 sebi to host inaugural entrepreneurship and innovation conference sebi to host inaugural entrepreneurship and innovation conference sebi to host inaugural entrepreneurship and innovation conference webmaster tue 5222018 19 the school of entrepreneurship and business innovation sebi university of guyana is set to host its first entrepreneurship and innovation conference titled economic transformation through entrepreneurship innovation  the conference will be held from may 2022 at the ramada georgetown princess hotel the event is intended to bring together academic scholars practitioners and policymakers to examine how entrepreneurship has and can continue to support economic transformation in a developing economy the conference will provide an opportunity to share knowledge and experiences of researchers and practitioners in understanding the importance of entrepreneurship to the future of guyana the event is a collaboration between sebi the ministry of business and small business bureau several public and private entities have shown their support for the conference through sponsorship among those are telephone giant guyana telephone and telegraph company institute of private enterprise development ground structure engineering and consultants inc grace kennedy go invest guyana bank for trade and industry limited caribbean containers republic bank bazilio cobb associates exxon mobil guyana ministry of business small business bureau demerara bank wt george co and ministry of education the sebi inaugural entrepreneurship and innovation conference will not only set the environment to advance discussions around entrepreneurship and innovation it will also give local entrepreneurs the opportunity to exhibit their products and services and a business pitch competition has also been added to the programme registration for the conference can be done at the ug bursary berbice campus citizens bank or online at entrepreneurshipconferenceuogedugy   contact sebi on  tel 5922224932 5926230926 email  sebi uogedugy ug in brief with a current enrollment of some 8000 students the university of guyana ug has graduated more than 20000 students who have gone on to successful careers locally regionally and internationally the university is also a major contributor to the national economy and to business and industry established in 1963 on a parttime basis with shared space at queens college ug moved to its own campus at turkeyen in 1970 and expanded in 2000 with the addition of the tain campus it now offers more than 60 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes including engineering environmental studies forestry urban planning and management business entrepreneurship tourism studies education creative arts economics law medicine optometry and nursing several online programmes are available and ug also offers extramural classes at four locations through its institute of distance and continuing education idce the ug also offers the opportunity for student engagement in debating sports and cultural religious and professional activities public relations division may 15 2018 press release inaugural entrepreneurship conference sebi 