The Community Economic Development Institute of the Shannon School of Business, Cape Breton University, is dedicated to advancing community capacity in economic development. Building on the popularity of their previous conferences, they are pleased to announce the latest iteration of their Community Innovation & Social Enterprise Conference.
The conference will bring together practitioners, researchers, and community organizations, from home and afar, to discuss current practices, challenges, and innovations in advancing community economic development (CED), social entrepreneurship, and improving community livelihoods.
They are excited to announce as our keynote speaker Kate Raworth, renegade economist, Senior Associate at Oxford University, and author of the best-selling book Doughnut Economics: seven ways to think like a 21st century economist.
The conference includes the following themes:
- Community-based development
- Social Enterprises and Innovation
- Co-operatives and Sustainable Business Models
- Measuring Community Impacts
- Indigenous Enterprise and Collaborative Reconciliation
- Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
- Impact Investing and Social Finance
- Innovative Financing Models
Anyone interested in submitting a paper or presentation proposal or general questions can be directed to .