The Department of Tourism Studies at the University of Malta will be hosting this year’s International Conference on Applied Business Research (ICABR), which will bring some 150 participants from leading European, Asian and African universities and other research institutions to Malta.

The conference is to be held at the Corinthia San Gorg Hotel between 22 and 25 September.

Previous editions of the ICABR have been held in Bangkok (2004), Beijing (2005), Brno, Czech Republic (2006) and Accra, Ghana (2008).

This year’s conference is being organised by Mendel University in Brno, Kasetsart University, Thailand, and the University of Malta.

Over 200 abstracts have already been submitted for presentation at the conference, which will aim to cover a broad range of economic, social, political and technical factors that influence decision-making aimed at value creation in the social and economic field.

Between 22 and 24 September, in addition to plenary sessions with keynote speakers, parallel sessions will be held on themes that include “World Economy and Markets”, “Corporate Finance and Governance”, “Impacts of Globalisation on Agribusiness, Regional Development and Public Administration, Management and Marketing”, “IT application in Business and Education”, and “Human Resource Development and Education”.

As a separate event within the ICABR conference, the Department of Tourism Studies is organising a Workshop on Tourism, with a focus on recent research and work in progress on various aspects of tourism, heritage and culture. This will take place in the afternoon of Thursday 24 September.

The ICABR Conference and the Workshop on Tourism are open to all interested members of the public, particularly those involved in the business, financial and tourism sectors – as practitioners, policy-makers or researchers.

Local participants can avail themselves of special rates for the three-day conference, or for one-day only attendance. Details may be obtained by e-mailing Dr Nadia Theuma on [email protected] or Ms Jean Killick on [email protected] at the Department of Tourism Studies in the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy at the University of Malta.

For information on the ICABR visit http://www.icabr.com