
Tashkent Business & Economics Conference (TBEC)
“Strengthening Networks: Sustainable Business and Economic Integration”
Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts and Poster Presentations
22 November 2022
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Tashkent Business & Economics Conference (TBEC) provides a dynamic platform for discussing recent research advances in Economics and Management. The conference aims to identify policy strategies and design for strengthening regional and global economic integration and cooperation. The conference also invites business practitioners to share their strategies and experiences, to discuss the opportunities and challenges for businesses in Central Asia.
The conference is a joint initiative between Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) and the University of Westminster, London. The conference will be organised at Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), Uzbekistan, in a hybrid mode. The conference language will be English.
We welcome submissions from experienced researchers, early career scholars, industry experts, and research students, in the form of abstract / paper or poster presentation. In particular, we encourage original submissions of papers and proposals focusing on but not limited to the following themes / areas:
Management
- Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
- Entrepreneurial education
- Business Strategies and Practices
- Responsible Leadership
- Social and frugal innovation
- Digital Environment, Bigdata and AI for business in emerging economies
Economics
- New digital economy jobs
- Reforms and national policies and economic success
- Gender, higher education and labour markets
- COVID-19 pandemic and economic development
- Migration and skills
- Structural change in transition economies
- Health economics & Public health
- Climate change, energy and green economy
Finance
- Financial Markets
- Non-fiat Money
- Islamic Finance
- Green Finance
- FinTech
- Risk Management

Dr. Richard Pomfret has been Professor of Economics at the University of Adelaide (Australia) since 1992. Before coming to Adelaide, he was Professor of Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC, Bologna (Italy) and Nanjing (China). He previously worked at Concordia University in Montréal and the Institut für Weltwirtschaft at the University of Kiel in Germany. He has also held visiting positions at universities in Australia, Canada, China, France, Italy and the USA, and is an honorary Fellow of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies at the University of Reading, UK, of Monash University European Centre, of the Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE) in Warsaw, and of the research centre ROSES-CNRS at Université-Paris I. His research interests centre on economic development and international economics, and he has published over a hundred papers in these fields.
Submission
We request the contribution of an abstract with 300 – 400 words (excluding references). An abstract should consider research question(s), data and methods, and main findings. All contributed abstracts will go through peer review. Accepted abstracts will be considered for a paper or poster presentation.
Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2022
Conference organisers recognize the importance of providing opportunities to disseminate the research findings of this conference to students and scholars around the globe. Conference proceedings of full papers / extended abstracts / posters will be published on the conference webpage and / or in the conference proceeding.
Submission guidelines and presentation format for full papers / extended abstracts / posters will be announced later.
- Template and formatting guidelines for submission of extended abstracts (TBA)
- Template and formatting guidelines for submission of full papers (TBA)
- Template and formatting guidelines for submission of posters (TBA)
Silk Road: A Journal of Eurasian Development, published by University of Westminster Press, exists to promote evidence-based scholarly research in social sciences and public policy studies that make the affairs of the Great Silk Road countries an area of significant interest, scholarship and impact. The journal supports the conference`s activities and a special conference issue could be commissioned. Accepted paper authors` will be provided an opportunity to submit full papers to the Silk Road: A Journal of Eurasian Development. Interested authors will be requested to follow Author Guidelines of the journal at https://silkroadjournal.online/site/author-guidelines/.
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission: | 15 September 2022 |
Notification of accepted abstracts: | 30 September 2022 |
Extended abstract / Full Paper / Poster Submission: | 10 November 2022 |
Conference Date: | 22 November 2022 |
There is no conference registration fee. In-person participants will be provided coffee breaks and lunch, as well as a conference folder. Conference participants willing to join the conference in-person in Tashkent are expected to cover their travel, accommodation and other related costs themselves. Conference organisers will provide administrative support (such as a visa support letter) for participants from outside of Uzbekistan.
Accommodation options & Directions
Details will be announced later.
About Organisers
Conference web page: conference.wiut.uz/tbec2022
Email: tbec@wiut.uz