Department of Management participation at Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC),
Milan (16-19 March 2015)
Department of Management
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
Dr Nathaniel P Massa, resident academic at the
Department of Management, was invited to join the Malta
delegation participating at the Global Entrepreneurship
Congress in Milan, Italy (16-19 March 2015).
Led by Dr Leonie Baldacchino, National Host for GEW and director of The Edward de Bono
Institute for the Design and Development of Thinking, the Malta delegation joined business leaders
from 150 countries for the congress. The GEC draws together a broad collection of voices from
across the entrepreneurial spectrum including entrepreneurs, investors, business angels and startup champions, researchers, thought leaders and policymakers who work together to explore the
best approaches in helping to build one global entrepreneurial ecosystem towards bringing ideas
to life, driving economic growth and expanding human welfare.
Supported by the Kauffman Foundation, the GEC
programme in Milan included dozens of related
parallel events conducted by leading global
organisations actively supporting the spread of an
entrepreneurial culture. These included the Start +
Scale Forum, where experienced entrepreneurs
shared strategies for success with up-and-coming start-ups; the Research + Policy Summit, which
explored innovative policies and programmes from around the world that promote new firm
formation; and the Entrepreneurial Cities Forum, which highlighted metropolitan areas with thriving
start-up ecosystems.
Malta was represented at the GEC by the University of Malta academics Professor Sandra Dingli
and Dr Nathaniel Massa, Malta Association of Women in Business president Doris Sammut
Bonnici, Aiesec representative Elizabeth Pulo and ICT Student Association president and officials
Etienne Buttigieg, Matthew Cassar, Rebecca Kai Cassar and Roberto Mangion.
Malta delegation members at GEC 2015, Milan.