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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Alzira Mota, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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Américo Azevedo, University of Porto (Portugal)
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Ana Póvoa, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal)
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Ana Ramos, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
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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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António Abreu, ISEL, Polytechnic of Lisbon (Portugal)
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António Almeida, INESC TEC (Portugal)
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Antonio Caetano Monteiro, Universidade do Minho (Portugal)
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Antonio Duarte Santos, Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa (Portugal)
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Antonio Grieco, University of Salento (Italy)
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António Travieso - Rodriguez, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (Spain)
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Armando Antonialli, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar (Brasil)
Aydin Nassehi, University of Bristol (UK) -
Barbara Lyonnet, Institut d'Economie et Management de Nantes (France)
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Beatriz Jiménez-Parra, Universidad de León (Spain)
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Benny Tjahjono, Coventry University (United Kingdom)
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Bogdan Epureanu, University of Michigan (USA)
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Carina Pimentel, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Carlos Vaz de Carvalho, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (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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Daniel Jurburg, Universidad de Montevideo (Uruguay)
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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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Francisco Pinto, Lusófona University (Portugal)
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Gerald Feikhtinger, Tecknical University of Leoben, Austria
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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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Igor Balaz, University of Novi Sad (Serbia)
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Jayakrishna Kandasamy, VIT University, Vellore (India)
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João Bastos, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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João Matias, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
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Jose M Framiñán, University of Seville (Spain)
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José Machado, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Jose Rodrigues, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
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José Sá, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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José Torres Farinha, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Coimbra (Portugal)
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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 Federal do ABC (Brazil)
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Leonilde Varela, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Lino Costa, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Lourdes Múnoz, Autral University (Argentina)
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Luis Ferreira, Politécnico do Cavado e do Ave (Portugal)
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Luís Fonseca, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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Luís Pinto Ferreira, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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Manuel Silva, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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Manuela Cunha, Politécnico do Cavado e do Ave (Portugal)
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Maqsood Sandhu, United Arab Emirates University (United Arab Emirates)
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Maria João Rosa, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
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Maria Valero, Bristol University (United Kingdom)
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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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Marlene Brito, Portucalense University (Portugal)
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Maysa Ammouri, German Jordanian University (Jordan)
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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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Nanya Li, Southeast University (China)
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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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Nuno Octávio Fernandes, Polytechnic of Castelo Branco (Portugal)
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Olga Battaia, KEDGE Business School (France)
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Osvaldo Quelhas, Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
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Paula Varandas Ferreira, University of Minho (Portugal)
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Paulo Bartolo, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
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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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Pedro Ramos Brandao, Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas - ISTEC (Portugal)
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Pierpaolo Caricato, University of Salento (Italy)
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Ricardo Zimmermann, INESC TEC (Portugal)
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Roberto Toledo, School of Engineering of Federal Fluminense University (Brazil)
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Rosanna Fornasiero, Italian National Research Council (Italy)
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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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Sergio Rubio Lacoba, Universidad de Extremadura (Spain)
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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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Susana Garrido, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
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Teresa Pereira, School of Engineering of Polytechnic of Porto (Portugal)
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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)