LACCEI International Multiconference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development (LEIRD 2024)

“Creating solutions for a sustainable future: technology-based entrepreneurship”
December 2 – 4, 2024 (Virtual)

This conference welcomes unpublished papers, including research and case studies, as well as work-in-progress presentations from all research areas within the following topics of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development.


Tracks:

1. General in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Design thinking-driven innovation
  • Incubators, accelerators, and other support programs
  • Intrapreneurship and business model innovation
  • Social innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Venture formation processes, funding, and strategies

2. Global and regional in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Enabling regional initiatives in entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Intellectual property and open innovation
  • International innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Open innovation systems
  • Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

3. Financial in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Circular economy innovation and frugal innovation
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation to overcome the economic and financial crisis
  • Market and financial impacts of entrepreneurship and innovation

4. Technological in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Communication strategies and Social Networks in entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Digital transformation and artificial intelligence
  • Innovative technologies, cities, and regions

5. Educational in entrepreneurship and innovation:

  • Entrepreneurship and innovation in education
  • Strategies, policies, and management practices in R&D, innovation, and entrepreneurship
  • University-Industry technology transfer and knowledge exchange

6. Tercer Simposio de Investigación e Innovación Latinoamericano “Mujeres en Ingeniería” – III SIILMI: Click here

  • Igualdad de derechos, oportunidades y espacios para las mujeres en Latinoamérica y el Caribe en el ámbito académico
  • Igualdad de derechos, oportunidades y espacios para las mujeres en Latinoamérica y el Caribe en el ámbito profesional
  • Fomento de las vocaciones por la ingeniería en niñas y jóvenes, en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
  • Todas las formas de discriminación y violencia a niñas, jóvenes y mujeres en el ámbito de las ingenierías y afines en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

7. Work in Progress (WP)

8Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student Competition (E&I24).


Important Dates:

  • Call for Paper (CfP) – June 3rd
  • Registration opens – June 3rd 
  • Early bird Registration will be open – June 3rd 
  • Deadline for full papers and work in progress submissions – August 1st. (Eastern Daylight Time – EDT)
    • III SIILMI
    • LEIRD 2024
  • Deadline for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Student Competition (E&I24) submissions – August 30th 
  • Notification of acceptance of papers – September 25th 
  • Early bird registration closes – October 2nd
  • Registration at full cost – October 3th
  • Deadline to pay all authors – October 10th
  • Submit final version of the accepted paper – October 10th
  • Deadline to submit video – October 10th
  • Publish paper presentation schedule – October 17th
  • III SIILMI: December 2 (Monday)
  • LEIRD’24: December 3 & 4 (Tuesday & Wednesday)

LEIRD 2024 accepts papers written in English, Spanish, Portuguese or French: Fullpapers (6-10 pages), Work in progress (2-5 pages) with a limit of 3 papers per author (includes co-author) and 7 authors per paper.