World Entrepreneurship Forum

Founded by EMLYON Business School (www.em-lyon.com), KPMG France (www.kpmg.fr), Singaporean institutions Action Committee for Entrepreneurship (www.ace.sg), and Nanyang Technological University (www.ntu.edu.sg), the World Entrepreneurship Forum is the first global think-tank dedicated to entrepreneurs, creators of wealth and social justice. 110 members of over 55 different countries meet annually to tackle our world’s most pressing issues with entrepreneurial solutions.

Annual Meeting: 18–21 November 2009, Lyon, France

Four international personalities have been honoured with the Entrepreneur for the World:Award on November 19 during the 2009 edition of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, which took place in Lyon France, from 18 to 21 November. The Entrepreneur for the World Award is being granted annually by the World Entrepreneurship Forum to four international personalities (an entrepreneur, a social entrepreneur, an academic expert, and a politician) to highlight their remarkable entrepreneurial success and their commitment to the society. The Awardees are Bert Twaalfhoven, Fazle Hasan Abed, Kazuo Inamori, and Mary Robinson.

Annual Meeting: 3–6 November 2010, Lyon, France

The World Entrepreneurship Forum awarded four international personalities who are not only successful as entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, academics, and politicians, but individuals who are significantly concerned about global issues. The award winners for 2010 are :

Mr. Liu Chuan-Zhi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lenovo Group; Ms. Ela R. Bhatt, co-founder of Self-Employed Women’s Association, Ms. Christine Lagarde, French Minister for Economy, Industry and Employment; and Dr. Howard H. Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Annual Meeting: 2011, NTU Singapore

The next annual meeting will be held in beautiful city of Singapore. NTU along with other partners have kindly consented to host the forum in Singapore.