The two-day International Conference on Economics, Business and Technology Management 2025, organised by the School of Business and Entrepreneurship of Independent University, Bangladesh, concluded on November 15, 2025, with an award and closing ceremony at The Westin Dhaka, said a press release.
Didar A Husain, chairman of IUB鈥檚 Board of Trustees; vice-chancellor Professor M Tamim; pro-vice-chancellor Professor Daniel W Lund; acting dean of SBE Professor Raisul Awal Mahmud; conference general chair Professor Md Mamun Habib; and AKM Shahnawaj, managing director (current charge), Dhaka Bank PLC, spoke at the closing ceremony. IUB trustee Wajid Ali Khan Panni, trustee Husne Ara Ali, and Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, vice-chancellor, University of Dhaka, were also in attendance. Awards were presented to six best papers of the conference.
At the closing ceremony, Professor Mamun Habib said, 鈥榃e hope to organise thematic student research symposiums every year from now on and a major international conference like ICEBTM every two years. IUB has recently launched the Advancing Undergraduate Research Aspirations initiative, which I believe will help develop a culture of research among our students and eventually help us organise these series of symposiums and conferences.鈥�
Keynote papers on the second day were presented by Professor Rajah Rasiah of the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and Ahmad Ahsan, director of the Policy Research Institute. The session was chaired by Professor Abdur Rab, vice-chancellor of the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, and Ben Bvepfepfe, Leeds Trinity University and CILT, the United Kingdom.
Industry and academia leaders participated in several industry talk and academia-industry discussion sessions.
Speakers from academia included Professor MM Nurul Absar, VC of Chittagong Independent University; Professor Yousuf Mahbubul Islam, VC of Southeast University; Professor Shahjahan Khan, VC, Asian University Bangladesh; Professor AKM Waresul Karim, dean, School of Business and Economics, North South University; Professor Nazrul Islam, IUB; Professor Mahbubur Rahman, NSU; Professor Jonathan Liu, Manchester Business School, UK; Derek Westfall of Oregon State University, United States; Professor Md Sardar; Professor Akhtar Hossain, UCSI University, Malaysia; Professor Maniam Kaliannan, University of Nottingham, Malaysia; Professor Ruhul A Salim, Curtin University, Australia; and Ferdous Saleheen, Sharjah Maritime Academy, United Arab Emirates.
Industry representatives included Niaz Rahim, group director of Rahimafrooz Group; ASM Mainuddin Monem, CEO and managing director of Abdul Monem Group; Arif Dowla, managing director, ACI PLC; Emeka Henry Egeson (Canada); Rezwanul Kabir, Energypac; Kabir Ahmed, BAFFA; and A Gafur, director, Abdul Monem Economic Zone Limited.
The day also featured three parallel sessions where faculty members, researchers, and students from home and abroad presented a total of 106 research papers and 12 posters.
A special session titled Meet the Journal Editors allowed participants to engage with editors of journals where selected conference papers would later be published.
The conference brought together more than 300 academics, researchers, students, and industry leaders from over 12 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, India, Poland, and the United Arab Emirates.
