INSME, QATAR: Enabling Smart SMEs as Key to Success

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INSME and Qatar Development Bank are glad to invite you to the 12th INSME Annual Meeting on “Enabling Smart SMEs as Key to Success”  from the 12th to the 14th of April 2016, an intense three-day initiative organized under the patronage of the Prime Minister of the State of Qatar. Qatar will be the stimulating and dynamic framework of this year’s meeting, a country that recorded an impressive growth rate over the last years while remaining anchored to its authenticity and traditional values.

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The Event will mark a unique and constructive moment for the Innovators Community to come together to explore new frontiers of knowledge, set strategic goals and developjoint actions that will have a positive impact on SMEs. In a multicultural environment, the most recent developments on policies, access to finance and human capital and talent will be treated by the brightest minds in the innovation eco-system, among them OECD Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Stefan Kapferer and Mr. Peter Marsh, Former Technology Editor at the Financial Times, United Kingdom and author of the best seller “The New Industrial Revolution: Consumers, Globalization and the End of Mass Production”.

Participants will also experience the unique flavor of Qatar’s innovation and entrepreneurship culture with an Innovation Tour at Qatar Science & Technology Park on the 14th of April. Under the guidance of local professionals, participants will be inspired by Qatari companies that successfully enhanced technology management skills and developed innovative products in line with the goals foreseen in Qatar National Vision 2030.

Don’t lose the opportunity to take part in the International INSME – QDB Expert Training on “Design Thinking for Innovation in Practice” in the afternoon of the 14th of April. A team of globally recognized practitioners of Design Thinking will share a set of systematic methodologies and tools to make a business more efficient and effective. Led by Mr. David Moore, Managing Director at Zero Nine Design and Guest Instructor at Stanford’s Design Program, the international training will enable participants to generate better outcomes by using a problem-solving approach and unleash their inner creativity to discover the potential opportunities hiding within an organization.

Join more than 500 leaders, decision makers, international organizations, business support service representatives and innovation stakeholders from 50+ different countries to network and brainstorm on the most effective ways to advance together in this exciting journey of innovation and collaboration.

The organizers have also negotiated special rates for your stay and travel to Doha.
Discover now all the opportunities of the 12th INSME Annual Meeting and do not miss the early bird rate deadline on the 11th of March 2016!

For any further information, please check www.2016.insme.org

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