Thanks to Anne Smith and Geoff Whittam from Glasgow Caledonian University for organising a great trip to Islay for the 13th Rural Entrepreneurship Conference. Thinking about the challenges of service provision, innovation and enterprise whilst on a remote island raised a number of important issues with a continuing theme concerning the role that local communities play in sustaining their local economies.
Next year the conference moves to Lincoln where social entrepreneurship will be one of our key themes. Other themes will include farming, tourism and the role of technology in rural economies…watch this space for a detailed call for abstracts in the Autumn.
