Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) will host the International Conference on Economics, Business and Technology Management (ICEBTM 2025) on November 14–15 at The Westin Dhaka.
The theme this year is “Sustainability-Focused Industry Trends in Global Research.”
Organised by IUB’s School of Business & Entrepreneurship (SBE), the two-day gathering is expected to draw more than 300 scholars and industry leaders from Bangladesh and over a dozen other countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
Keynote speakers include Prof. Jonathan Liu (UK), Prof. Rajah Rasiah (Malaysia), Prof. Dr. Maniam Kaliannan (Malaysia), Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman (BRAC, Bangladesh), and Dr. Ahmad Ahsan (Policy Research Institute, Bangladesh).
Industry leaders such as Dr. Derek Westfall (Boeing, USA), Dr. Ben Bvepfepfe (UK), Syed Nasim Manzur (Apex), A.S.M. Mainuddin Monem (Abdul Monem Ltd.), A. Matin Chowdhury (New Asia Ltd.), Abdul Hai Sarker (Dhaka Bank PLC), and Niaz Rahim (Rahimafrooz Bangladesh Ltd.) will deliver special addresses connecting research with industrial practice.
ICEBTM 2025 will feature multiple sessions covering economics, entrepreneurship, green business, human resource management, technology management, and Industry 4.0, along with a PhD colloquium, poster presentations, and "Meet the Journal Editors" panels. Accepted research papers will be published in Scopus-indexed journals and the conference proceedings.
The conference is supported by global academic partners, including the University of Texas at Arlington, University of Malaya, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Shinawatra University, TIIKM, and the Australia International Collaborative Research Organisation. Corporate partners include Apex, Guardian Life, New Asia, Dhaka Bank, Rahimafrooz, ACI, Brand Forum, and The Westin Dhaka.
Didar A Husain, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, IUB, serves as the Chief Patron of the conference. Prof. M. Tamim, Vice Chancellor, is the Patron; Prof. Dr. Raisul Awal Mahmood, Dean of SBE, IUB, is the Honorary General Chair; and Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Head of the Department of General Management, IUB, is the General Chair of ICEBTM 2025.
