MIC 2026 – 25th Anniversary

Bridging Gaps, Building Futures: Business and Policy in a Complex World

We are proud to announce the 25th Anniversary of the MIC (Management International Conference), a milestone that marks a quarter-century of dialogue, exchange, and knowledge-sharing among scholars and practitioners. Since its beginnings, MIC has served as a meeting point where ideas from diverse fields intersect, and this anniversary edition will continue that tradition.

The conference theme, “Bridging Gaps, Building Futures: Business and Policy in a Complex World”, highlights the need to foster dialogue between business and policy in order to navigate global complexity. In a time shaped by digital and green economic transitions, financial volatility, business model disruption, political uncertainty and upheavals, as well as shifting geostrategic dynamics, the interplay of policy and business becomes a key driver of long-term progress.

The MIC 2026 conference invites submissions that explore the interplay between business and policy in addressing complex global challenges. We particularly encourage contributions that go beyond established approaches, stimulate debate, and propose innovative ways of tackling societal problems and organisational challenges. New perspectives on business models, systemic thinking, multi-stakeholder cooperation, and cross-sector partnerships are especially welcome, as are ideas that challenge conventional wisdom and offer creative paths forward.

We welcome contributions in the fields of management, economics, finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, law, tourism, sustainable development, and digitalization, with a particular focus on how cooperation between policy and business can bridge gaps and build sustainable futures. Interdisciplinary perspectives and related topics are warmly welcome (more on subject areas here).

Join us in celebrating this special 25th Anniversary Conference. To mark this occasion, the MIC conference returns to its home institution, the University of Primorska, Faculty of Management in Koper (Slovenia) – a historic Adriatic coastal town, renowned for its cultural heritage and Mediterranean setting.