Scope
The overall objectives of the conference are to advance the theory and practice of Business Sustainability, implementation and promotion of practices in companies towards sustainability across multiple dimensions on all organisational levels, from strategic management to operational levels, in every type of business and for every company’s function.
To bridge the gaps between theory and practice, between academia and companies, between abstract and real worlds, and to bring people in the centre, as a critical success factor towards business sustainability.
Topics


10th International Conference on
BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY 2026
Management, Technology and Learning for Individuals, Organisations and Society in Turbulent Environments
25 - 27 November 2026
Portugal
Scientific Committee
Conference Chairs
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Goran D. Putnik, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Paulo Ávila, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
Honorary Scientific Committee
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Angappa Gunasekaran, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth (USA)
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Duc Pham, University of Birmingham (UK
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John W. Sutherland, Purdue University (USA)
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Manoj K. Tiwari, Indian Institute of Management Mumbai - IIM (India)
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Michael Abramovici, Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)
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Roberto Teti, University of Naples Federico II (Italy)
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Stephen Newman, University of Bath (UK)
Scientific Committee
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Allessandro Simeone, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
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Andreas Riel, Grenoble Alps University (France)
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Ang Liu, University of New South Wales (Australia)
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Ansari Fazel, Fraunhofer Austria (Austria)
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Antonio Caetano Monteiro, Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
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Aydin Nassehi, University of Bristol (UK)
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Bogdan Epureanu, University of Michigan (USA)
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Carina Pimentel, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Catalin Amza, University Politehnica of Bucharest (Romania)
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Catia Alves, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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Chandima Ratnayake, University of Stavanger (Norway)
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Claudio Alves, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Dario Antonelli, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
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Dimitris Mourtzis, University of Patras (Greece)
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Dinis Carvalho, Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
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Doriana D'Addona, University of Naples Federico II (Italy)
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Elisa Verna, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
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Emmanuel Francalanza, University of Malta (Malta)
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Erwin Rauch, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italia)
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Fei Tao, Beihang University (China)
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Fernando Romero, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Gözde Yangınlar, Istanbul Ticaret University (Turkey)
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Hélio Castro, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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Jayakrishna Kandasamy, VIT University, Vellore (India)
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Jose Rodrigues, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
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Jozsef Vancza, MTA SZTAKI (Hungary)
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Kirsten Tracht, University of Bremen (Germany)
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Klaus Schützer, Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (Brazil)
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Leonilde Varela, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Luis Ferreira, Politécnico do Cavado e do Ave (Portugal)
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Manuela Cunha, Politécnico do Cavado e do Ave (Portugal)
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Maria-Chiara Magnanini, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
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Markus Brillinger, FH Joanneum - University of Applied Science (Austria)
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Miguel Cavique, Escola Naval - Base Naval de Lisboa (Portugal)
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Mihalache Ghinea, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest (Romania)
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Miladin Stefanovic, University of Kragujevac (Serbia)
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Nariaki Nishino, The University of Tokyo (Japan)
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Natasha Sacks, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
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Nguyen Thi Duc Nguyen, HCMC University of Technology (Vietnam)
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Nikolaos Papakostas, University College Dublin (Ireland)
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Olga Battaia, KEDGE Business School (France)
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Paula Varandas Ferreira, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Paulo Sampaio, Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
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Pedro Pinheiro, ALGORITMI Center, Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
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Roberto Toledo, School of Engineering of Federal Fluminense University (Brazil)
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Sasa Zivanovic, University of Belgrade (Serbia)
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Satish Bukkapatnam, Texas A&M University (USA)
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Sebastian Thiede, University of Twente (The Netherlands)
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Sérgio Sousa, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Shreyes Melkote, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
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Slavisa Moljevic, University of East Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Sotiris Makris, University of Patras (Greece)
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Vaibhav Shah, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Vijaya Kumar Manupati, Indian Institute of Management Mumbai - IIM (India)
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Virgilio Cruz Machado, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
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Vladimír Modrák, Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia)