Welcome

CALL FOR PAPERS ARE OPEN.  Click here to go to the submission page.

REGISTRATION ARE NOW OPEN!  Click here to register on-line.

Kia ora! Welcome to the USE2013 website

USE2013’s Conference Organising Committee warmly invites you to participate in the second Understanding Small Enterprises (USE) conference to be held in Nelson, New Zealand from 19-22 February 2013.  

Massey University and AUT University are excited to be jointly hosting this special event to follow-on from the inaugural USE conference held in Denmark in 2009 that focused on ‘Understanding Small Enterprises’.

USE conferences provide a forum to enhance understanding of small enterprises and have a unique focus on the well-being of both people and business. USE2013 will focus on sharing knowledge about transforming understanding of small enterprises into practice to help create healthy working lives in healthy businesses. This is reflected in USE2013’s conference theme: From USE to action: transforming our understanding of small enterprises into practise to create healthy working lives in healthy businesses.

USE2013 will offer a friendly, relaxed setting for you to develop and share your research and experiences, rekindle networks and make new friends and research partners. We welcome cross-disciplinary participants with an interest in small businesses, particularly quality of working life and work environment, including: academics, researchers, practitioners, consultants, owners and managers of small enterprises, social partners, government officials and policy makers.  

The Call for Papers is now open and we invite you to submit an abstract for the presentation of papers or posters. For those who would like to set aside time to focus on a particular topic or theme, we welcome abstracts proposing sessions: workshops, roundtable discussions, special sessions and special streams.

We also invite you to take time out to explore the host city of Nelson and beyond. Nelson is a picturesque and vibrant seaside city with a ‘small town’ charm and is renowned for its arts scene and alfresco dining. Often referred to as the ‘sunshine city’, Nelson’s climate is ideal for exploring the region’s sandy beaches and mountain wilderness. As the gateway to three national parks, we hope you will take this opportunity to extend your stay and enjoy this beautiful region at the height of the ‘kiwi summer’.

On behalf of USE2013’s Conference Organising Committee, we look forward to welcoming you to sunny Nelson!  If you would like to download our latest flyer, please click here.

Professor Stephen Legg
Chair of USE2013 Conference Organising Committee