IUB to host ICEBTM 2025 on sustainability-focused industry trends

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) will host the International Conference on Economics, Business and Technology Management (ICEBTM 2025) on 14–15 November 2025 at The Westin Dhaka, focusing on 'Sustainability-Focused Industry Trends in Global Research'.

Organised by IUB's School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE), the two-day conference will bring together more than three hundred participants from over twelve countries—including the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia and the UAE—alongside researchers, academics, industry leaders and policymakers to discuss current developments in economics, business and technology management.

Keynote speakers include Professor Jonathan Liu (UK), Professor Rajah Rasiah (Malaysia), Professor Dr Maniam Kaliannan (Malaysia), Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman (BRAC, Bangladesh) and Dr Ahmad Ahsan (Policy Research Institute, Bangladesh).

Industry leaders delivering special talks to link research with practice include 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).

The programme features sessions on economics, entrepreneurship, green business, human resource management, technology management and Industry 4.0, alongside a PhD colloquium, poster presentations and 'Meet the Journal Editors' panels. Accepted papers will be published in Scopus-indexed journals and in the conference proceedings.

Academic partners include 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.

Mr Didar A Husain, Chairman, Board of Trustees, IUB, is the Chief Patron; Professor M Tamim, Vice-Chancellor, is the Patron; Professor Dr Raisul Awal Mahmood, Dean, SBE, IUB, is the Honorary General Chair; and Professor Dr Md Mamun Habib, Head of the Department of General Management, IUB, is the General Chair of the conference.