After the tremendous success of Sport and Business Conference 1.0, held in 2024 in France between the Paris Summer Olympics and the Paralympics, we are excited to announce the next edition of the international conference – Sport and Business Conference 2.0 – to be hosted by the Indian Institute of Management Indore on October 9–10, 2025.
The conference aims to bring together scholars, policymakers, industry leaders, and athletes for critical conversations at the intersection of sport, business, and society.
We invite extended abstracts (1000 to 2500 words) or full papers (6000-8000 words) on a range of interdisciplinary tracks, including, but not limited to:
Track-1: International Business and Sports
-Human resource/capital management and development
-Leadership
-Sports marketing/Leveraging sports celebrities
-Supply chain and logistics/sports analytics
-Emerging country challenges
-International business opportunities and threats
-Indigenous management practices
-Strategic communication
-Track-2: Finance and Sports
-Pricing of experience
-Managing funding for sports (events, leagues, training, infrastructure, etc.)
Track-3: CSR and Sports
-Legacy management
-Managing social responsibility
-Track-4: Ethics in Sports
-Social protests and boycott
-Sport volunteers
-Sports-washing
-The ethics of expenditure
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Accepted full papers will also be considered for special issues in Sport in Society (ABDC-B, Scopus, SJR) and International Studies of Management & Organization (ABDC-B, Scopus, SJR).
Submission deadline: July 15, 2025
Full Paper Submission (optional-only for accepted extended abstract): August 20, 2025
More details: https://iimidr.ac.in/research-publications/conferences/sport-and-business-conference-2-0/
Paper submission link: https://forms.gle/ARXCEUbAuPivhEuJ7
Contact email: sportconference2025@iimidr.ac.in
Partners:
Taylor & Francis (Academic Partner)
RevSportz (Media Partner)
GPEC-X UK (Knowledge Partner)
Best Regards
Organizing Team,
Sport and Business Conference 2.0
Email: sportconference2025@iimidr.ac.in