About the Conference
BESD-2026 creates an interdisciplinary platform for discussing business transformation based on sustainable development principles in the digital era and for fostering international academic cooperation.
Participation format: onsite and remote (Zoom).
Selected papers will be recommended for free publication (subject to presentation and peer review) in the interdisciplinary IEREK / Springer book series indexed in Scopus, with DOI assigned to each chapter.
Thematic Sections
Section 1. Production Technologies Focused on the Green Transition
- Smart, High-Tech, and Green Manufacturing (Industry 4.0/5.0)
- Industrial Decarbonization, Energy Efficiency, and Climate-Neutral Technologies
- Circular Economy, Closed Production Loops, and Resource Efficiency
- Clean Technologies, Environmental Management, and Eco-Innovation
- ESG-Oriented Production Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Eco-Design, Product Life Cycle Assessment, and Sustainable High-Tech Manufacturing
Section 2. Digital Transformation, Modeling and Forecasting of Sustainable Development of Business Ecosystems
- Digitalization of Business Processes and Platform Ecosystem Development
- Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Analytics for Sustainable Development
- Modeling and Simulation of Business Ecosystems
- Cybersecurity and Digital Resilience in the Business Environment
- FinTech, RegTech, and Digital Finance in the Context of Sustainability
- Digital Marketing and Customer Experience Management
Section 3. Formation of Human Capital for Innovation
- Education for Sustainable Development and Future Competency Building
- Universities as Drivers of Regional Innovation Ecosystems
- Entrepreneurship, Start-Ups, and Innovation Culture Development
- Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Innovation Environment
- Psychological Well-Being, Mental Health, and Work Productivity
- International Researcher Mobility and Academic Cooperation
Conference Program
Welcome Speech & Official Opening
- Viktor GRESHTA — Rector, National University «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic»
- Serhiy SHYLO — Vice-Rector, National University «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic»
- Andriy P'YATNYTSKYI — Deputy Mayor of Zaporizhzhia
- Yevhen SOTNIKOV — First Deputy Chairman, Supervisory Board of the National University «Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic»
- Oleksandr GOLOVKO — President, Zaporizhzhia Regional Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) «Potentsial»
- Zinaida BOYKO — Director, Zaporizhzhia Regional Employment Center
- Yurii TORBA — Deputy General Designer for Research, State Enterprise «Ivchenko-Progress»
- Valeriy KRAINIY — Executive Director, Zaporizhzhia Regional Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs «Potentsial»; Chairman, Council of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Federation of Employers
- Dariusz CZAKOWSKI — Vice-Rector, Kuyavian-Pomeranian University in Bydgoszcz (Poland)
- Vilayat İSMAYILOV — Professor, Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations
- Oleksandr AZIUKOVSKYI — Rector, National Technical University «Dnipro Polytechnic»
- Olena CHEPELYUK — Rector, Kherson National Technical University
- Olena KHADZHYNOVA — Rector, Pryazovskyi State Technical University
- Illya KHADZHYNOV — Rector, Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University
- Dmytro LUK'IANENKO — Rector, Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman
- Anatolii MELNYCHENKO — Rector, National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute»
- Volodymyr ONISHCHENKO — Rector, National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»
- Andrii SHAIKAN — Rector, State University of Economics and Technology
- Iryna VAKHOVYCH — Rector, Lutsk National Technical University
- Dmytro ANTONIUK — Prof. DSc, East-Bavarian University Amberg-Weiden (Germany)
- Andrii KUTS — Vice-President, Zaporizhzhia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Plenary Presentations
Production technologies focused on the green transition
Digital transformation, modeling and forecasting of sustainable development of business ecosystems
Formation of human capital for innovation
IMPORTANT DATES
Call for Papers
We invite researchers, academics, practitioners, and doctoral candidates to submit original research papers to the II International Scientific and Practical Conference 'Business Ecosystems: Sustainable Development' (BESD-2026).
Accepted and presented papers will be published in the interdisciplinary IEREK / Springer Nature book series indexed in Scopus.
Paper Requirements & Guidelines
All submissions must adhere to the international Springer proceedings publication standards.
Submissions will undergo double-blind peer review.
- Language: English (academic style)
- Length: Minimum 8 full pages (including figures, tables, and references)
- Authors: Up to 5 authors per paper
- References: 10–30 references in APA 7th edition format
- Self-citation: Strictly not allowed (0%)
- File format: Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document (.docm), maximum file size 10 MB
- Ethics: Must comply with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines
Paper Submission
To submit your paper, please fill out the official Google Form registration or use the online submission form.
• Registration & Paper Submission:
Google Form
• Paper Template (Word .docm):
Download Template (.docm)
• Springer Guidelines:
Springer Proceedings Guidelines
Conference Coordinator: Prof. Olena Vasilyeva (olena.vasilyeva@gmail.com)
Programme Committee
Chair
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Olena VASYLYEVA
Prof. DSc
Dean of the Faculty of Business Technologies and Economics, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
Members
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Dmytro ANTONIUK
Prof. DSc
Vice-President of the Zaporizhzhia Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Researcher, East-Bavarian University Amberg-Weiden
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Vilayat İSMAYILOV
Prof. DSc
Head of the Department of Economics and Management, Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations
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Dariusz CZAKOWSKI
Prof. DSc
Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Kuyavian-Pomeranian University in Bydgoszcz
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Elvin ALIRZAYEV
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Head of the Department of Customs and Management, Academy of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Rūta ČIUTIENĖ
Prof. DSc
Professor at the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology
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Illya KHADZHYNOV
Prof. DSc
Rector, Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University
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Serhii HUSHKO
Prof. DSc
Vice-Rector for Scientific and Educational Work and International Relations, State University of Economics and Technology
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Victoria SOLOVIEVA
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Digital Business, State University of Economics and Technology
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Ganna TITENKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Ecology, Green Energy and Sustainable Development, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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Viktoria RADKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Head of the Department of Economics and Digital Business, State University of Economics and Technology
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Lidiia HOROSHKOVA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Institute of Geology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
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Mykola ZOS-KIOR
Prof. DSc
Professor at the I. A. Markina Department of Management, Poltava State Agrarian University
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Olha KOMELINA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Management and Logistics, National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”
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Nadiya MAKSYMENKO
Prof. DSc
Head of the Department of Environmental Monitoring and Nature Conservation, Educational and Scientific Institute of Ecology, Green Energy and Sustainable Development, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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Oleksandr SUMETS
Assoc. Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Management Technologies, “KROK” University
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Olena STRYZHAK
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Entrepreneurship, Trade and Tourism Business, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
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Oleksii HOSTRYK
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Head of the Department of Economic Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Odesa National University of Economics
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Vasyl TRYSNIUK
Prof. DSc
Head of the Environmental Research Department, Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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Liudmyla ARKHYPOVA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Ecology, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas
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Maryna AVERKYNA
Prof. DSc
Senior Researcher, Estonian Business School; Professor at the Department of Organization Management, Lviv Polytechnic National University; Board Member, EDRESAGE OÜ
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Valentyna KHRAPKINA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
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Andrii KARPENKO
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Education, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”; Director of the Public Union “Zaporizhzhia Cluster Engineering-Automation-Machine Building”
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Nataliia PAVLIKHA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of International Economic Relations and Project Management, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
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Nataliia VNUKOVA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of International Trade, Customs and Financial Technologies, Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics
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Oleksandra VAHONOVA
Prof. DSc
Head of the Department of Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship and Public Administration, National Technical University “Dnipro Polytechnic”
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Dmytro SHUSHPANOV
Prof. DSc
Head of the Department of Demographic Modeling and Forecasting, Ptukha Institute for Demography and Quality of Life Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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Olena CHUKURNA
Prof. DSc
Acting Head of the Department of Management and Marketing, State University of Intelligent Technologies and Communications
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Olha DORONINA
Prof. DSc
Head of the Department of Management and Behavioral Economics, Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University
Organizational Committee
Chair
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Viktor GRESHTA
Prof. PhD
Rector, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
Members
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Olena VASYLYEVA
Prof. DSc
Dean of the Faculty of Business Technologies and Economics, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Andrii SOKOLOV
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Head of the Department of Economics and Customs, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Kateryna ANTONIUK
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Economics and Customs, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Iryna LAZNEVA
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Customs, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Olena BILENKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Customs, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Andrii OLIINYK
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Software Tools, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Tetiana PULINA
Prof. DSc
Head of the Department of Management and Administration, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Alla TKACHENKO
Prof. DSc
Head of the Department of Business and Management, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Anastasiia ZERKAL
Prof. DSc
Acting Head of the Department of Marketing and Digital Technologies, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Olena LYSHCHENKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting and Finance, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Elina TERESCHENKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Head of the Department of Systems Analysis and Computational Mathematics, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Svitlana DOMASHENKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing and Digital Technologies, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Oleksii HNIEZDOVSKYI
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Radio Engineering and Telecommunications, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Andrii KUTS
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Management and Administration, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic; Vice-President of the Zaporizhzhia Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Anna BAKUROVA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Systems Analysis and Computational Mathematics, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Iryna MAKSYMENKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting and Finance, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Tetiana POZHUIEVA
Prof. DSc
Professor at the Department of Business and Management, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Marharyta KOVALENKO
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Customs, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Iryna SYDORUK
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing and Digital Technologies, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Viktoriia HORLACHOVA
Assoc. Prof. PhD
Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Philology and Translation, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Nataliia PYLYPENKO
Acting Director of the Scientific Library, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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Natalia VYSOTSKA
Head of the Patent and Information Department of the Research and Development Department, National University Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic
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