The United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) invites you to attend the

50th World Conference of the
International Council for Small Business (ICSB)

The International Council for Small Business founded in 1955 is the oldest and largest global membership organization dedicated to examining and discussing issues affecting the teaching, research and delivery of entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprise world-wide. Collectively, the over 2,000 members of the ICSB through their eleven national affiliates work and assist tens of thousand s of individual currently in business or desiring to start a business relatively soon.

The conference organizers anticipate approximately 500-700 of the leading teachers, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners interested in entrepreneurship and small and medium enterprise attending this conference. It will include individuals from around the world including Europe, Brazil, Japan, Republic of China, Singapore, Korea, Southern Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Puerto Rico/Caribbean, and the United States.

The ICSB Conference is particularly relevant to:

• small business and entrepreneurship educators and researchers;
• small business managers;
• people and organizations who provide guidance and assistance to Small and Medium Enterprises world-wide
• such as major accounting firms;
• people who establish and implement local, regional, national, and international policies affecting the development and growth of the Small and Medium Enterprises such as the World Bank and
• those interested in teaching and research in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises.