The annual International Small Business Congress (ISBC) will be held in Taipei Oct. 5-7, the ISBC said in a statement released Friday. The congress, now in its 36th year, groups policy makers and participants from around the world in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. This year's conference is expected to draw around 600 delegates from 30 countries, said Robert Sun-quae Lai, director-general of the SME Administration under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The conference focuses on topics that include SME opportunities in responding to changes in the external environment, new business opportunities in the greater China area and innovation in entrepreneurship, he said. Francis Chen, founder of Franz Collection Inc., Sunil Kaushal, CEO of Taiwan Standard Chartered Bank Ltd., and Stanley Au, chairman of the Macau SME Administration, will deliver keynote speeches at the conference, the statement said. Several booths will be set up on the sidelines of the conference to showcase Taiwan's high-quality goods and local specialties, according to the ISBC. 