Papers that successfully pass the peer review process will be published in the conference proceedings, or the journal Business Trends indexed in the ERIH+ database. The Conference Scientific Committee recommends submitting the conference proceedings for indexing in the WOS database. Papers written in English are preferred for publication in the conference proceedings. The Conference Scientific Committee will decide where the papers will be published. Authors may indicate the preferred location of the article (in the proceedings or the journal) when submitting the paper in the Editor's Comments window.

• Presentation of the results of scientific and professional activities of the conference participants,
• meetings and discussions of academic staff, Ph.D. students, and experts,
• establishing contacts for research and publication activities and cooperation with practice.

Early Bird payment – received until 30th September 2024:
CZK 6 250 / EUR 250
CZK 5 000 / EUR 200 (for PhD students)*

Regular payment – received after 30th September 2024:
CZK 7 250 / EUR 290
CZK 6 000 / EUR 240 (for PhD students)*

*Ph.D. student as the participant is required to send the scanned copy of their valid confirmation of study to tvp@fek.zcu.cz before making the payment of the reduced student participation fee.

The fee includes:
The conference fee includes the possibility of presenting one paper at the conference Business Trends and the possibility of having the paper published in the journal/proceedings after the successful review process, conference promotion materials, conference journal/proceedings, refreshment, two lunches and one buffet-style social dinner in Pilsner Urquell brewery (21st November), accompanying program (the Pilsner Urquell brewery tour).
The participation fee does not include transport and accommodation.

Payment information:
The payment must be made separately for each participant (please, do not send the fee for more participants in the same payment).

Account number for domestic payments in CZK (within the Czech Republic): 4811530257/0100
International account number for payments in CZK (IBAN):
CZ8101000000004811530257
International account number for payments in EUR (IBAN):
CZ0401000000004845500267
Variable symbol: 514001
Bank: KB, a.s. Na Příkopě 969/33, 11407 Praha 1, Czech Republic
SWIFT: KOMBCZPPxxx
Organization address/Account owner´s address: University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Univerzitní 8, 306 14 Plzeň, Czech Republic
Remittance information for the payee: please indicate your surname

The participation fee does not include the bank charges associated with the bank transfer. In case of cancellation, the participation fee is non-refundable.
Please send the payment confirmation to tvp@fek.zcu.cz until 11th November 2024.

The section No. 6 is supported by the Visegrad GranD project No. 22410207, Innovation of the education process towards implementing AI tools.

The section No. 5 and No. 7 are supported by the Technological Agency of the Czech Republic: TQ01000007 – Young people as actors in the future development of towns and cities and TQ01000074 – Digitization of project management teaching using the concept of serious games, virtual and augmented reality with regard to current business needs.

The conference also presents an ongoing project "Project BEAGLE – BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY FOR VALUE CREATION", Grant Agreement: 101131728, Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON).