On September 21 to 22, sponsored by Jilin University and co-organized by the School of Management of Jilin University, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Institute at Jilin University and the Entrepreneurship and SME Management Committee of the Chiense Research Council of Modern Management, the 2019 Jilin University International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship opened in Jilin University. Professor Cai Li, Executive Vice Secretary of Jilin University and Head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Institute at Jilin University, hosted the opening ceremony and delivered keynote speeches. Professor Li Beiwei, Dean of the School of Management, made a speech on behalf of the School. Leaders from the Division of International Cooperation and Exchanges and the Office of Social Science and Humanity also attended the ceremony.
This has been the 7th successful conference since last ones in 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Themed with “Lead the World to Face Future Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, the conference was divided into keynote speeches and a youth forum. 22 well-known experts from nearly 20 universities and scientific research institutions at home and abroad were invited to deliver keynote speeches. Their speeches covered entrepreneurship theory and practice in the new era, entrepreneurship eco-system, new entrepreneurial models, innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of digital economy, sustained entrepreneurship by family businesses, technological innovation in China, innovation in science and technology and other important practices and theories. The speeches attracted an audience.of nearly 200.
Speakers of the keynote speeches and the attendees included Professor Shaker A, Zahra, Life Fellow of the American Management Association and tenured professor of the University of Minnesota, Professor Jeffery S. McMullen, Editor in Chief of Journal of Business Venturing and tenured professor of the Indiana University, Professor Gamy D. Bruton, senior foreign expert of Jilin University and tenured professor of the Texas Christian University, Professor Gregory Tyge Payne, Editor in Chief of Family Business Review and tenured professor of the Texas Tech University, Ajai Gaur, tenured professor of the Rutgers University, Franz W. Kellermanns, Area Editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and tenured professor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Satish P. Nambisan, tenured professor of the Case Western Reserve University, Daniela Baglieri, tenured professor of the Messina University, Xu Lida, fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Engineering and tenured professor of the Old Dominion University, Chu Sum WONG, Editor in Chief of Asia Pacific Journal of Management and tenured professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Wei Liqun from the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University, Professor Xu Erming, Dean of the School of Business of Shantou University, Professor Li Yuan, Dean of the School of Management of Tongji University and Vice Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Management Science and Engineering Consulting under the Ministry of Education, Professor Lei Jiasu, Director of the Center for Enterprise Growth and National Economic Security Research of Tsinghua University, Professor Li Xinchun, Changjiang Scholar and Director of the Research Center for Chinese Family Businesses of Sun Yat-Sen University, Professor Xie Lin from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhang Yuli, member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, Changjiang Scholar and professor of Nankai University, Professor Zhu Guilong, former Dean of the School of Business Administration of South China University of Technology, Professor Liu Chaofeng, Head of the Institute of Technology and Economics of Dalian University of Technology, Professor Gao Xudong and Associate Professor Zhang Wei from Tsinghua University and Professor Shao Yunfei from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Professor Ge Baoshan, Vice Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Institute at Jilin University made an excellent conference conclusion.
Song Chengyu, Associate Professor of the Foreign Economics & Management magazine, Wang Yali, Editor of the entrepreneurship section of the magazine and 25 young scholars from 20 universities including Shanghai Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University, Jilin University, Southeast University, Dalian University of Technology were invited to the Youth Forum; two parallel forums in Chinese and English respectively were held at the same time.
The conference has enjoyed great support from the Association of Emerging Markets, the Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship branch of the China Association for Technology and Economics, Journal on Industrial Integration and Management: Innovation & Entrepreneurship（JIIM:I&E）, Administrative Science Quarterly and the Foreign Economics & Management magazine.
As an international academic conference, the conference aims to provide a communication platform for scholars in innovation and entrepreneurship to enhance research capabilities in practice and theory. The conference has not only promoted academic communication and academic competence of scholars, but also contributed ideas for the sound development of innovation and entrepreneurship in China.
