The 9^th International Conference

on Business management in the Digital Economy

Dear Colleagues,
we invite you to participate in the 9^th International Conference on Business management in the Digital Economy to be held on 19^th-20^th March 2026 in St. Petersburg State University, RUSSIA. The Conference sessions are planned in person, and we organize special online panels for participants from Cangzhou Normal University, Uzbekistan, and BRICS+ countries.

The conference is dedicated to exploring the impact of data and artificial intelligence on business processes, consumer behavior, investment and product economics, educational processes, and the new challenges for government regulation and corporate governance.

Conference-2026 Theme: Economics and Management Transformation in the Era of Data and AI

Conference tracks:

• Advanced analysis, planning, and modeling
• Data-driven marketing and consumer engagement
• Capital infrastructure for energy and data economy
• Business process management and cybersecurity
• Innovation and data-driven product management
• AI in universities: opportunities and risks
• Transformation of professions and corporate culture
• Ethical and legal aspects of data generation and usage
• Digital solutions for entrepreneurs and small businesses
• Data in the international trade and integration
• Digitalization and information security in the hospitality and tourism industry
• Digital transformation, AI and data management in BRICS+ countries

Working languages: Russian and English (with synchronic translation).

Target audience: researchers, teachers, master and postgraduate students, company managers and specialists, public officers.

Participation: submission of a paper of 2000−3000 words (see templates).

Registration is open from November 1^st, 2025, to January 10^th, 2026.

Accommodation and travel expenses to the conference venue are to be covered by the participants.

Publications:
1. Compilation of conference papers (electronics form), indexed in Russian Science Citation Index.
2. At the request of authors, the Organizing Committee provides the article review for publication in the St Petersburg University Journal of Economics, indexed in EBSCO, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, eLIBRARY.ru, EastView, CyberLeninka, Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection), Scopus Q3.