BUSINESS TRENDS 2026

12th – 13th November 2026, Plzeň (CZ)

Faculty of Economics, University of West Bohemia

The conference will be held in the following sections:

1. Trends in marketing, trade and tourism
2. Innovative and sustainable approaches in business and management
3. Financial management, accounting and the use of quantitative methods in the business environment
4. Digital transformation, AI and data in organisations and education
5. Public sector, sustainability and regional development

Conference outputs

Papers that successfully pass the peer review process will be published in the conference proceedings, or the journal Business Trends indexed in the ERIH+ database. The Conference Scientific Committee recommends submitting the conference proceedings for indexing in the WOS database. Papers written in English are preferred for publication in the conference proceedings. The Conference Scientific Committee will decide where the papers will be published. Authors may indicate the preferred location of the article (in the proceedings or the journal) when submitting the paper in the Editor’s Comments window.

Conference fee

Early Bird payment – received until 30th September 2026:
CZK 6 250 / EUR 250
CZK 5 000 / EUR 200 (for PhD students)*

Regular payment – received after 30th September 2026:
CZK 7 250 / EUR 290
CZK 6 000 / EUR 240 (for PhD students)*

*Ph.D. student as the participant is required to send the scanned copy of their valid confirmation of study to tvp@fek.zcu.cz before making the payment of the reduced student participation fee.

Deadlines for new registrations.

Registration (authors) deadline: 1st June – 2nd September 2026

Abstract submission deadline: 2nd September 2026

Paper submission deadline: 16th September 2026
Registration (without paper, co-authors) deadline: 30th September 2026
Payment of conference fee: 30th September 2026

https://www.tvp.zcu.cz/en