4th International Women’s Day Conference in Economics, Finance and Management (IWD)

March 7-8, 2024

Venue
University of Economics in Katowice
1 Maja 50, Katowice

CALL FOR PAPERS

Guest Speakers

Prof. Lára Jóhannsdóttir

University of Iceland
Environment and Natural Resources. Faculty of Business Administration
Keynote: Businesses a cause, victims, and solution to the climate crisis

Biogram

Lára Jóhannsdóttir is a Professor within the Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Graduate Programme at the University of Iceland, situated at the Faculty of Business Administration. Lára Jóhannsdóttir was the academic director of the ENR Programme in 2019 and from 2022-2023 and was the first female Professor situated within the Faculty of Business Administration. Professor Lára Jóhannsdóttir’s research is broadly focused on corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR), focusing on the role and responsibility of financial institutions such as insurance companies, responsible investment, environmental and climate change issues, and affairs Arctic. Prior to her academic career, Professor Lára Jóhannsdóttir worked within the Icelandic insurance sector for 14 years, and alongside her Ph.D. studies and early academic career, she was a board member of an Icelandic occupational pension fund for eight years.

Dr Aleksandra Kardaś

Vice-President of Fudation of Climate Education, Member of Polish Academy of Science – Climate Crisis Committee, Editor of Naukaoklimacie.pl
Keynote: Climate change – you will not negotiate with physics

Biogram

Aleksandra Kardaś, PhD, is an atmospheric physicist, Vice-President of the Foundation for Climate Education, and a member of the Committee on the Climate Crisis of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is editor-in-chief of the Naukaoklimacie.pl website, author of the popular science book „Książka o wodzie ” and co-author of the textbooks „Nauka o klimacie” and „Klimatyczne ABC”. For many years she has been sharing her climate knowledge with the public through science festivals, lectures, online courses and newspaper and online articles.

Dr Thema Monroe-White

Berry College
Department of Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Data Analytics
Keynote: Advancing Science for Society via Race-conscious Algorithmic Approaches

Biogram

Dr. Thema Monroe-White is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Data Analytics at Berry College and serves as the Academic Director of the Campbell Center for Data Analytics. As an interdisciplinary scholar, her work explores into the systemic biases that affect the workforce, and educational journeys of racially minoritized groups within science, engineering, and information technology fields. Her research is concerned with understanding the innovative pathways for achieving social and economic justice for minoritized groups via data, algorithmic and AI literacy, STEM education, and entrepreneurship. She holds a Ph.D. in science, technology, and innovation policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology as well as Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology from Howard University.

About the conference

The aim of the conference is to bring together academic researchers to celebrate the International Women’s Day by promoting pluralism in economics, finance and management. We invite submissions from all researchers, regardless of their gender, interested in orthodox and heterodox approaches in their fields. We plan to organize sessions in Polish and in English.
The main focus of the conference is:
Issues of climate change (green finance, sustainable Finance, sustainable development etc.)
Women’s perspectives (feminist economics, female leadership etc.)
Digital economy (fintech, financial innovation, policies, information, games industry etc.)
We also welcome high-quality presentations from other areas.

Programme

PROGRAMME in a draft – see CALL FOR PAPERS

Best paper award

Eligibility requirements:
The paper has to be presented during the IWD 2024 conference.
The paper must present original research results and cannot be accepted for publication at the time of submission.
Authors must send their full papers before January 31, 2024 to iwd@uekat.pl indicating in the topic „Submission for the Best Paper Award”.
The jury will announce the decision during the IWD 2024 conference.

Important dates

Registration for presenters
Early Bird: December 31, 2023* l Regular: January 31, 2024

Notification of acceptance
Early Bird: January 10, 2024* l Regular: February 10, 2024

Registration for listeners: February 20, 2024

Payment due to: February 20, 2024

Conference: March 7-8, 2024

For interested participants: informal meetigns/sightseeing: March 9, 2024

* If you need to apply for a visa, please let us know earlier about this fact.

Conference fee

The conference fee is 20 EUR (or 100 PLN) for all participants. The fee covers access to all sessions, coffee breaks and lunches.
The conference fee should be transferred by February 20, 2024 to one of the following bank accounts:
University of Economics in Katowice
ul. 1 Maja 50
40-287 Katowice
IBAN: PL 70 1050 1214 1000 0023 3448 5238, BIC (SWIFT): INGBPLPW (for payments in EUR)
or 59 1050 1214 1000 0022 9625 8706 (for payments in PLN).

Please include “IWD 2024” and the name of the participant in the transfer title.

Participants from the Global South can apply for a fee waiver (please contact us at iwd@uekat.pl).

Registration

All participants are asked to register using the form:
for presenters: LINK
for listeners: LINK

Venue, Travel & Accommodation

University of Economics in Katowice & Google Meet platform (hybrid conference)

Contact

iwd@uekat.pl

Scietific & Organising Committee

Julia Włodarczyk (chair), CECC
Monika Wieczorek-Kosmala, CECC
Dominika Bochańczyk-Kupka, CECC
Alicja Winnicka Wejs
Monika Klimontowicz
Joanna Błach
Martyna Bieleń (secretary)
Katarzyna Szlachta
Dominika Werczyńska
Sylwia Wajnbrener