Entrepreneurship for Sustainability International Workshop

The aim of the workshop is to gather leading actors in the European entrepreneurial ecosystem to discuss the evolving role of entrepreneurship, with a specific emphasis on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG), and Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) initiatives. Coinciding with the launch of the new Report of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Luxembourg 2023/2024, the workshop will explore opportunities and challenges faced by entrepreneurs in a rapidly changing world, and their role in sustainable development.

📅 Tuesday 14 May 2024

📍 Hotel Park Belle-Vue, 5 Avenue Marie-Thérèse L-2132 Luxembourg

Keynote Speakers

Sreevas Sahasranamam  University of Glasgow

Sreevas Sahasranamam is full professor at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. He served as co-chair of the G20 Startup20 taskforce on sustainability, contributing to startup ecosystem policies for the 2023 G20 summit. His research focuses on startups addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals. He co-leads the UK's Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and has published in notable journals, while also engaging with projects like SDG Zero. He has also contributed to the World Economic Forum through blogs and was shortlisted for the Financial Times - McKinsey Bracken Bowen Prize in 2018.

David Halabisky  OECD  

David Halabisky is a project co-ordinator at the OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities. He is currently working on several projects related to entrepreneurship policy, including a multi-year project on inclusive entrepreneurship, and he is the main author of the OECD’s The Missing Entrepreneurs reports. Prior to joining the OECD, David worked for more than a decade in the Canadian Public Service where he worked on SME policy at the Federal Ministries of Industry, Finance and Labour.

To attend the event, register here before 8 April 2024