Workshop themes

• Background information on the nature and scope of entrepreneurism, required conditions for entrepreneurial ventures to blossom and how Oman and the Arab world are positioned
• Kinds of entrepreneurism and the role of higher education
• How to teach entrepreneurism, in-depth and/or as part of other programs
• Policy and governance in support of entrepreneurism, including institution profiling
• Appropriate infrastructure to permit entrepreneurial development
• Success and best practice from Oman and around the world
• Promising new areas for high-impact entrepreneurism
• Concrete recommendations for higher education institutions and graduates in order to lay the basis for follow-up action by various stakeholders.

 

Workshop Structure

A select group of leading international speakers in the field of entrepreneurism will join Omani experts in addressing the various dimensions of the issues at hand. Participants will be active in break-out sessions, formulating recommendations to promote successful entrepreneurism.

In parallel with the Workshop, a start-up business activity called Mountains24 will be running. Mountains24 is a competition among teams of students from diverse academic institutions. The students have 24 hours in which to develop a viable business opportunity. Just before dinner on Day 2 of the Workshop, the teams will present their plans to the Workshop participants and a “Dragons’ Den” panel of judges.

Day 3 of the Workshop will encompass papers on teaching entrepreneurism and related activities led by the Rustaq College of Applied Sciences and Beijing’s Central University of Finance & Economics.