About WeSchool

Established in 1977, WeSchool works under the aegis of S.P. Mandali Trust, one of the oldest trusts in the space of education country. WeSchool ranks among the premier Business Schools nationally and has campuses in Mumbai and Bengaluru. We strongly believe in combining the ideology of 'leadership' and fostering sustainability to shape a brighter future. We have introduced several pioneering management programs in business design & innovation, e-business, retail, rural, healthcare, media & entertainment, research & business analytics. We work closely with organizations across different business domains and verticals on live projects, consulting, and training assignments, with application-based research as an integral part of the education ecosystem.

About the Conference

Our world is at a breaking point, facing massive changes from politics and fast-moving technology to climate change. These are no longer temporary problems; they are completely changing how our businesses, societies, and daily lives work. To navigate this uncertainty, we need resilience. This does not just mean surviving tough times. It means adapting, growing stronger, and moving forward with a clear purpose. Because of this, both companies and communities must completely rethink how they operate.

However, there is a delicate balance between uncertainty and resilience. The same innovations that promise to make our lives better also make our systems more fragile. Tools like artificial intelligence and automation are changing industries overnight, but they also create new risks for jobs and supply chains. True resilience means ensuring that the rapid technological growth works in tandem with protecting the planet and its inhabitants, rather than working

against it.

Against this backdrop, we are excited to bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and emerging scholars to deliberate on the pathways from uncertainty to resilience. This conference calls for examining what it takes to build organisations and societies that not only withstand disruption but are genuinely capable of transformation.

Who Should Attend the Conference

This conference is appropriate for Academicians, Corporate Executives, Research Scholars, Students, Practitioners, Subject Experts, an d Policy makers.

Conference Fee Details

Conference Team

The Best Paper Award will be presented under the Student and Faculty categories. To qualify for the best paper a ward, a full paper must be presented at the conference.

The Student Showcase Award

This is an excellent professional development opportunity for students at all levels of higher business education to showcase their research presentations. The ACBSP Student Showcase Award begins at the regional level where student presentations are evaluated by a panel of judges who will select one student/team to represent their region. The selected students then move on to the International Stage of the competition. At the international selection stage, the ACBSP Conference Planning Committee will evaluate the best student presentation from each region and select only one to be featured at the ACBSP Student Showcase during ACBSP Conference 2025, to be held on June 18 - 22, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Eligibility criteria:

• To participate in this competition, an author team must have only students (including research scholars).
• The lead student author must be from an ACBSP member institution.
• All students of the author team are required to submit a letter of nomination from the educational institution at the time of online registration.

The School of Thought Award (for students)

The Student School of Thought recognizes the most innovative and impactful business pitches from students. At the regional level, student teams will present their business pitches which will be evaluated by a panel of judges during the Region 10 ACBSP to be held in Mumbai in February 2025. The top team will then be identified and announced. After the conference, the Council of Regional Chairs will evaluate the top teams from all the other regions to select finalist teams to be featured during the ACBSP Conference 2025, to be held on June 18 – 22, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Eligibility criteria:

• To participate in this competition, a student team must have at least one member from an ACBSP member institution.
• Shortlisted teams have to present their pitches in person during the Mumbai Conference for the Region 10 Finale. Please find the submission template for the same.
• All students of the author team are required to submit a letter of nomination from the educational institution at the time of online registration.

In addition to the announced three award categories, WeSchool will be presenting prizes for winners in each of these categories.

Conference Tracks

The conference invites full research papers across the following thematic tracks. Contributors are encouraged to engage creatively with the overarching theme of resilience and transformation within their chosen domain. Papers drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, emerging market contexts, and novel methodologies are especially welcome. Any topic relevant to the conference theme and not explicitly listed below is also welcome for submission.

1. Innovation and Business Design

• Resilient Indian enterprises in a fragmented global economy
• Digital public infrastructure and inclusive growth
• Leadership in the age of permanent uncertainty
• Building resilient supply chains for the next decade
• Sustainable and climate-resilient business models

2. Media & Entertainment

• AI-driven content creation and creative industries
• Streaming platforms, OTT ecosystems and digital monetization
• Influencer culture, creator branding and social media economies
• Digital consumer psychology and data-driven engagement
• Emerging media skills, analytics and future workforce readiness

3. Rural Management

• Digital agriculture, AI and technology-driven rural transformation
• Climate-smart agriculture and sustainable rural development
• Rural markets, supply chains and economic resilience
• Community institutions, cooperatives and social enterprise models
• Governance, public policy and inclusive rural transformation

4. Retail Management

• AI, data intelligence and smart retail ecosystems
• Consumer trust, behaviour and future retail experiences
• Sustainable retail, circular economy and responsible consumption
• Retail resilience, disruption and emerging market dynamics
• Technology, platforms and the future retail value chain

5. Healthcare Management

• AI, digital health and smart healthcare ecosystems
• Healthcare resilience, crisis preparedness and sustainable systems
• Patient-centric care, healthcare consumerism and service innovation
• Pharma inn ovation, precision medicine and healthcare technologies
• Healthcare leadership, workforce well-being and future skills

6. Technology in Business

• Platform resilience: governing digital marketplaces under uncertainty
• The evolving landscape of digital payments and financial inclusion
• Resilience of e-business models in the face of regulatory and cybersecurity threats
• Social commerce, influencer ecosystems, and the future of digital consumer engagement
• Cross-border e-commerce: navigating geopolitical and logistical complexity

7. Research and Business Analytics

• Advanced analytics for organisational resilience: predictive, prescriptive, and real-time approaches
• Uncertainty quantification and scenario planning in business decisionmaking
• Responsible AI and algorithmic fairness in analytics-driven organisations
• Text analytics, sentiment analysis, and social listening in business research
• Data governance, privacy regulations, and the ethics of business intelligence

8. General Management

• Marketing
• Finance & Accounting
• Information Technology (IT) & Operations
• HR Management and others

*Any other topic relevant to the theme of the Conference*

Submission Guidelines

• Only full research papers are invited for submission.
• A single individual can at most send two submissions.
• Paper Submission categories:
• Papers submitted in the faculty category must have a faculty member as a first author and can have a maximum of one student as a co-author.
• Papers submitted in the student category must have a student as a first author and can have a maximum of one faculty member as a co-author.
• Each paper can have a maximum of 4 authors.
• Please ensure all submitted work has a Similarity Index below 10%. AI generated content will be rejected from the conference.
• It is the responsibility of an author to ensure the paper is original, should not have been published/ presented earlier, nor should it have been communicated for publication/ presentation elsewhere.
• All papers will be reviewed through a double-blind peer-review process. The decision of the review committee will be final.
• All paper submissions should be made at https://tinyurl.com/5n8cd5t4 or via the QR code below.

Publication Opportunities

All submissions accepted for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings with ISBN (abstract only).

Selected full papers (subject to formal peer review process) will have the following publication opportunities:

• WeSchool's bi-annual journal - aWEshkar
• Book chapter with ISBN

Key Dates and Deadlines

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award will be presented under the Student and Faculty categories. To qualify for the best paper a ward, a full paper must be presented at the conference.

Key Dates and Deadlines

Target Audience

Academicians, Corporate Executives, Research Scholars, Students, Practitioners, Subject Experts and Policy makers

Conference Patron

Conference Lead

Organising Committee