European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Engaged entrepreneurship research in Europe

ECSB Conference Goes Online

Presenting one’s research and receiving feedback on it is important for advancing in research. The ECSB organises annually two conferences – the RENT Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business together with EIASM and the 3E – ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference. However, we understand that attending conferences in person is not always an option for all. For this reason, ECSB launched in 2025 a new initiative – ECSB Conference Goes Online. The second edition of the conference will be held on 18 February  2026 between 10.00 and 14.00 CET.  

We are honoured to present Professor Kim Klyver from University of Southern Denmark as the Keynote Speaker. Professor Kim Klyver will give a keynote entitled:

“Rethinking entrepreneurship in causally entangled crises: Towards a poly-crisis perspective”

Presenting at the ECSB Conference Goes Online will be free-of-charge for existing ECSB members. We will accept approximately 12–16 presentations for this event. In the selection a priority will be given to existing ECSB members and to authors who have not presented their paper at the previous 3E or RENT conferences (3E 2025 or RENT 2025). All ECSB members are welcome to join the ECSB Conference Goes Online as participants. The event is free-of-charge but registration will be required.

How to join ECSB Conference Goes Online?

Submit your abstract (900 words) to ecsbonline@utu.fi by 9 December. In the e-mail include also 1-2 sentences why you are interested in presenting at this online conference.

All abstracts will be reviewed. Feedback and decisions will be sent by early January at the latest. There is no full paper submission for the event but each presenter will be appointed a discussant to kick-off the discussion in the session.

Accepted presenters need to register for the conference and agree to present their paper on 18 February in a slot between 10am and 2pm pm (CET).

Further questions?

Please contact the ECSB Secretariat (info@ecsb.org) or the conference organising committee (ecsbonline@utu.fi).