1- Professor Charles Harvie:

Head, School of Economics,

Director, Center for Small Business and Regional Research
Faculty of Commerce, University of Wollongong

Secretary of Asia Pacific Economic Forum,

Editorial Board Member, International Economics Studies Journal (University of Isfahan University, Iran) Member: Excellence Center of International Economics with Emphasizing Regional Cooperation (University of Isfahan University, Iran)

2- Professor Tran Van Hoa, Research Professor

 Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES), and Director, Vietnam and East Asia Summit Research Program, CSES, Victoria University, Australia

Editorial Board Member, International Economics Studies Journal (University of Isfahan University, Iran) Member: Excellence Center of International Economics with Emphasizing Regional Cooperation (University of Isfahan University, Iran)

At the invitation extended by the University of Tehran (Faculty of Entrepreneurship) and the University of Isfahan (Economics Department and International Economics Forum for Regional Cooperation), Professor Charles Harvie and Professor Tran Van Hoa, paid a visit to Iran which lasted from May 22 to May 29, 2011. During their stay in Iran, they had meetings and Lectures which, inter alia, can be listed as follows:

-Lecture by Professor Tran Van Hoa at the Institute for International Energy Studies affiliated to the Ministry of Oil on:

"The Economic Development and Environmental Pollution"

-Lecture by Professor Charles Harvie at the Institute for Commercial Research on:

"The Role of Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Economic Development"

Both lectures were delivered from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, on Tuesday, May, 24, 2011, followed by a question and answer session.

-Lecture at the Faculty of Entrepreneurship on the "Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Asian Experience" from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, May 26, 2011.  The lecture was attended by a large number of professors, students and entrepreneurs. The topic was broken up into two parts as follows:

-One part for Professor Tran Van Hoa entitled;

"Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Asia"

-The other part for Professor Charles Harvie entitled;

"The Importance of SMEs and their Financing""

The lecture was also followed by a question and answer session in which the questions raised by the audience were answered.