CYBF to Represent Canada at Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Dubai, UAE

More than 100 countries to participate

March 9, 2010, TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) has been invited to participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from March 9th – 11th. The congress is an international gathering of leaders building an unprecedented movement of future entrepreneurs.

This historic international event, hosted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), brings together VIP delegates from more than 100 countries to discuss the necessary advancement of entrepreneurship and Global Entrepreneurship Week, which takes places November 15th – 21st, 2010.

The event will feature an extraordinary roster of speakers including: Sarah, The Duchess of York, H.E. Nika Gilauri, Prime Minister of Georgia, Carl Schramm, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation USA, leading worldwide entrepreneurs, esteemed journalists, and high-profile educators from Yale, Wharton, Stanford, Aston and Harvard Business Schools.

"Entrepreneurship is a vital component to both Canada and the world’s economies," said Vivian Prokop, Chief Executive Officer of CYBF. “We are honoured to be included in this momentous global and innovative discussion with other esteemed entrepreneurial delegates. By taking an active role in the encouragement and promotion of entrepreneurship on a national and international level, Canada can continue to grow and flourish on the world stage.”

CYBF is the official Canadian Host of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), a movement to inspire millions of people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. GEW Canada connects hundreds of organizations to champion a culture of entrepreneurship and mentoring, through local, national and global initiatives. GEW will engage students, educators, young adults, entrepreneurs, business leaders, mentors, employees, non-profit leaders, corporations, governments, and others to participate in a wide range of programs and events celebrating entrepreneurship from cost to coast.

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About The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF)
The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is a national charity dedicated to growing our nation’s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring, to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business.

Founded in 1996, CYBF has invested to date in more than 3,500 young entrepreneurs, whose businesses have generated more than $96 million in tax revenue and hundreds of millions in sales and export revenues, and created more than 16,900 new jobs. Through CYBF’s national network of community partners, we are able to deliver our program coast to coast with more than 3,100 volunteers across Canada.

For more information on CYBF, please visit www.cybf.ca.

Media Contact:
Lori Paris, Senior Manager, Media Relations and Communications,
Canadian Youth Business Foundation
416 408-2923 ext 2120 / lparis@cybf.ca

The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is the ‘go to’ place for youth entrepreneurship. As a national charity, we are dedicated to growing our nation’s economy one young entrepreneur at a time. We look at character not collateral, when providing youth, age 18-34, with pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring, to help them launch and sustain a successful entrepreneurial business.