EERS Team · Scientific Council · Past Keynotes

EERS is curated by a permanent team that travels with the school, validated by a standing Scientific Council, and animated by a community of keynote scholars who have shaped the conversation across editions.

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Erik Stam

Utrecht University

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Niels Bosma

Utrecht University

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Didier Chabaud

IAE Paris-Sorbonne

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Christina Theodoraki

IAE Aix-Marseille

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Grégory Guéneau

ADALIA Institute / OSE in Africa

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David B. Audretsch

Indiana University

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Saras Sarasvathy

Darden School of Business

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Erik Stam

Utrecht University

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Karim Messeghem

Université de Montpellier

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Stéphane Foliard

Université Jean Monnet

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Friederike Welter

University of Siegen · IfM Bonn

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Christina Theodoraki

IAE Aix-Marseille

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Norris Krueger

Entrepreneurship Northwest

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Past keynote speakers

16 scholars · 6 editions

Every scholar who has delivered a keynote at an EERS edition. Sorted by number of appearances — most frequent first.

Erik Stam

Utrecht University

Bilbao 2025Stuttgart 2024Paris 2023Utrecht 2022Casablanca 2022★ 5× keynote

Niels Bosma

Utrecht University

Bilbao 2025Stuttgart 2024Paris 2023Utrecht 2022Casablanca 2022★ 5× keynote

Christina Theodoraki

Toulouse Business School

Bilbao 2025Paris 2023Utrecht 2022Casablanca 2022★ 4× keynote

Angelo Cavallo

Politecnico di Milano

Lyon 2025Stuttgart 2024★ 2× keynote

David Audretsch

Indiana University

Paris 2023Utrecht 2022★ 2× keynote

Didier Chabaud

IAE Paris-Sorbonne · University Paris 1

Bilbao 2025Casablanca 2022★ 2× keynote

Grégory Guéneau

ADALIA Institute · OSE in Africa

Bilbao 2025Casablanca 2022★ 2× keynote

Karim Messeghem

University of Montpellier

Stuttgart 2024Paris 2023★ 2× keynote

Bernd Wurth

University of Glasgow

Stuttgart 2024

Frédéric Delmar

emlyon business school

Lyon 2025

Friederike Welter

University of Siegen / IfM Bonn

Stuttgart 2024

Massimo Colombo

Politecnico di Milano

Lyon 2025

Saulo Dubard Barbosa

emlyon business school

Lyon 2025

David B. Audretsch

Indiana University

Mirjam Knockaert

Ghent University

Philip T. Roundy

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga