Wednesday 24.9.2025
15:00 – 17:00 Registration BUEM
16:00 – 17:30 Board Meeting BUEM
16:00 – 18:00 Guided City Tour Bratislava, Old Town
Thursday 25.9.2025
08:30 Registration Auditorium, EUBA (entry room)
09:30 – 10:30 Official Opening Auditorium, EUBA
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break Auditorium, EUBA (entry room)
11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Speaker Auditorium, EUBA
- Torben Pedersen: Geopolitical turbulence in the world and companies’ resilience strategies
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break EUBA (new building)
13:30 – 14:45 Expert Panel Auditorium, EUBA
- Internationalization: Slovak Case (Institutional framework and Companies Operations)
- Rastislav Chovanec, State Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovak Republic
- Andrea Krajčíková, Director, Ministry of Economy, Slovak Republic
- Róbert Spišák, Director and Board Member AZC Group
- Peter Rusiňák, Head of BSC Forum
14:45 – 15:15 Coffee Break Auditorium, EUBA entry room
15:15 – 16:30 Keynote Speakers Auditorium, EUBA
- Pervez Ghauri: Is compliance to ESG and SDGs achievable in the new world order.
- Arnold Schuh: IB research on CEE: The end of certainties and the recognition of blind spots
17:00 – 19:00 Reception Auditorium, EUBA
Friday 26.9.2025
08:30 – 09:30 Meet the Editor BUEM
How to publish in AIB journals? Guidance for the authors.
Are you curious about the AIB's three journals? Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Business Policy, and AIB Insights each occupies a specific niche in the ecosystem of international business journals. In this session, you will learn about each of the journals, along with some hints for developing submission-ready manuscripts based on your research.
Elizabeth Rose: Co-Editor-in-Chief of Academy of Management Collections and Review of International Business and Strategy, Deputy Editor of Academy of International Business Insights, and an editor for Journal of International Business Studies.
Desislava Dikova: Editor-in-chief of the Journal of East West Business (published by Taylor Francis), co-editor of AIB Insights, associate editor of the Journal of International Management (published by Elsevier) and area editor of the European Management Review (published by Wiley)
09:30 – 09:45 Coffee Break BUEM
09:45 – 11:15 Conference Tracks #1 (1 & 7 & 11) BUEM
Track #1 Globalization, Integration, Deglobalization, Regionalization: Strategic Perspectives
Matt Rašković, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Zuzana Kittová, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
Track #7 Modernization of the Business Environment in European Countries Under Current Challenges to Ensure Sustainable Economic Growth: Economic and Legal Aspects
Miklós Kozma, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
Mikuláš Sidák, Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia
Martin Klus, Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia
Track #5 Sustainability in the International Business Context
Blaženka Knežević, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Paula Puškárová, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
11:15 – 12:45 Conference Tracks #2 (2 & 8 &12) BUEM
Track #2 International Business Management – Pressing Issues in CEE and Around the Globe
Andreja Jaklič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kristína Drieniková, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
Track #8 FDI in CEE Region: Challenges and Opportunities
Piotr Trąpczyński, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Ninel Seniuk, Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia
Track #12 Internationalization Strategies for MNEs and SMEs: Enhancing Global Competitiveness
Tiia Vissak, University of Tartu, Estonia
Miklos Stocker, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch Break BUEM
13:45 – 15:15 Conference Tracks #3 (3 & 9) BUEM
Track #3 Innovation, Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence in International Business and Marketing
Łukasz Puślecki, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland
Martin Kuchta, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
Track #9 Slovak and European Business Environment: Regional Value-Chain Specifics, Business Perspective on Upcoming Changing Environment
Michal Fabuš, Bratislava University of Economics and Management, Slovakia
Mário Lelovský, Slovak IT Association, Slovakia
15:15 – 16:45 Conference Tracks #4 (6 & 10) BUEM
Track #6 CEE-China Business Cooperation Under the Silk Road Framework
Michał Lemański, Wu Vienna, Austria
Hu Shangui, Ningbo University of Finance and Economics, China
Track #10 General Track on Topics
Krzysztof Wach, Krakow University of Economics, Poland
Anabela Luptáková, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee Break BUEM
17:00 – 18:30 Conference Tracks #5 (4 & 5) BUEM
Track #4 International Finance: Contemporary Challenges
Inna Romānova, University of Latvia, Latvia
Tomáš Výrost, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
Track #11 Teaching International Business in a Changing Global Environment
Agnieszka Głodowska, Krakow University of Economics, Poland
Ľubica Zubáľová, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
17:00 – 19:00 Paper Development Workshop (TBC)* BUEM
AIB Insights: Elizabeth Rose, Deputy Editor
Journal of East-West Business: Desislava Dikova
*This session is open only to authors who have submitted their papers in advance and were accepted for the
workshop. The PDW will focus on discussing and developing pre-submitted extended abstracts (100 words max), aiming toward submission to and publication in the journal.
18:30 – 19:30 Glass of Wine
19:30 Closing Ceremony BUEM
Program may change.
