International Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship Conference Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship June 19-22, 2006 Sandia Resort & Casino Albuquerque, New Mexico Agenda Monday, June 19, 2006 Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Thursday, June 22, 2006 Detailed Agenda (Acrobat/PDF) Monday, June 19, 2006 12:00pm – 5:00pm Registration 07:00pm - 09:00pm Opening Ceremony Banquet Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:00am – 5:00pm Registration (on-going) 9:00am – 10:15am Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Financing Indigenous Entrepreneurship Project Finance in Indian Country Entrepreneurship Grants as Small Business Finance Strategy Indigenous Entrepreneurs' Guide to Accessing Sources of Capital Session 2: Indigenous Educational Issues & Programs Indigenous Educational Programs: Challenges and Opportunities 10:15am – 10:30am Break 10:30am – 11:45am Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Legal Indigenous Business Issues Waiving Sovereign Immunity Grows Trickier Legal Issues Impacting Indigenous Businesses Brazil's Indigenous Legal System Session 2: Honoring Native Traditions Through Academic Excellence Native Traditions and Academic Excellence Development and Outcomes of the Certificate in Small Business Management 12:00pm - 1:30pm Luncheon and Keynote Speaker 2:00pm – 3:15pm Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Investing On Indigenous Human Capital Innovation in Indigenous Entrepreneurship Education Indigenous Entrepreneurship Business Programs: A University of Auckland Perspective Indigenous Entrepreneurship Education: A Mexican Perspective Session 2: Indigenous Entertainment Industry The Indigenous Performance Industry 3:15pm – 3:30pm Break 3:30pm – 4:45pm Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Marketing Indigenous Products, Services, & Technologies Marketing U.S. Indigenous Products and Services Overseas Canadian Aboriginal International Trade Activities Session 2: Challenges & Opportunities Facing Indigenous Entrepreneurship Using Geographical Indications as a Tool to Foster Indigenous Entrepreneurship Traditional Indigenous Values and Agricultural Commodity Chains Microfinance and Enterprise Development 5:00pm – 6:15pm Extended Session Channels of Distribution Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. Dreams and Partnerships 6:30pm – 7:45pm Celebrating Our Indigenous Cultures - Banquet 8:00pm – 9:30pm Sessions Revisited Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:00am – 10:15am Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Indigenous Gaming, Media, Entertainment & Design toi iho, Creative New Zealand Maori Music Case Study of Indigenous Media in the 21st Century Session 2: Indigenous Telecommunications Industry Navajo Nation - Telecommunication Regulatory Commission NN-TRC 10:15am – 10:30am Break 10:30am – 11:45am Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Culture, Traditional Values, Ethics, & Indigenous Entrepreneurship The Fit Between Event and Management Cultural Principle Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship: Ethics & Entrepreneurship Ancient Wisdom in a Knowledge Economy Before and Beyond Sustainability: Valuing and Indigenous Maori Perspective Session 2: Indigenous Media Industry Maori and Pacific Island Communication Koori Mail Newspaper - An Australian Owned Success Story Indigenous TV 12:00pm - 1:30pm Luncheon and Keynote Speaker 2:00pm – 3:15pm Concurrent Sessions Session 1: The Role of Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs Indigenous Health Issues and Indigenous Entrepreneurship Traditional Population: Challenges to Form New Leaderships Promotion and Support in the Health, Eduation and Well Being of Maori women and their Whanau Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs - an Ecuadorean Perspective Session 2: Challenges & Opportunities Facing Indigenous Entrepreneurship Indigenous Business: Profits or Soul Reclaiming Economic Sovereignty: Indigenous Entrepreneurship in the United States Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Latin America - Colombian & Andean Indigenous Groups 3:15pm – 3:30pm Break 3:30pm – 4:45pm Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Indigenous Mining, Fishing, Forestry & Hunting Entrepreneurship Mining Education and Training for Sustainable Indigenous Australian Business Development Multiple Owned Maori Lands: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Indigenous Sustainable Entrepreneurship Indigenous Land and Sea Management and Sustainable Business Development in Northern Australia Western Australian Mining: Carey Mining Session 2: Challenges & Opportunities Facing Indigenous Entrepreneurship Inuit Commercial Caribou Harvest and Processing in Nunavut Indigenous Agricultural Commodity Producers: Case Studies from New Zealand, Canada, and Fiji 8:00pm – 9:30pm Sessions Revisited Thursday, June 22, 2006 9:00am – 10:15am Concurrent Sessions Session 1: The Role of Regional, Federal, & Multilateral Agencies In Promoting Indigenous Entrepreneurship Indigenous Policy and Programs in Australia - Historical Review of their Role in Promoting Indigenous Entrepreneurship Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship in the State of New Mexico IFC & The World Bank: Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship Session 2: Investing In Indigenous Human Capital Teaching and Training Innovation in Indigenous Entrepreneurship 10:15am – 10:30am Break 10:30am – 11:45am Concurrent Sessions Session 1: Sustainable Technologies & Indigenous Entrepreneurship Technology Innovation and Indigenous Entrepreneurship The Triple Helix & Indigenous Entrepreneurship Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Sandia Perspective Fostering Innovation in the Amazon Region: A Brazilian Perspective Session 2: The Role of Regional, Federal, NGOS, & Multilateral Agencies In Promoting Indigenous Entrepreneurship First Nations Collaboration in the Regional Context The Viability of Indigenous Community Housing Organizations in Australia The City of Albuquerque's International Trade Division: A Bridge Between Albuquerque and the Global Marketplace 12:00pm - 1:30pm Luncheon and Keynote Speaker 2:00pm – 3:15pm Concurrent Sessions Case Studies: Indigenous Entrepreneurship Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Membertou First Nation, Nova Scotia, Canada Tjungu Enterprises: Sustainable Indgenous Enterprise Development in Communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands: Central Australia Sustainable Entrepreneurship Among the Quechua People of Bolivia Session 2: Indigenous Entrepreneurship & Enviromentally Friendly Technologies Tuaropaki Geothermal Power Station: Maori Entrepreneurship Water Desalination, Oil & Gas, Mining Remediation Services Fuel Cells: Addressing Indigenous Energy Needs NativeSUN: A Model for Sustainable Solar Electric Systems on Indian Land PV & Indigenous Entrepreneurship 3:15pm – 3:30pm Break 3:30pm – 4:45pm Concurrent Sessions Case Studies: Indigenous Entrepreneurship Convincing Today's Indian Gaming Tribes to Use Native-Owned Enterprises to Provide Promotional Products Custom Apparel Manufacturing and Marketing Services Session 2: Challenges & Opportunities Facing Indigenous Entrepreneurship Sustainable ICT Economic Development Model Ecotourism - A Threat or an Opportunity? Village of Emiliano Zapata, State of Chiapas El Pueblo Shuar, Historia Proceso y Futuro con Un Desarrolo Sustentable y Sostenido Native American Indian Entrepreneurship 6:00pm – 9:30pm Recognition Banquet (c)2005 iibec Some images provided by: