28.05.2026

9:30-10:00 Coffee and Welcome address from the Dean of faculty NEOMA-BS
10:00-10:30 Academic keynote speaker Prof Josef Zechner
10:30-11:30 Academic panel discussion 
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-12:00 Introduction to Parallel workshop
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-17:00 Parallel workshops

• PhD workshop moderated by Emmanouela Mandalaki
• Paper development Workshop on Bio economy and sustainability moderated by Nicolas Befort
• The Women and Inclusive Entrepreneurship Research Alliance (WIERA) workshop moderated by Dhara Shah
• 2 Tons convergence workshop for sustainability transition moderated by Rose Bote

19:00-22:00 Social event

29.05.2026

9:30-10:00 Coffee and Welcome address from the Dean of faculty Deakin
10:00-10:30 Industry keynote speaker 
10:30-11:30 Academic-Industry Panel discussion on the theme “Reimagining Corporate Responsibility in the Age of Greater Scrutiny”
11:30-11:45 Coffee break
11:45-13:00 Parallel paper presentation session 1

• Sustainable Finance
  Track chairs: Helene Mathurin and Emma Li
• Sustainable Accounting
  Track chair: Michelle van Weeren
• Sustainable Marketing/Consumer Behaviour
  Track chairs: Stefan Markovic and Michael Polonsky
• Sustainable Information Systems/Operations Management
  Track chairs: Bingqing Xiong and Indranil Biswas
• Sustainable Entrepreneurship/Small Business
  Track chairs: Dhara Shah and Bisrat Misganaw

13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:15 Parallel paper presentation session 2

• Same as session 1

15:15-15:30 Coffee break-
15:45-17:00 Parallel paper presentation session 3

• Same as session 1

17:00 Closing word from Associate Dean for Faculty and Research NEOMA