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Welcome Message
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT) 2025, co-hosted by the School of Business, University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh; Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Weiden Business School and Institute of Psychological & Behavioral Science, Germany. ICBT 2025 is more than a conference; it is a platform for academic dialogue and collaboration, where we collectively explore the vital interplay between business and technology in achieving sustainable development. This year’s theme underscores the critical importance of innovation and adaptability in addressing the multifaceted global challenges of our time.
Over the course of these two days, September 20-21, 2025, we will delve into thought-provoking discussions, insightful research, and practical solutions, focusing on how businesses and technological advancements can synergize to tackle pressing economic, environmental, and social issues. The program features a diverse lineup of esteemed speakers, engaging presentations, and interactive sessions, all designed to inspire meaningful exchange and collaboration among academicians, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
We cordially invite you to contribute to the conference by submitting full-length research paper/case in any branch of business and economics. Some scholarships in the form of travel grant may be provided to the foreign contributors/participants. Interested foreign participants may also join for a two-night and three-day trip to Cox’s Bazar (longest sea beach) on September 22-23, 2025.
Together, let us push the boundaries of knowledge and forge pathways for sustainable progress in the fields of business and technology. Welcome to ICBT 2025—we are delighted to have you with us!
About the Conference
The conference highlights the critical need for innovation and adaptability in the face of evolving global challenges. It focuses on how businesses and technological advancements can work in synergy to address emerging economic, environmental, and social issues. The conference seeks to explore cutting-edge research, disruptive technologies, and sustainable strategies that empower organizations to thrive in an era of rapid change.
The conference aims to bring together academicians, researchers, experienced practitioners, and policymakers to examine current problems, trends, and challenges in business and technology in the 21st century. By way of rigorous academic debate and discussion as well as challenging presentations, ICBT 2025 aims to help generate concrete insights and impactful policy solutions.
We gladly invite you to contribute to the conference by submitting full-length research papers/ extended abstracts related to any areas of Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, Banking and Insurance, Technology and Human Interaction, Capital Market, Supply Chain Management, Fintech, SME Development, and Development Economics.
Department of Acc, Finance & Economics
Ulster University, UK
Department of Economics and Finance
University of New Orleans, USA
Weiden Business School
Vice President
Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany
Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
Alliance Manchester Business School
University of Manchester, UK
Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Faculty of Accountancy
Director, Accounting Research Institute
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
IN A SESSION ON
"RESEARCH IN FINANCE"
Chair in Financial Management
Department of Accounting and Finance
Leeds University Business School, UK
Director, Hawkes Centre for Empirical Finance
Swansea University School of Management, UK
Accounting and Corporate Governance
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
The conference will cover all aspects of Business and Technology (not limited to) specific as follows:
- Corporate social responsibility reporting and investment decision-making
- Earnings management and financial statement reliability
- Ethics and financial reporting
- Financial reporting
- Financial reporting standards (IFRS) on financial statement quality
- Forensic accounting and fraud
- Management of public sector corporations
- Sustainable accounting
- The impact of artificial intelligence on financial reporting and auditing
- AI and machine learning in capital markets
- Bond markets
- Capital markets and technology
- Corporate disclosure and market performance and development
- Derivatives and futures markets
- Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in capital markets
- Macro-economic environment and capital market development
- Market liquidity and efficiency
- Regulation, technology, and efficiency
- Regulatory effectiveness and stock market stability
- Stock market efficiency
- Sustainable bonds: The rise of green bonds
- Access to finance and adaptation
- Climate change and adaptation
- Climate change and migration
- Climate change literacy and adaptation
- Climate financing without deprioritizing other key development issues
- Climate risk insurance
- Economic consequences of climate change
- Modelling climate change into sustainable development scenarios
- Private capital mobilization
- Sustainable finance
- Climate change: mitigation and adaptation
- Agriculture
- Corruption and economic growth in developing countries
- Education
- Employment
- Environmental sustainability and economic growth
- Financial inclusion, poverty, and development
- Food and nutrition insecurity, and social protection
- Health
- Inequality or inclusive growth
- Migration
- Monetary policy
- Political economy of growth and development
- Poverty
- Rapid technological change: transformative and disruptive consequences
- Remittances and development
- Asset management
- Banking and bank crisis
- Banking and regulation
- Behavioral asset pricing
- Behavioral corporate finance
- Behavioral finance
- Biases and heuristics
- Commercial banking
- Corporate finance
- Equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Financial analysts
- Financial behavior
- Financial markets
- Financial planning and advisory
- Hedge funds
- International finance
- Investment banking
- Investment decisions
- Managerial biases
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Political environment
- Private equity and venture capital
- Quantitative finance
- Retail investors
- Social and behavioral corporate finance
- Sociology of finance
- Sustainability
- AI and machine learning in fintech
- Blockchain development and financial system
- Digital payments and financial inclusion
- Fintech and banking transformation
- Fintech and cybersecurity
- Fintech regulations and challenges
- Future development of fintech and global financial system
- Impact of cryptocurrency
- Sustainable fintech and green finance
- Adapting and managing change in the 21st century
- Effective leadership and management systems
- HR management and remote workers
- HR management and the workplace
- Acceptance and resistance of new technologies
- AI and decision-making
- Digital behavioral design / persuasive technologies
- Human-AI collaboration
- Technology-based behavioral changes
- Culture and conflict management
- Healthcare management and effective leadership
- Organizational behavior and leadership
- Strategic management roles in conflict resolution
- The impact of environmental issues on business management
- The roles and impact of artificial intelligence on project and organizational management
- Branding
- Consumer decision-making
- Design science research (product development based on consumer needs)
- Digital marketing (digital humanities)
- Emotion-driven marketing and advertising development
- Green marketing
- Marketing automation development via AI
- Marketing science
- Nudging and boosting
- Sustainable consumption
- Digital transformation of microfinance
- Extreme poverty alleviation and microfinance
- Microfinance and economic resilience
- Over-debt and microfinance
- Role of microfinance in micro and small business development
- Role of microfinance in socio-economic adaptation of climate change
- Social business
- Socio-economic impacts of microfinance
- Sustainability of microfinance institutions
- Technology, sustainability, and social impacts
- Transformation of microfinance institutions
- Women empowerment through microfinance
- Effects of IT on supply chain management
- High credibility and mutual trust in supply chain management
- Impact of globalization and digital revolution on the supply chain
- Lean management and organizational efficiency
- Sustainability of the global supply chain
- The role of services and products in operations management
- AI adaptation (corporate culture)
- AI-based recruitment
- Biases in decision-making
- Digital transformation
- Diversity management
- Future skills
- Leadership in cyber-physical realities
- Consumer behavior in insurance product selection and the role of digital channels
- Effectiveness of risk assessment models in insurance underwriting
- Effect of regulatory changes on insurance product offerings
- Impact of technology adoption on insurance pricing and risk management
- Insurtech innovations and competitive dynamics in insurance markets
- Role of insurance in financial stability and economic development
- Access to finance and SME development
- Adoption of technology in SME development
- Cluster development
- Fiscal and monetary policies in SME development
- Linkage between small, medium, and large enterprises
- Productivity and SMEs
- Social business and entrepreneurship
- Women entrepreneurship development
Submission of Abstract
by June 20, 2025
Decision of acceptance
by June 22, 2025
Submission of full paper
by August 31, 2025
Registration Opens
April 30, 2025
Registration Closes
August 31, 2025
Early bird registration with 25% discount : by June 20, 2025