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ICOME 2025

Fourth International
Conference on
Management and Entrepreneurship

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31 May 2025

“Shaping the Future: Innovation, Leadership and Entrepreneurial Excellence”

The Faculty of Management Studies proudly presents the 4th International Conference on Management and Entrepreneurship (ICOME 2025) under the theme “Shaping the Future: Innovation, Leadership, and Entrepreneurial Excellence,” scheduled to be held on 11th September 2025. This conference aims to bring together academics, researchers, and industry professionals to discuss emerging trends and advancements in management and entrepreneurship.

The event will cover five key tracks, namely, Accounting, Finance, and Banking; Work, Organization, and Digital Society; Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and Tourism; Human Resource Management and Best Practices; and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In addition, ICOME 2025 will feature several interactive sessions, including the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Doctoral Colloquium, Industrial Forum Committee, Mini Symposium, and Business Idea Pitching Competition, providing a platform for knowledge exchange, industry collaboration, and innovative discussions. We invite scholars and practitioners to participate in shaping the future of management and entrepreneurship through this dynamic and intellectually enriching event.

Objectives

To bring local and foreign researchers and practitioners to a common forum to share and disseminate knowledge on current developments and insights in Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

To strengthen the scholarly and professional network among researchers.

To underpin the need for collaboration and cooperation of individuals from a wide range of professional backgrounds in Business Management and Entrepreneurship to contribute for a sustainable future.

Target presenters and participants

Local and foreign scholars, academics, professionals, practitioners and policy makers in Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

Work, Organization and Digital Society

International Trade

Business Law

Ethics and Contemporary Issues in Management

Accounting, Finance, and Banking

Accounting, Finance and Banking

Financial Innovations 

Financial Literacy

Financial Econometrics

Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and Tourism

Marketing Management

Tourism and Hospitality Management

Supply Chain Management

Human Resource Management and Best Practices

Innovative HR Strategies and Organizational Adaptability

HR Accounting and HR Analytics

Human Resource Management

Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Innovation

Entrepreneurship

Important Dates

Make your plan

           Calling for full papers               

           Deadline of full paper submission

           Full paper acceptance notification

  02nd April 2025

  31st May 2025

  30th July 2025

Final paper submission Deadline

Deadline for Early bird registration

Deadline for Registration

31st July 2025

14th August 2025

31st August 2025

conference Venue

It is with great pride that we reflect on the success of our International Conference on Management and Entrepreneurship (ICOME). Following the success of ICOME 2022 and ICOME 2023, held virtually and recognized globally, ICOME 2024 will take place on October 3rd, 2024, in a hybrid mode, offering both virtual and in-person participation at Cewas.

Center for Water Supply and Sanitation (Cewas), serves as the external arm of the National Water Supply and Drainage Board. Located in the tranquil Bolgoda plains, at No. 10, Egodahena Road, Rathmalana.

Cewas boasts state-of-the-art conferencing facilities, including a modern auditorium,  conference halls, classroom setups, a board room, computer labs and a spacius on-site cafeteria. For in-house sessions, Cewas provides comfortable accommodation with 18 rooms. The center also features a well-equipped gymnasium, a library, and parking facilities.

We at the Faculty of Management Studies are committed to delivering an outstanding conference experience by partnering with Cewas. Join us at ICOME 2024 for a unique blend of professional engagement and serene surroundings at Cewas.

Important Dates

Calling for full papers

03rd May 2024

Deadline of full paper submission

15th June 2024

Full paper acceptance notification

30th June 2024

Final paper submission

20th July 2024

Early bird registration

05th August 2024

Late registration

05th September 2024

Key speakers

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Gerasimos Balis

Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Dr Geraimos Balis is a PGR Director at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the University of Bristol. He brings together and supports a diverse group of experienced researchers working on exciting projects. This ranges from creating university spinout companies and boosting financial resilience through community research to promoting female entrepreneurship in tech, empowering communities through social entrepreneurship, enhancing nursing entrepreneurship competencies, and helping companies achieve top performance with strategic entrepreneurship. He is an expert in Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking, and Systems Thinking, and his teaching is fueled by his research on Service Design for Entrepreneurship, where he looks at how design tools and a service-focused mindset can help entrepreneurs learn faster and achieve greater success.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Alvise Favotto

Adam Smith Business School University of Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Dr. Alvise Favotto is the Deputy Director of Internationalization at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. His research focuses on management control and governance systems, with a particular emphasis on corporate social responsibility and labor relations. As an expert in Management Control Systems, Corporate Accountability, Social and Environmental Accounting, Corporate Political Activity, Labor Rights, and Public Good. He has been the recipient of several prestigious research grants, including the CoSS Strategic Research Fund for Financial Education in Scotland, the Leverhulme Trust grant for Responsible Lobbyists: Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy. With 17 publications in world-ranked journals and five book chapters, Dr. Favotto’s work continues to shape discussions on corporate governance, sustainability, and ethical business practices.

present your doctoral study

We Welcome all doctoral candidates within the wider field of Management and Entrepreneurship from around the World to the virtual platform of  04 th International Conference on Management and Entrepreneurship (ICOME 2025). The overall aim of the Doctoral Colloquium is to connect doctoral students to the wider research community. The Doctoral Colloquium will be highly interactive where you will meet young Doctoral students, peer researchers who have just finished their PhDs, and more experienced scholars. So, you are warmly welcome to share your Doctoral experiences and reflect your motivation then get feedback on your research questions, related theories, methods, and outcomes.

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a highly recognized international research communication competition developed by The University of Queensland (UQ) in 2008. The Virtual 3MT of the ICOME 2025 challenges active PhD/MPhil/DBA candidates who have successfully passed their confirmation milestone (including candidates whose thesis is under submission) to present a captivating oral presentation on their higher degree research concisely in just 3 minutes using a single presentation slide.

Do you Accept the challenge?

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration

USD 80 :Foreign Presenter/Participant

LKR 4000 :Local Presenter/Participant

LKR2000 :Local Student Presenter/Participant 

USD 100 :(Foreign) Doctoral Colloquium

LKR 5000 :(Local) Doctoral Colloquium

USD 100 :(Foreign) 3MT

LKR 5000 :(Local) 3MT

Regular Registration

Foreign Presenter/Participant:  USD 100

Local Presenter/Participant: LKR 5000

Local Student Presenter/Participant : LKR2500

Doctoral Colloquium (Foreign): USD 120

Doctoral Colloquium (Local): LKR 6000

3MT (Foreign): USD 120

3MT (Local): LKR 6000

Note: If an author presents multiple papers half the cost will be charged starting from the second paper.

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird Registration

Foreign Participant: USD 100

Local Participant: LKR 5000

Student Participant (Local): LKR 2000

Doctoral Colloquium(Foreign) :USD 100

Doctoral Colloquium (Local) : LKR 5000

3MT (Foreign): USD 100

3MT(Local): LKR 5000

Regular Registration

Foreign Participant:  USD 120

Local Participant: LKR 6000

Student Participant Local: LKR2500

Doctoral Colloquium (Foreign): USD 120

Doctoral Colloquium (Local): LKR 6000

3MT (Foreign): USD 120

3MT (Local): LKR 6000

Note: If an author presents multiple papers half the cost will be charged starting from the second paper.

Publications Opportunities

icome 2025

The research papers submitted and presented at the conference will be considered for publication after the peer review process in international journals and local journals such as Sri Lanka Journal of Management Studies and Management Issues published by the Faculty of Management Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka

The conference proceedings are peer-reviewed and published with ISSN by the Faculty of Management Studies, The Open University of Sri Lanka.

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