Venue: The Capital Building, Old Hall Street L3 9PP
Date: Friday 9th March – Sunday 11th March (inclusive)
Start and Finish times: Fri: 18:00 - 22:30, Sat: 9:00 - 22:00, Sun: 9:00 -22:00
Open / Closed event: Open
Cost to Attend: £45 + VAT = £54 per person

At Start Up Liverpool people with a startup idea can pitch it to fellow attendees. Everyone picks the idea they like best and offers their skills to turn it from an idea into a real business over the course of a weekend.

Venue: The Capital Building, Old Hall Street L3 9PP
Date: Friday 9th March – Sunday 11th March (inclusive)
Start and Finish times: Fri: 18:00 - 22:30, Sat: 9:00 - 22:00, Sun: 9:00 -22:00
Open / Closed event: Open
Cost to Attend: £45 + VAT = £54 per person

At Start Up Liverpool people with a startup idea can pitch it to fellow attendees. Everyone picks the idea they like best and offers their skills to turn it from an idea into a real business over the course of a weekend.

Venue: The Capital Building, Old Hall Street L3 9PP
Date: Friday 9th March – Sunday 11th March (inclusive)
Start and Finish times: Fri: 18:00 - 22:30, Sat: 9:00 - 22:00, Sun: 9:00 -22:00
Open / Closed event: Open
Cost to Attend: £45 + VAT = £54 per person

At Start Up Liverpool people with a startup idea can pitch it to fellow attendees. Everyone picks the idea they like best and offers their skills to turn it from an idea into a real business over the course of a weekend.

Venue: BT Convention Centre, Liverpool
Date: Monday 12th March
Start and Finish times:
Intuit will be running two workshop sessions:

• 12.00 – 2.00pm: Financial Fitness Workshop 1
• 2.00 – 4.00pm: Financial Fitness Workshop 2

Each session includes refreshments and networking time for attendees and the opportunity to talk 1:1 with Intuit small business experts.

Open / Closed event: Open
Cost to Attend: The Intuit Financial Fitness Workshops are free to attend but numbers are strictly limited so register now to reserve your place.

Venue: Queen's Suite, Radisson BLU Hotel, 107 Old Hall Street, Liverpool
Date: Monday 12th March
Start and Finish times:
09:00 (coffee and networking) for 09:30
Start – 14.00 (lunch 13.00-14.00)
Open / Closed event: Open
Cost to Attend: No

"StartUp Nations" will bring together campaigns focused on inspiring, accelerating and celebrating entrepreneurship from around the world to share experiences and explore partnerships to facilitate the global mobility of entrepreneurs. 

Venue: The Small Concert Room, St. George's Hall.
Date: Monday 12th March
Start and Finish times: 08.00 – 13.00
Open / Closed event: Closed
Cost to Attend: No

Final of the Liverpool’s Great Enterprise Challenge

Venue: 54 St James Street, Liverpool, L1 0AB
Date: Monday 12th March
Start and Finish times: 10.00 – 11.00
Open / Closed event: Closed – by invitation only
Cost to Attend: No

Venue: ACC, Liverpool
Date: Monday 12th March
Start and Finish times: 12.00 -17.15
Open / Closed event: Closed
Cost to Attend: Yes

Gazelle will be running its inaugural Entrepreneurial Leadership programme for Further Education Colleges from 12th-13th March 2012 within the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Liverpool.

Venue: tbc
Date: Monday 12th March
Start and Finish times: 13.00 - 17.00
Open / Closed event:Open – limited spaces
Cost to Attend: No

Sixteen inspiring individuals from fourteen different countries will compete in a series of challenges themed around Enterprise, Leadership and Global Citizenship to win an inspiring trip around the world.

Venue: Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool
Date: Monday 12th March
Start and Finish times: 14:00 – 18:30
Open / Closed event:Open
Cost to Attend: No

Promoting High Growth Entrepreneurship Around the World: A Dialogue Among Experts.' Public session to discuss academic papers on entrepreneurship. Chaired by Bob Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy, and Karen Wilson, Senior Fellow, both of the Kauffman Foundation.

This invitation only breakfast event will draw together established Liverpool business leaders with graduate entrepreneurs over a relaxed breakfast setting to debate and discuss the ways we can support entrepreneurship. 

Venue: ACC, Liverpool
Date: Tuesday 13th March
Start and Finish times: 8.00 -17.40
Open / Closed event: Closed
Cost to Attend: Yes

Gazelle will be running its inaugural Entrepreneurial Leadership programme for Further Education Colleges from 12th-13th March 2012 within the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Liverpool.

The ECHO Wheel,  powered by Smarta Business Builder, will bring the main festival day of the GEC to a close. Each of the iconic Echo Wheel’s 42 pods will play temporary host to a mentoring session, as winners are given a one-to-one advice session from an established entrepreneur.  For further information please visit www.smarta.com

Financing growth doesn’t have to mean facing dragons.  Learn about business angels, meet the Angel of the Year, a high growth equity funded company and the routes to market.

Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust will be presenting their Technology & Innovation Strategy at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress and is urging entrepreneurs to join them, explore new opportunities and meet key decision makers.

A festival event to showcase local Social Enterprises in Action. See and hear the journey these local entrepreneurs have taken from that initial idea, to opening and operating their business. Come along and get involved in café conversations on subjects such as 'the idea', the 'brand', 'the plan', 'the contacts' and the 'entrepreneur'. Then see where our local entrepreneurs demonstrate their skills and tell their story.

Bringing together leading researchers in the field of female entrepreneurship to review the most recent and unique research conducted in 59 economies analysing how many women are starting businesses, the types of businesses and the challenges they face. Contributors will include Professor Patricia Greene of Babson College, USA, a co-author of the research; Professor Tom Cannon, University of Liverpool and Professor Sue Marlow, University of Birmingham.

Come along to meet students from Liverpool Business School as they present their business ideas in a trade fair, as part of the Young Enterprise Start-up Programme.

Bringing together the leading policy influencers, entrepreneurs and business support practitioners from across the UK to discuss how enterprise policy and practice can be developed to effectively support female entrepreneurs. The policy group activity supports and influences national initiatives that promote the interests of the female enterprise start and growth and will be reviewing and showcasing new gender specific support initiatives.

EVENT 1  - 13.00 – 15.30pm Developing enterprise skills to improve leadership
(networking 15:30 – 16:00)

EVENT 2 – 16:00 – 18:00 – Developing enterprise skills to support outstanding teaching and learning

Open / Closed event: Open
Cost to Attend: Single event £60  Attendance at both events £100

This CPD event is targeted at school leaders and teachers. It will focus on recognising and developing enterprise skills in school leadership both at senior and subject levels, and explore the development of enterprise skills in teachers to embed outstanding teaching and learning in their lessons.

Venue: 54 St James Street, Liverpool, L1 0AB
Date: Wednesday 14th March
Start and Finish times: 18:00 – 20:30
Open / Closed event: Open
Cost to Attend: No

Women's Business Mastermind and Networking Event -brings together successful women business experts to answer quick fire questions on business problems posed by a worldwide female entrepreneurial audience. This exciting event will be attended by 150 women business owners and is filling up fast.

This unique evening will include a carbon neutral business dinner and talks from a panel of speakers, including Arup’s Global Foresight and Innovation leader Dr Chris Luebkeman, and Peter Madden, Chief Executive of Forum for the Future.

The speakers will explore the smarter cities agenda, with a focus on the food, energy and water nexus. Tackling these issues together could address some of the most pressing problems in cities today, whilst also creating entrepreneurial opportunities.

Come on a journey and discover how Liverpool is creating an environment for entrepreneurs and enterprises succeed.  Find out what the future of Liverpool holds with contributions from keynote speakers from Peel Ports, Liverpool City Council, Clean Tech, The Eldonian Group and Liverpool Community College.

A networking event for businesses interested in trading with China.  Rahul Kale - Director of International Business at Typhoo Tea will talk about selling European products into the China market

Come and enjoy the final fringe event of the Congress by listening some of Liverpool's finest musical talent. Meet entrepreneurs from the music industry who make Liverpool and its music heritage a global attraction. Demonstrations and advice from: event managers; social media; Hip hop; DJs; music journalists.