The Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka (DU) is going to organize the 5thInternational Conference on Business and Economics on September 25-26, 2021. Faculty of Business Studies has been organizing this conference regularly for the last five years. This year, the theme of the conference is – Business and Economy in the New-normal Landscape. The aim of the conference is to bring together academics and professionals to a common forum for developing strategies to meet the challenges of global business in the years to come. The conference will create opportunity to share experience, exchange new ideas, foster innovation and establish research relations among the participating individuals and institutions.

      The virtual opening ceremony of the conference will be on September 25, 2021 at 10.00 am (Bangladesh Standard Time, GMT +6:00). Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest;  Professor Dr. Muhammad Samad, Hon’ble Pro-Vice Chancellor (Administration), Professor Dr. A. S. M. Maksud Kamal, Hon’ble Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) and Professor Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, Hon’ble Treasurer, University of Dhaka will be Special Guests of the ceremony. Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, Hon’ble Chairman, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, will also be present at the event as a Special Guest. The keynote speech of the conference will be delivered by Professor Bernadine Van Gramberg, Hon’ble Pro-Vice Chancellor, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

After the opening ceremony there will be four parallel paper presentation sessions in the afternoon of September 25 and five sessions in the morning and afternoon on the next day including a Ph.D. Colloquium and a business case presentation session. Thirty two research papers and business cases will be presented in this conferences by local and international researchers.  

      The closing ceremony of the conference will be held on September 26, 2021 at 7.00 pm at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka. H.E. Dr. Dipu Moni MP, Hon’ble Minister of Education, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, has given her kind consent to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest; Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Dhaka and H.E. Salman F. Rahman, Private Industry and Investment Advisor to Hon’ble Prime Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, will remain present as Guests of Honour; Dr. Benazir Ahmed BPM (Bar), Inspector General of Police, Bangladesh Police, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Professor Dr. A. S. M. Maksud Kamal, Hon’ble Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) and Professor Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, Hon’ble Treasurer, University of Dhaka and Mr. Golam Murshed, MD & CEO, Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd. will remain present as Special Guests of the closing ceremony.

Professor Dr. Muhammad Abdul Moyeen, Dean, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka and Professor Dr. M. Sadiqul Islam, Department of Finance, University of Dhaka are the Conference Chair and Co-chair respectively.

(Mahmood Alam)

Director

Public Relations Office

University of Dhaka