The conference will gather high-level representatives from European and national administrations, business stakeholders, support services and academia to:explore possibilities on how to improve the support to enterprises or entrepreneurs in distress;create a chance for a re-start of honest failed entrepreneurs and to craft concrete actions based on the results of the conference.The following topics will be addressed in the conference:legal framework of the rescue culture in Europe;entrepreneurship education – preparation for failure;access to finance for a second chance;how to learn from dealing with failure in other areas - aviation-health-nuclear-audit;support /advisory services for failed entrepreneurs;lessons learned from failure and second start – testimonials from entrepreneurs.