Workshops | Afternoon
In the afternoon there will be 3 Workshops on various themes.
Conventual Room
Ecosystem Builders: Workshop for Incubators and Accelerators [EN]
Jennifer Edwards
Global Marketing, Communications & Brand Building
TDK Ventures
Coffee & Networking Break
Future-Driven Leadership: Workshop for CEO’s and C-level’s [EN]
Erica Ariel Fox
Bestselling author: Winning from Within
[EN] Sessions in English.
Ecosystem Builders: Workshop for Incubators and Accelerators
In an increasingly competitive landscape for talent, investment, and international visibility, incubators and accelerators are being challenged to redefine their role beyond startup support. How can ecosystem organizations differentiate themselves in a crowded market, strengthen founder credibility, and help startups become globally competitive?
This workshop, designed for ecosystem builders, will begin with a candid fireside discussion featuring experienced voices from the innovation ecosystem, exploring practical opportunities and shared challenges facing incubators and accelerators today — from differentiation and ecosystem positioning to founder support, visibility, and international collaboration. Through real examples and honest reflections, the conversation will examine how organizations can avoid becoming interchangeable, showcase ecosystem success stories more effectively, and strengthen both startup and ecosystem-level credibility.
Building on these perspectives, participants will move into an interactive working session focused on identifying practical ideas, shared challenges, and actionable strategies that can be adapted to different ecosystem realities — particularly for organizations seeking to translate local strengths in innovation and research into stronger international visibility, partnerships, and investment attraction.
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Future-Driven Leadership: Workshop for CEOs and C-Levels
Conventional wisdom is clear about the knowledge and skills that company founders, owners and leaders need to succeed. These revolve around a range of business topics – things like securing a financial runway and managing cash flow; developing a clear strategy; innovating products and services; acquiring customers and clients; running efficient operations; hitting quarterly targets; and assembling a strong team.
But these are not conventional times.
Leaders today and into the future need to anchor their success in a different domain entirely: becoming agents of transformation, starting with themselves. True strength will come from how well leaders know themselves and how agile they can become as the world evolves quickly and fundamentally all around them.
In this session Harvard Law Lecturer and New York Times best-selling author Erica Ariel Fox will share her framework for developing keen self-awareness. You will do several exercises and enjoy dialogue with your peers as you discover a new sense of what it means to practice leadership into the future.
Centro and Conventual Rooms
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Paper Development: Workshop for Entrepreneuship Academics
Pedro Torres
Professor | Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra
Gabriela Fernandes
Professor | Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra
How to Publish in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Marco Giarratana
SEJ Associate Editor & Professor at IE Business School
Pinar Ozcan
SEJ Associate Editor & Professor at Oxford University
Roundtable 1 for extended abstract discussions
Marco Giarratana
SEJ Associate Editor & Professor at IE Business School
Marco Enzo Bagheri
ISAG - European Business School
"Founding Under Constraint: Artificial Intelligence as a Partial Strategic Equalizer for Immigrant and Women Entrepreneurs Across Contrasting Startup Ecosystems"
Inês Escoval
University of Coimbra
"The Emergence of the Health-Space Interface as a New Innovation and Entrepreneurial: Ecosystem in the Centro Region of Portugal"
Simon Ohlert
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
"Matter of Horizon Rather Than Scope? How Multi-Level Construals and Industry Cultural Intelligence Shape Venture Idea Confidence"
Laura Bregenzer
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
"How Investors Shape Founders’ Ownership: Evidence from German Technology Ventures"
Benedetta Montanaro
Politecnico di Milano
"Corporate Venture Capital Investments in Artificial Intelligence"
Roundtable 2 for extended abstract discussions
Pinar Ozcan
SEJ Associate Editor & Professor at Oxford University
João Candeias
University of Évora
"Complementors as Key Enablers in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Lessons from Taobao Villages in China"
Davide Moiana
Politecnico di Milano
"Exploring the role of collective ownership competences in entrepreneurship through acquisition"
Ricardo Coelho da Silva
Stockholm School of Economics
"Growing in the shadow: the emergence of biodiversity credits as a proto-category in nature markets"
Helena Santos
University of Coimbra
"Recovery Strategies for Entrepreneurial Well-Being: A Scoping Review"
Lunch
Full Papers Discussion, Part 1
Renfei Gao
University of Manchester
"Turning 'Aha' into a Hook? Serendipitous Narratives and Resource Provider Engagement"
Knarik Poghosyan
DIW Berlin
"Delegation, Attention Allocation, and Innovation in Entrepreneurial Ventures"
Leonardo Corbo
University of Bologna
"The Impact of Network Closure and Gender Diversity on Entrepreneurial Teams’ Ability to Obtain Venture Capital Funding"
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Paper Development: Coffee Break
Full Papers Discussion, Part 2
Ajlin Dizdarevic
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
"Standing out from the crowd: Role of competence and experience in corporate-startup collaboration formation"
Marcelo Pereira Duarte
University of Coimbra
"From uncertainty to performance: The interplay of dynamic managerial capabilities, entrepreneurial orientation, and organizational change capacity"
Muhammad Syed
York University
"How Early-Stage Ventures Achieve Product–Market Fit: Configurations of Co-Creation Under Uncertainty"
Closing remarks
Session in English.
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