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The Global Entrepreneurship Congress

The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is an inter-disciplinary gathering of startup champions fromaround the world, where entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, thought leaders andpolicymakers work together to help bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand humanwelfare.

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What is GEC 2015?

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«The place whereentrepreneurs, investors,

researchers and policy makersbring ideas to life»

Financial Times19th Sept. 2014

History

The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is initiated by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. InMarch 2009, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation brought together the Global EntrepreneurshipWeek host organizations from nearly 60 nations to create the first ever Global EntrepreneurshipCongress at its headquarters in the United States. Over the past five years, the Congress hascontributed to the expansion of a global entrepreneurial ecosystem, connecting experts andentrepreneurs across borders and sectors to unleash their ideas and transform innovation intoreality. META Group has been selected to serve as the local host of the 2015 GEC in Milan, Italy.

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2009, USA 2010, UAE 2011, China 2012, UK

2013, Brazil 2014, Russia 2015, Italy

Capitals of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress

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2009, Kansas City, USA

2010, Dubai, UAE

2011, Shangai, China

2012, Liverpool, UK

2013, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

2014, Moscow, Russia

Speakers of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress

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Competitive strengths of the GEC

• Providing policymakers and researchers with anenvironment to exchange ideas and approaches onstrengthening economic growth through policies andinitiatives favorable to entrepreneurs;

• Helping entrepreneurs and business owners launchand grow firms that create jobs and generate wealth incities and countries around the world;

• Improving global collaboration and expanded awarenessof national campaigns to engage their citizens inentrepreneurial activity;

• Increasing global recognition of entrepreneurs for therole they play in building economies while developinginnovative solutions that improve daily life;

• A wide array of official fringe events that offer everythingfrom the chance to join a founder team to a roundtablediscussion to create a global policy roadmap to advanceentrepreneurship.

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Richard Branson,[Liverpool 2012]

Bob Dorf,[Moscow 2014]

Competitive strengths of the GEC

• An opportunity to hear from startup experts aboutinnovative programs, policies and research aimed atadvancing entrepreneurship.

• An opportunity to gain valuable insight fromsuccessful and experienced entrepreneurs on the keyelements of an environment that encouragesentrepreneurial growth and is conducive to innovation.

• An opportunity to meet and network with a broad array ofdelegates who can help you take the next step instarting and growing new firms.

• An opportunity to receive guidance on various criticalcapacity-building skills, from building awareness todeepening and widening national campaigns by catalyzingand leveraging partnerships.

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Jeff Hoffman,[Rio De Janeiro 2013]

Nicolas Shea,[Moscow 2014]

A community with a smarter networking

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Target audience of the GEC

10.000 delegates from +150 countries:

Speakers: 300 Participants: 9.700

Italy: 50% Other countries: 50%

Business owners: 40% Entrepreneurs: 25% Investors: 15% Government authorities: 10% Academic community: 10%

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Structure of the Congress

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Education Finance Policy making

Entrepreneurship

Three main pillars of GEC 2015

Milan: the place to stay in 2015

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Expo 2015 will be an extraordinary universal event displayingtradition, creativity and innovation in the business of food. It willbring together many themes, and set them out anew in light ofnew global possibilities whose common core is the idea thateveryone on the planet should have access to food that is healthy,safe and sufficient. The theme of the Universal Exposition will be:Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.

Expo 2015 will involve over 20 millionphysical visitors, 1 billion virtual visitorsand 147 Countries in exhibitions andthousands of events.

Milan will host the 2015 Universal Exposition, making itselfavailable to promote the Country’s growth and be Italianambassador in the world

The venue: Milano Congressi [MiCo]

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www.micomilano.it

Best facilities in Milan

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Largest conference facilities in Europe.

An Auditorium that seats 2.000 people,

and eleven conference rooms, seating

more than 5.000 people overall.

The venue offers 12.000 sq.m and a

dedicated exhibition hall of 3.000 sq.m

Exhibition Area

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3.000 sqm total area:

• 28 corporate/sponsor booths(12sqm)

• 94 startups booths (9 sqm)

• 50 sqm dedicated to educationalactivities for kids

Solving challenges

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While the types of events and activities held during theCongress vary widely, they all share a common thread:how to empower entrepreneurs and enable them tostart and grow firms that create jobs and improve lives.

• We are looking for innovative ideas and for problemsolvers, able to convert challenges into opportunities.

• We are looking for ideas to implement during theGlobal Entrepreneurship Congress, making it aninnovative, interactive and sustainable event.

• We are looking for ideas to make Milan, and every cityin the world, smarter and more competitive cities.

About the Hosts

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Global Entrepreneurship NetworkThe Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) is ayear-round platform of programs and initiativescreated by the communities that celebrateGlobal Entrepreneurship Week each November.Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’slargest celebration of the innovators and jobcreators who launch startups that bring ideas tolife, drive economic growth and expand humanwelfare. During one week each November, GEWinspires people everywhere through local,national and global activities designed to helpthem explore their potential as self-starters andinnovators. Powered by the Ewing MarionKauffman Foundation, the initiative is supportedby dozens of world leaders and a growingnetwork of 24,000 partner organizations.

Ewing Marion Kauffman FoundationThe Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is aprivate nonpartisan foundation that works toharness the power of entrepreneurship andinnovation to grow economies and improvehuman welfare. Through its research and otherinitiatives, the Kauffman Foundation aims toopen young people's eyes to the possibility ofentrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurshipeducation, raise awareness of entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and find alternative pathwaysfor the commercialization of new knowledge andtechnologies. Founded by late entrepreneur andphilanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, theFoundation is based in Kansas City, Mo. and hasapproximately $2 billion in assets.

META GroupMETA Group is an international, dynamic andindependent group dedicated to the creation andgrowth of Knowledge Intensive Companies, forthe wealth of open, entrepreneurialregions. META works together with: policymakers and public executives that are focused oninnovation and in promoting entrepreneurialactivity to increase regional growth andcompetitiveness, entrepreneurs that are buildingand developing their businesses, researcherswilling to exploit there research activitiesand investors interested in seed and start upcapital. To render the Knowledge to Marketprocess effective and profitable is our mission!

Being involved in GEC 2015

• Broadest opportunities for profitable brand positioningin the market (both Italian and global);

• Marketing opportunities and international exposure duringthe entire life of the event;

• Company/Organization positioning as an activeparticipant of the international entrepreneurship process;

• Unique opportunities for development of businessrelations with leading industry professionals, partners andinvestors, regulators and government authorities;

• Possibility of presentation and implementation ofeducational projects and other special initiatives in thearea of entrepreneurship within the Congress;

• Opportunity to support attendance of leading professionalsfrom developing countries.

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Peter Vesterbacka,[Moscow 2014]

Partnering with GEC 2015

We value our partnerships with majorcorporates and organizations, and we arecommitted to delivering valuable benefits and apositive partnership experience to each of them.We will customize partnerships to meet specificmarketing objectives with GEC 2015.

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With over 80% of attendees in 2014 beingmiddle to senior level decision makers withintheir organizations, partners have theexceptional opportunity to network and buildstrong relationships.

Contact us!

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Anna AmatiVice Presidenta.amati@meta-group.comphone: +39 0744248220fax: +39 0744248046

Dario MazzellaProject Managerd.mazzella@meta-group.comphone: +39 0744248220fax: +39 0744248046

www.meta-group.com

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