September 11-12, 2025
James Cook University (Singapore Campus)
SEIGOP 2025 theme "Sustainable Futures and the Asia-Pacific: Innovation, Integration, and Impact" reflects the growing importance of sustainability and the Asia-Pacific region, particularly as it faces rapid economic growth, environmental challenges, and the need for innovative solutions. It emphasises the need for new technologies, business models, and policies to drive economic, environmental and societal sustainability. It also focuses on multidisciplinary research, integrating insights from industries, governments, and communities to create holistic strategies that address the region's unique challenges. By focusing on impact, the theme underscores the importance of assessing the real-world outcomes of sustainability initiatives in driving positive change for the environment, economy, society and the Asia-Pacific.
With that in mind, we invite conceptual, qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods papers exploring the impact of innovation-driven businesses on sustainability, focusing on, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Sustainability-Driven Business Models: Exploring innovative business models that prioritise environmental sustainability.
- Sustainable Practices in Global Supply Chains: Examining how businesses can implement sustainable practices in global supply chains.
- Innovation for Sustainable Resource Management: Examining the role of business innovation in addressing resource scarcity and environmental challenges.
- Economic Growth, Trade and Sustainability: Investigating the balance between economic development and sustainable practices in Asia Pacific economies.
- Economic Policies for Promoting Sustainable Innovation: Investigating how economic policies foster sustainable business innovations.
- Green Financing for Sustainable Development: Exploring the role of green financing towards innovative projects on sustainability.
- Carbon Trading in the Asia Pacific: Examining how carbon trading frameworks, initiatives and participation support sustainable projects in this region.
- Innovation in Technologies: Role of new technologies driving sustainability in Asia Pacific markets.
- Sustainable Marketing Strategies for Businesses: Exploring how companies can integrate sustainability into their marketing campaigns to appeal to consumers.
- Organisational Psychology and Leadership for Sustainable Business: Exploring how leadership drive sustainability initiatives.
- Employees’ Perspective of Sustainability: Exploring how organisational behaviour influences employees’ perspective and involvement in sustainability practices.
- Culture and Society: Examining how socio-cultural factors impact sustainable futures and Asia Pacific.
- Creative Arts and Education: Examining how creative arts and education contribute to sustainable future and Asia Pacific.
About CITBA
The Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA) is a cutting-edge research centre at James Cook University. Headquartered in Australia and the only research centre within the College of Business, Law, and Governance (CBLG) at James Cook University Australia, CITBA is dedicated to providing leadership in research excellence. Since its establishment in 2018, CITBA has focused on researching key areas such as tropical ecosystems, conservation and climate change, industries and economies in the tropics, and people and societies in the tropics. It has grown to include more than 50 scholars from both James Cook University Australia and James Cook University Singapore. The goal of CITBA is to increase and share knowledge about the opportunities in economic development, business and international trade in Asia and the Asian Tropics. CITBA actively advocates for research and industry engagement in the business and international trading hub of Asia and the Asian Tropics, and with its multi-location structure, it works to strengthen research and economic ties between Australia, Singapore, and other countries.
For more information about CITBA, please visit: https://www.jcu.edu.sg/citba
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