09:00 - Side event with SME stakeholders and Ministers

11:30 - Opening Ceremony 

12:30 - Lunch 🍴

14:00 - Enabling SMEs to scale up

15:30 - Official Photo 📷

16:00 - Parallel sessions

• Improving the business environment for SMEs through effective regulation
• Business transfer as an engine for SME growth
• Developing entrepreneurial competencies

Gala Dinner 🥂

09:00 - Enhancing SME access to diversified financing instruments

11:00 - Parallel sessions

• Promoting innovation in established SMEs
• Inclusive entrepreneurship
• Monitoring and evaluation of SME and entrepreneurship programmes

12:30 - Lunch 🍴

14:00 - Fostering greater SME participation in a globally integrated economy

15:30 - Closing session

16:30 - Press Conference 📽️

Workshop on boosting SME productivity

This OECD-INADEM workshop examined the main policy levers for increasing SME productivity by building linkages with other firms, including through digital technologies, supply-chain finance and crowdfunding, cluster development and FDI-SME linkages. 

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 ｜Agenda

Side event on women's entrepreneurship

This interactive workshop explored the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs through a moderated discussion, with time allotted for questions and discussion with the audience. Key issues covered include digitalisation, access to finance and internationalisation.

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🍸 A Cocktail will take place at the Conference venue on 21 February 2018 at 19:00.

🍴 Lunch will be provided on 22-23 February 2018 at the Conference venue.

A Gala Dinner will take place on 22 February 2018 from 19:00-21:00 at the Museo Casa de la Bola.