The Seventh international conference held under the title 'Entrepreneur-ship Teaching, Research and Practice in Global Environment – Building Bridges' in June 2016 strengthened and developed further the established tradition of high professional level and excellent atmosphere for networking. There are several moments that featured 2016 conference:
- The enrichment of the countries and continents of origin of the participants – among which we would mention China, Pakistan, South Africa, Colombia, Puerto Rico;
- The extremely strong composition of the keynote speakers from several continents;
- Organisation of new seminars in the frames of the conference: for PhD students and research publications led by Prof. David Smallbone and seminar on incubators and technoparks led by Prof. Herbert Chen;
- The 'traditional' round table "science – practice" led by Prof. Ken O'Neill, Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development at University of Ulster, UK.
Besides the plenary session, high professional level was shown in different sections, which discussed problems and solutions on the subject of the conference. In addition to the publications in this Proceedings some selected papers have been directed for publication in the International Review of Entrepreneurship (IRE).
By the opinion of the majority of the participants, BAMDE Conference in 2016 was a desirable professional and informal event with its own distinctive characteristics. That's why many participants are fans of the BAMDE Conference from many years.