Mind the Gap: Bridging Practice, Pedagogy and Protocol
MacEwan University School of Business is pleased to host the annual conference of the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) in Edmonton, Alberta, May 29 – 30, 2015.
Call for Papers
Entrepreneurs, educators, policy makers, business owners, students, and others interested in promoting small business and entrepreneurship are encouraged to attend this event. Tracks are dependent on paper themes, and may include:
- Microfinance and Sustainable Funding
- Global Entrepreneurship
- Authentic Entrepreneurship through Education
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Building, Launching and Growing Tech Ventures
- Web-Based Entrepreneurship
- Technology in the Entrepreneurship Classroom
- Immigrant Entrepreneurship
- Technology and Social Media in Small Business
- Aboriginal Entrepreneurship
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions should be made in Microsoft Word format. PDF formats will not be accepted. These should not exceed two (2) single-spaced pages with 1” margins in Times New Roman 12pt font, and should include:
- Title
- Topic(s) discussed – a list of topics discussed will suffice
- Your ability to present in French, English or both languages
Also include either:
- An abstract – abstracts should clearly state the purpose, method and expected findings of the study and be no more than 500 words in length; or,
- A presentation/workshop/panel summary – summaries should describe the format and content of the presentation, workshop or panel and should be no more than 500 words in length.
All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Authors/presenters/facilitators must not, therefore, reveal their identities within the Microsoft Word document. The official languages of the conference are English and French. Submissions may be in either language and should be emailed as an attachment with the subject “CCSBE Conference Administration” and sent to macdonaldc@macewan.ca. Please include the full name(s), title(s), organization(s) represented of all authors/presenters/facilitators in the email body.
Full academic paper submission guidelines will follow the same structure as the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship found at: www.jsbe.com
Timeline:
Submissions Due: February 6, 2015
Notification of Acceptance: February 27, 2015
100-word Program Summary Due: March 13, 2015
(Optional) Full Papers Due: April 17, 2015
Review Process:
Selection for inclusion in the 2015 CCSBE Conference program will be based upon relevance to the theme, linkages to the CCSBE ethos, quality, and originality in the judgment of at least two independent reviewers. Your proposal may be selected for one of several time slots in our conference program which range from 15 minutes to 1.5 hours.
