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The Forum highlights the virtues of humanity and helps make the world more harmonious and cooperative. It facilitates the understanding between the poor and the wealthy. I express my respect for the Forums lofty goals.

The World Entrepreneurship Forum is the greatest mastermind group Ive ever been a part of.
Steve Strauss, USA Author,The Small Business Bible, 3rd ed. President,TheSelfEmployed. USA TODAYSenior Small Business Columnist

Liu Chuan-Zhi, CHINA Founder of Legend Holdings (Lenovo)

WORLD ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUMS ANNUAL MEETING

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Come and discover how entrepreneurs from all over the world are navigating todays rapidly changing environment to create sustainable growth

TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR MEMBERS The World Entrepreneurship Forum ? A great opportunity to meet amazing entrepreneurs from all over the globe, to learn, share best practices and develop your network. It is a unique concept.

I have been very impressed by the quality of the participants and awardees. I think that the World Entrepreneurship Forum is an excellent event to promote the entrepreneurial values I am so attached to and I encourage you to transmit those to both public and private sectors.
His Excellency Charles H. Rivkin, USA US Ambassador to France and Monaco

Fernando Dolabela, BRAZIL Director Dom Cabral-Brasil Foundation, Founder of Brazils most important entrepreneurship teaching program, Author of 11 books

It is a great opportunity to catch up with ideas and best practices coming from all over the world. So much has been achieved by this international Forum since its very rst edition.

The Forum inspires thought. It is absolutely stimulating because we manage to get this unique balance of academics and practitioners in one place which is totally unusual.
Shahida Cassim, SOUTH-AFRICA Associate Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Kwazulu Natal

Rina Marchand, CANADA Fondation de lEntrepreneurship

If youre shing for people, the World Entrepreneurship Forum is a pond ooded with unbelievable talents.
Jack Sim, SINGAPORE Founder, World Toilet Organisation Ashoka Global Fellow Schwab Fellow - World Economic Forum

What do you get by joining the Forum ?

Become an actor in a global movement. Share experiences and best practices with like-minded entrepreneurs. Learn about the latest trends in the entrepreneurship eld. Discover innovative ways of thinking. Find new business opportunities. Brainstorm during interactive think tank sessions. Collaborate throughout the year via an online platform. Contribute to promoting entrepreneurship in your country. Step back from your daily work. Energise with a vibrant, positive and selected community. Be inspired by awardees and keynote speakers.

Why is the World Entrepreneurship Forum a unique concept ?

It embraces the globality of the entrepreneurial ecosystem Business Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs Policy Makers Experts Academics A community of entrepreneurs from ve continents It is a powerful global network of leaders selected for their achievements and commitment to society. Every year, the Forum gathers over 250 participants, coming from 60 countries, willing to join their peers to think, act and transform their environment. Fostering a new humanism The World Entrepreneurship Forum promotes the development of entrepreneurship creating wealth and social justice. This dual approach, economic and social, is one of the distinguishing features of the Forum.

It is altogether a Think Tank and a Do Tank W  e share the latest trends and issues about global entrepreneurship. W  e develop ideas and recommendations aimed at promoting and spreading entrepreneurship worldwide. W  e facilitate entrepreneurial initiatives on a local or global scale.

SINCE 2008
600 participants, 75 countries, 4 white papers, 50 listed best practices, 18 rewarded role models, 10,000 students attending Junior Forums in 18 countries, 150 press articles in 35 countries in 2012, 1 online collaborative platform, 5 founding partners from Europe and Asia. Created by EMLYON Business School, KPMG France, the Singapore institutions Action Community for Entrepreneurship and Nanyang Technological University, Greater Lyon, the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Zhejiang University in China, the World Entrepreneurship Forum is the rst worldwide forum devoted to the entrepreneur, creator of wealth and social justice.

6TH EDITION
ENTREPRENEURS: NAVIGATING CHANGE FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

SINGAPORE, OCT. 30TH - NOV. 2ND, 2013

Entrepreneurs are change-makers. They see opportunity where others see constraints. They capitalise on changing circumstances to create value. And they in turn instigate further change, triggering a positive chain reaction of value creation.

PROGRAMME
30 Oct. (Wed.) Morning 31 Oct. (Thurs.) Opening Ceremony Keynote Speakers Networking lunch with Singaporean business organisations and entrepreneurs Think tank sessions & Workshops Welcome ceremony & networking cocktail dinner 6th Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner 1 Nov. (Fri.) Master Class with 2013 Awardees Pitching Contest from Junior WEF 2 Nov. (Sat.) Closing Session, Updates on 2014 projects

Afternoon Evening

Think tank sessions & Workshops Singapore City Tour and Surprise Event

Sessions open to World Entrepreneurship Forum members only Sessions open to the public

LOCATION
The event will take place at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel 392 Havelock Road, Singapore 169663 www.grandcopthorne.com.sg

FEES
Ofcial Members Entrepreneurs, Experts, Policy Makers . . 1,500 VAT incl. Social Entrepreneurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 VAT incl. Accompaniers & Delegations . . . . . . 2,500 VAT incl. To submit your application and become an ofcial member of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, please send your biography to Viet Anh VU, community manager: vu@em-lyon.com Early Bird Rates: 30% discount if you register before June 30th, 2013 Fee does not include: Accommodation and breakfasts (preferential rates negotiated in some hotels), airport transfers, travel insurance, travel and visa cost (invitation letter available on request). Cancellation and refund policy: 50% refund before August 31st No refund after August 31st

SOME SPEAKERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS

Sir Fazle Abed, Founder of BRAC, largest NGO in the world, Bangladesh Ela R. Bhatt, Founder of the Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA), India Irina Bokova, Executive Director of UNESCO, Bulgary Daniel Borel, Founder of Logitech and Detech, Switzerland Liu Chuan-Zi, Founder of Lenovo, China William Drayton, CEO & Founder of Ashoka, USA Anneli Hlten, Mayor of Gteborg, Sweden Mo Ibrahim, Founder of Celtel & the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, SudanUK Kazuo Inamori, Founder of Kyocera and KDDI, Japan Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, France Tony Meloto, Founder of Gawad Kalinga, the Philippines Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland Prof. Howard Stevenson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School, USA Aude de Thuin, Founder of the Womens Forum for the Economy & Society, France Dr. Bert Twaalfhoven, Founder, European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research, the Netherlands Minister Lee Yi Shyan, Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Trade & Industry and National Development, Singapore

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"Starting And Growing a Business - The Entrepreneurs Global Guide, lled out by the members of the World Entrepreneurship Forum one of the most inuential global network of business owners, social entrepreneurs and industry experts is a round a world tour of entrepreneurial ecosystems highlighting, country per country, the 3 main factors that make it a good place to set up and run a business and the 3 main challenges still to overcome. () The world is not a level playing eld and, whether we like it or not, its a fact some countries are much better than others at helping edgling businesses turn into the Apple, Infosys or Facebook of the future.

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The energy of the world (); The World is full of vitality as proved by the last edition of the World Entrepreneurship Forum organised recently in Lyon. () Entrepreneurship is a philosophy of life.

Tirna Ray reports on the fth edition of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, which was held in Lyon, France, from October 24-27. With the world changing at a radical pace, the 21st century will need more entrepreneurs than ever in all domains. While the need to create more jobs is becoming imperative against an uncertain global economy, it is equally important to ensure that the jobs are socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. To achieve this goal, an entrepreneurial ecosystem is the future roadmap".

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THE TIMES OF INDIA

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(...) Very innovative ideas have been debated at the World Entrepreneurship Forum gathering in France around 200 people from various countries. The aim of this group is to compare and share experiences on which ecosystems are more likely to stimulate entrepreneurship (...)

(BRAZIL)

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