Diana Project books include International Women's Entrepreneurship: Research on the Growth of Women Owned Businesses, Women and Entrepreneurship: Contemporary Classics, Clearing the Hurdles: Women Building High Growth Businesses. She now serves on the national advisory board for the SBA's Small Business Development Centers, is Board Chair for the Center for Women's Business Research and is special academic advisor to the Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute.
 
 
Heidi Neck
Jeffry A. Timmons Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
Babson College
   
Heidi Neck is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson College.  Her passion is entrepreneurship education because new venture creation is the engine of society.  Given the integrated and multidisciplinary nature of entrepreneurship, teaching entrepreneurship requires an entrepreneurial approach. In her own words:  “I demand that my students think and act entrepreneurially, which requires creative problem-solving, calculated risk-taking, and improvisations.  From a pedagogical perspective, I have to do the same.  Teaching entrepreneurship requires continual innovation, fearless experimentation, and structured chaos.  There is absolutely nothing more fun to teach!”
 
Heidi completed her Ph.D. in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2001.  She holds a B.S. in Marketing from Louisiana State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder.  In addition to entrepreneurship education her research interests include corporate entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.  She has published numerous book chapters, research monographs, and refereed articles.  She is on the editorial board of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Academy of Management Learning & Education, andthe International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education. In 2005 Neck was awarded Babson’s “Deans’ Award for Excellence in Teaching,” a peer nominated award that reflects innovation in integrated teaching. Most recently she was awarded the Gloria Appel Prize presented to individuals that have made significant contributions to entrepreneurship education.
  
  
Research  
“Long-Term Orientation and Entrepreneurship: Research Challenges and Opportunities”
  
Long-term orientation (LTO) is an important topic for management and entrepreneurship research because of the increasing emphasis businesses and policy makers are placing on social venturing and sustainability. Long-term thinking, for example, is often a key to effectively pursuing a triple bottom line. LTO has roots in stewardship theory, culture studies, decision theories and family business research. Definitions and insights about LTO from these literatures, however, are not always compatible. This Pillar session will introduce a framework for studying long-term orientation that includes three dimensions—futurity, continuity, and perseverance. It will also address why long-term orientation matters to entrepreneurship researchers and suggest future opportunities for LTO research.
   
G. Thomas Lumpkin
The Chris J. Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship
Whitman School of Management
Syracuse University
   
G. Thomas Lumpkin is the Chris J. Witting Chair of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University in New York. He received his PhD from University of Texas at Arlington. His primary research interests include entrepreneurial orientation, social entrepreneurship, family business, and strategy making processes. He is a globally recognized scholar whose research has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Management, and Strategic Management Journal. Tom is an Associate Editor of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and serves on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, and Family Business Review.
  
  
Public Policy  
“Entrepreneurial Action & The Rules of the Game: Introducing the Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy"

Speakers: Noel Campbell, Kristie Briggs, David Mitchell
Panelists: Tammy Rogers, Gift Dafuleya, Tendayi Gondo, Prestin Lewis, Steve Gohmann, Lu Wie

Institutions, especially public policies, are a significant determinant of economic outcomes. Entrepreneurship is often the channel by which public policies affect economic outcomes. Furthermore, entrepreneurial activity affects the economic conditions that feed back into the policy making process. Moreover, the activities of political entrepreneurs influence public policy, or the underlying, “deeper” institutions of social mores, acceptable conduct, and expectations about economic and political life. The Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy was created to encourage and disseminate quality research about these vital relationships. The ultimate aim is to improve the quality of the academic and social discourse about entrepreneurship and public policies. In general, JEPP seeks high-quality articles that say something interesting about the multilateral relationships among institutions, public policy, entrepreneurship, and economic development. JEPP invites everyone to join in the conversation.

Noel Campbell
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Central Arkansas
 
Noel D. Campbell is an associate professor of economics at the University of Central Arkansas. He holds a BS degree in economics (Texas A&M University, 1992), and MA and Ph.D. degrees in economics (George Mason University, 1995, 1997). He is the founding editor of the Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy, and was the founding co-editor of the Southern Journal of Entrepreneurship. His research has been published by the National Center for Policy Analysis, the Cato Institute, the Independent Institute, the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, and Americans for Prosperity-Texas. He has published more than forty research articles in journals including the Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Small Business Management, Economic Development Quarterly, Public Finance Review, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Social Sciences Quarterly, and the Review of Austrian Economics. His research interests include public finance, public choice, and entrepreneurship. A common theme through most of his research is studying how individuals — especially entrepreneurs — respond to the incentives created by the institutions of government.
  
  
Outreach  
Tim Williamson
Co-Founder/CEO of The Idea Village
  
Tim brings his energy and leadership experiences from founding four entrepreneurial ventures in the last 15 years. Since 2000, Tim has focused on founding and leading The Idea Village, one of the most innovative economic development organizations in New Orleans. Tim began his career as a VP with Bear Stearns in Boston. He received a BSM in Finance from Tulane University.Tim serves on the State of Louisiana Small Business and Entrepreneurship Commission, Kingsley House, a graduate of the 2004 NORLI class, graduate of Loyola’s Institute of Politics, 1999 City Business Power Generation, 2004 Gambit 40 under 40, and 2004 Junior Achievement Rising Star Award.
The Idea Village Team is a group of entrepreneurs, innovators and professionals with diverse backgrounds, career paths and levels of experience. Many have either personally started or participated directly in starting and growing businesses.    
The Idea Village Entrepreneur Season culminates each March with New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), the hallmark week-long festival that celebrates and supports the network of talent that has enabled New Orleans to become a hub of entrepreneurship and innovation.  During NOEW 2011, The Idea Village engaged 1,000 of the best and brightest local and national minds to invest $1,023,946 in capital, strategic consulting and resources to 475 New Orleans entrepreneurs.