Porto 2026
Varazdin Development and Entrepreneurship Agency
First Call
We are happy to announce the First Call for the International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development "Sustainable Cities and Artificial Intelligence" hosted by Universidade Lusofona - Centro Universitario do Porto. Topics are focused, but not limited to recent challenges in modern national economies and business enterprises.
In cooperation with: Universidade Lusofona - Centro Universitario do Porto, ISLA Gaia, CPES - Center for Research and Social Studies, Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey, Faculty of Management University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences Sale - Mohammed V University in Rabat, ENCGT - Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion de Tanger/ Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Medimurje University of Applied Sciences in Cakovec, University of Aveiro and GOVCOPP – University of Aveiro
22-23 June, 2026
Please consider submitting an abstract for the Conference within next few weeks. We proudly hope to have your distinguish name among authors and participants. After receiving the full texts, The Scientific Committee will decide which papers should be included in the Plenary Session.
Sincerely Yours,
President of Scientific Committee
Topics
Sustainable and Inclusive Cities
- Environmental Sustainability and Resource Management
- Economy, Governance and Inclusive Social Development
- Education, Knowledge, Innovation and Gender Equality
- Sustainable Tourism and Inclusive Urban Systems
The impact of Artificial Intelligence on business sustainability
- Impact of Technologies on health
- AI as Educational Support and Active Environments
- Cybersecurity and Mobile Security
Globalization and Challenges of the Modern World
- Contemporary Economy and Globalization
- The Economic Impact on Social Development and Democracy
- Regional Development
- National Economies Between Liberalization and Intervention
- International and Local Capital Markets
- Education and Knowledge Management
- Towards Modern Welfare Economics
- Modern Tendencies in Economy and Management of Tourism
- The impact of globalization on different areas of law
- The impact of globalization on conflict resolution: the role of mediation and arbitration
- The impact of globalization in Administrative and Political Sciences
Enterprise in Turbulent Environment
- Building a Resilient Organization
- The Economics of Modern Enterprise
- Planning or Predicting: Concepts and Models
- Corporate Governance
- Manufacturing: Strategy, Technology, and Organization
- Human Capital Management
- Marketing Perspective
- The Legal Environment of Business
- Business Continuity
- ICT Support to Business Activities
- Corporate Finance
- Accounting and Auditing
Entrepreneurship Caught Between Creativity and Bureaucracy
- The Role of SMEs in National Economies
- SMEs in Global Value Chains
- Education for Creativity
Fees
ATTENDING FEES:
- Publishing Full paper/Abstract + presentation: 450 EUR
- Presentation without publishing: 350 EUR
- Accompanying co-author: 250 EUR
- Listener only: 300 EUR
PUBLISHING ONLY:
- Publishing full paper, without attending: 300 EUR
DISCOUNTED FEES:
- Early registration (Publishing Full paper or Abstract + presentation): 400 EUR
- 2nd paper publishing/presenting: 250 EUR
Attending fee includes admission to all sessions, conference kit, publication in Scientific Book of Proceedings ISSN 1849-7535 (Online), admission to coffee breaks and/or lunch and/or dinner, according to the conference program.
Conference Fee is non-refundable, but "transferable" - payed amount can be used as a stored credit for any of our upcoming conferences.
Payment
- Bank Institution: Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. Zagreb
- Bank/Branch Institution Address: Magazinska cesta 69, Zagreb, Croatia
- S.W.I.F.T. (BIC): RZBHHR2X
- Acc. Holder Name: VADEA d.o.o.
- Acc Holder Address: Mihanoviceva 4, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia
- IBAN: HR6124840081135190251
- Purpose: 'Participant's Name - Porto 2026'
Deadlines
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DEADLINES:
- Submission of abstracts for review: June 1, 2026
- Notification of abstract acceptance: June 6, 2026
- Submission of complete/full papers for the proceedings: June 15, 2026
- Notification of full paper acceptance: June 20, 2026
- Early registration: June 15, 2026
- Final registration: June 20, 2026
- Conceiving and finalizing the esd-Conference program: June 20, 2026
- ESD Conference sessions: June 22-23, 2026
Program
Program will be available few days before the conference.
