The second Global Conference on Creating Value invites business leaders and leading academics from around the world to exchange views and learn from each other regarding how value can be created for the future of business and society. The plenary sessions, invited speakers and paper presentations will provide an opportunity for discussion between academics and practitioners about value creation opportunities not only for business and companies, but also for individuals and society at large.

Suggested conference topics:

Creating value for yourself, business and society; creating value through social innovation and social entrepreneurship; creating value through transformative services; creating value in the age of disruptions; value creation in the sharing economy; value creation for employees in the age of artificial intelligence and machine learning; value creation and leadership; value creation and organisation; measuring value creation and developing value creation related analytics; creating value through the use of big data; values as a belief, attitude and perspective; values and the relationship with (organisational) culture(s); value destruction and dark side of value creation; challenges and opportunities of creating value at the Bottom of the Pyramid; sustainable and responsible management and value creation and CSR and value creation.

Participants are open to any submission exploring new and emerging ideas and trends related to value creation.

Conference co-chairs: Gautam Mahajan, president of Customer Value Foundation, and the Editor of the Journal of Creating Value Dr Sertan Kabadayi, professor of marketing, Gabelli School of Business- Fordham University.

Submission Guidelines: Interested participants may submit an extended abstract about their research and ideas not exceeding 750 words (excluding references, tables and figures).

The abstract should outline the importance of the topic, its potential contributions, research question(s), conceptual framework, and methodology and findings if applicable, discussion, and conclusion.

Submissions using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies and different approaches including practitioner cases are encouraged.

At least one author from each paper must register and be present at the conference to present their paper. Abstracts should be submitted using the online submission link on the conference website at: http://www.creatingvalue.co/submissions/

 Important dates: Last date for the submission of abstract is February 15, 2019 and the authors will be notified of the outcome by no later than March 1, 2019. For more details, visit http://www.creatingvalue.co/conference/