The Conference directly fulfils the mission of ICEIRD which is to support the development of South East Europe by providing a multi-disciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in the field of innovation, entrepreneurship and regional development.

This year’s theme is “Regional Development for Unleashing Growth Throughout Southeastern Europe”.

Main topics:
- Regional systems of innovation, competitiveness and development
- Regional innovation strategies, innovative cities and regions
- Green ICT and supply chains
- Collaborative and intelligent systems of innovation, virtual innovation environments
- Business intelligence management
- Predictive analytics and risk assessment
- Entrepreneurship and SMEs’ competitiveness
- Outsourcing and off-shoring
- Current themes, challenges and research in social entrepreneurship
- Benchmarking of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Best Practices in the region
- Women’s Entrepreneurship - Trends and good practices

For more information: http://iceird2012.fmi.uni-sofia.bg