ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY 2026

26.-27. März 2026, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno

28th International Conference. It crosses traditional discipline boundaries and involves a wide variety of interactions ranging from traditional academic disciplines or schools of thought to the reality of business. Many of the issues discussed provide innovative ideas and combine the best academic thinking with the industry expertise development in financial services, public sector/government, information and communications technologies.

Conference Organization

The conference is held in English. Authors are welcome to submit original and unpublished research papers. Best papers will be invited for a submission to selected journals and Conference Proceedings. The submission of full paper is obligatory for presentation at the ECOS conference. Conference participants are expected to serve as discussants of a paper of another conference participant, but it is not a typical review. You will receive the paper some time ahead to have time to read it and then to encourage the discussion at the conference parallel session.

Conference Outputs

Conference participants will have the opportunity to send their papers presented at the conference for publishing in one of these journals:

Only the high-quality papers successfully passing a review process will be considered for publishing.
All papers must represent original and unpublished work that is not currently under review.

Conference Fields

  • Capital Markets, Corporate Finance & Accounting
  • Corporate Economy & Modern Corporate Governance
  • Cybersecurity as a Pillar of Resilience and Sustainability
  • Digital Transformation and Sustainability
  • Economic Policy
  • EU Investment Competitiveness and Productivity
  • Law and Economics
  • Leadership and Sustainable Workforce
  • Public Finance & Taxes
  • Sustainable Consumer Behaviou

Important Dates

Registration opening: 6. 10. 2025

More information is available in the section Registration & Payment.

Session proposals: 17. 11. 2025

EARLY registration and paper submission deadline: 1. 12. 2025

EARLY notification about acceptance: 11. 12. 2025

EARLY registration payment deadline: 18. 12. 2025

STANDARD registration and paper submission deadline: 12. 1. 2026

STANDARD notification about acceptance: 2. 2. 2026

STANDARD registration payment deadline: 13. 2. 2026

https://ecos.mendelu.cz/