LSE Finance Associate Professor Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe took part in a couple of events for policymakers. The first was a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool discussing entrepreneurship in the context of her business accelerators research. Juanita also participated on a panel at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham where she discussed funding and capability challenges faced by business accelerators.
Back to Business: How can Labour Unleash Entrepreneurialism? - Liverpool
Panel: Dr Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe, LSE, Rushanara Ali MP (Member of the Treasury Committee), Jamie Driscoll (Mayor of the North of Tyne), Alison McGovern MP (Shadow Employment Minister), Dan Norris (Mayor of the West of England), Yasmin Qureshi MP (Vice Chair, Women and Enterprise APPG), Sarah Wood OBE (Digital entrepreneur and Tech investor), Prof Tony Travers (Chair)
How can the Government turbocharge entrepreneurialism across the UK? - Birmingham
Panel: Dr Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe (LSE), Bim Afolami MP (Chair of the Financial Services APPG), Jo Gideon MP (Member of the Entrepreneurship APPG), Tim Barnes (CEO, Centre for Entrepreneurs), Angus Parsad-Wyatt (ConHome, Chair)
For further details about the two events and a video of the Birmingham panel, please click here.
