"Innovations to Tackle GlobalSustainability Challenges" Conference
May 15-17, 2025 | Bloomington, Indiana
Submission Deadline: Feb 1, 2025
We are excited to announce the 3rd Biennial "Innovations to Tackle Global Sustainability Challenges" Conference, co-organized by the Centers for International Business Education and Research at Indiana University, The George Washington University, and Georgia Institute of Technology.
Conference Overview
The purpose of this annual conference is to bring together active and leading scholars worldwide to share their research on important emerging concepts, themes, and methodologies on the topic of global sustainability. We hope that, by forming this leading community of global sustainability researchers, the conference will strengthen international business scholarship in sustainability-related areas; foster thought-provoking interdisciplinary discussions; engage dialogues between scholars and society including practitioners, and educators; and contribute frontier insights to addressing global sustainability challenges.
Conference Format and Accommodations
The conference will be held on the campus of Indiana University – Bloomington (ranked #1 The Most Beautiful College Campus for 2024 by bestvalueschools.org), May 15 to 17, 2025.
The tentative program includes:
- Thursday evening: Check-in
- Friday: Full-day conference sessions
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- Paper presentations will include conceptual papers, and empirical papers presenting quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Panel discussion will include thought leaders and practitioner experts on selected topics
- Friday evening: Group dinner
- Saturday: Full-day conference sessions
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- Paper presentations will include conceptual papers, and empirical papers presenting quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Panel discussion will include thought leaders and practitioner experts on selected topics
- Afternoon: Paper development workshop and teaching workshop
For the accepted proposals, we will cover the hotel costs for two nights for one person per proposal. More co-authors per team are welcome to join, but they will need to cover their own hotel expenses.
Conference Awards
Three awards will be given out: Young Scholar Best Paper Award, Best Phenomena-based Paper, and Best Conference Paper. Please visit our website to learn more.
Submission Procedure
Authors who wish to present their papers at the conference should submit a max. 7-page (single-spaced) proposal through our online submission portal by Feb 1, 2025. Results will be notified by February 15, 2025.
For questions regarding the conference research program, please contact the conference Co-Chairs:
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Stephanie Wang
Research Program Co-Chair
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Joel Joel Gehman
Research Program Co-Chair
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Zolboo Dashmyagmar
Teaching Program Co-Chair
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Britt Rust
Conference Logistics Co-Chair
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Yejee Lee
Doctoral Student
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington IN
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