Call for papers ALBUS 2026

2026 Academy of Latin American Business and Sustainability Studies (ALBUS) Conference
on the theme
Transforming Latin American Business and Society from the Global South: Innovation, Sustainability, and Identity in the Age of AI

November 3-5, 2026
at
Universidad Libre, Bogotá, Colombia

The Academy of Latin American Business and Sustainability Studies (ALBUS) and Universidad Libre, Colombia, are pleased to invite prospective authors, doctoral students, and scholars to submit papers, abstracts, extended abstracts, case studies, work-in-progress papers, and panel proposals for evaluation by the Scientific Committee. ALBUS is a hybrid conference; therefore, online participation is accepted. Papers can be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. All papers will be subjected to a blind review by at least two members of the Scientific Committee based on relevance, originality, importance, and clarity.

Submitted contributions should be related to one or more of the main themes proposed for the Conference:

1. Governments, Institutions and Corporate Sustainability

2. Digital Transformation

3. Marketing, challenges, and business performance

4. Human Capital, Culture, Ethics, Leadership, and Sustainability

5. Developing Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship

6. Decision Science, Machine Learning and AI in Decision Making

7. Accounting, Economics, and Finance

8. Information Systems and Knowledge Management in Organizations

9. Health, Well-being, and Sustainable Healthcare Systems

10. Engineering, Technology and Sustainable Infrastructure

11. Education, Curriculum and Teaching Innovation

The objective is to generate discussions that interest academics, researchers, administrators, consultants, policymakers, and labor market observatories in private and public corporations. Therefore, we encourage contributions that advance theoretical and empirical research and enhance comprehension of contemporary issues in the abovementioned themes.