1. CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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With the support of the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union
The final conference of the CENTRES (Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools) project,
co-funded by the European Commission
Thon Hotel EU (room Belgium 3), Wetstraat (Rue de la Loi) 75, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Thursday 15 May 2014, from 12:30 to 18.15 followed by a reception
12:30 Networking Lunch (The Twelve restaurant at Thon Hotel EU) and Conference Registration
13:45
Welcome and introduction
Andy Williams, Director Poland, British Council
13:50
Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools: The Context
Tom Fleming, Director, Tom Fleming Associates (UK)
14:10
Keynote Presentation: The Importance of Creative Entrepreneurship in the Lives of Young People
Pauline Tambling, Joint CEO, Creative & Cultural Skills and Managing Director, National Skills Academy for
Creative & Cultural Skills (UK)
14:30
CENTRES: pilot activity and impact
Barbara Bregar-Mrzlikar, Director, CEED Slovenia
With Andrej Mercina, Director/Partner in Triiije Arhitekti bureau (Slovenia); Per Lange, Acting Deputy
Headteacher, Vejlebroskolen (Denmark); Anne Hanni and Keidi Mae (Estonia)
15:20
Launch of the CENTRES policy recommendations
Andy Williams, Director Poland, British Council, and Silja Suntola, Project Director, Aalto University School
of Economics, Small Business Center
15:40
Panel discussion: a response to the policy recommendations
Chair: Łukasz Badowski PhD, Education Department in Copernicus Science Centre (Poland)
Participants: Petra Tarjanne, Ministry of Employment and the Economy (Finland); Lukáš Hula, National
Institute for Education (Czech Republic); Anu Lõhmus, CEO, Tallinn Business Incubators (Estonia)
16:15 Coffee break
16:45
Roundtable discussions and plenary: your chance to discuss the policy recommendations and their
implications
17:45
Inspiration
Aivar Haller, entrepreur and ENTRUM mentor, Estonia
18:05 What Next?
18:15 Drinks Reception (Lounge bar at Thon Hotel EU)