Faculty of Business and Finance

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

The 14th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics

(BAFE) 2026

Theme: Achieving Resilience and Sustainability amidst Global Uncertainty: 
Aligning Digitalisation and Innovation with Inclusive Growth

Call For Papers








21st October 2026

Time: 8am to 6pm
(Malaysia Time, GMT+8)

Hybrid  mode: 
Online - Zoom
Physical -  UTAR Kampar Campus


Best Paper and Presenter Award 2025

The Teh Hong Piow Faculty of Business and Finance, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is pleased to organize the 14th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance, and Economics (BAFE) 2026 on 21st October 2026 in hybrid mode via Zoom platform and physical at UTAR Kampar Campus. This conference aims to bring together researchers to present up-to-date works that contribute to new theoretical, methodological and empirical knowledge. The conference invites theoretical and empirical papers on ALL aspects of business management, accounting, finance, and economics (not limited to the following areas):

If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please submit your complete draft of paper to bafe@utar.edu.my. There is no limitation on the numbers of submission per author. All papers will undergo a blind peer review process. You will be notified for acceptance decision in TWO (2) weeks after the submission.
Please submit your full paper in MSWORD format not later than 31st August 2026. All accepted full papers will be published by Atlantis Press which is part of Springer Nature. All articles in the proceedings will be indexed to CNKI.
 
The final decision regarding publication in the Atlantic Proceedings rests solely with Atlantis. All fees paid are non-refundable in the event of paper rejection by Atlantis or if the authors fail to attend the conference.

 

Conference Proceedings and Supporting Journal

All proceedings of previous BAFE conferences from year 2013-2021 are available in National Library in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Whereas the proceeding of BAFE 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 are available in Atlantic Press website.

    The committee shall reserves the rights, as its sole discretion, to add, suspend, delete, change or amend any of the content hereinabove when deems appropriate without further notice.

    Submission Guidelines

    The detail of the guidelines can be referred to the Full Paper Submission Template and user guide. Please submit your abstract / full paper in MSWORD format not later than 31st July 2026.

    The Author guarantees that papers submitted to the Organizer are original papers, that these papers have not been submitted elsewhere and are written by the authors as given in the paper. The Organizer and Publisher will systematically check all final papers on plagiarism and as a result will refuse deficient papers for presentation and publication.


    Full Paper Template and Guidelines


    Important Dates

       Particulars  Date
       Abstract / Full Paper Submission
    31st July 2026

    Full Paper Submission

      31st August 2026
       Last Date of Payment / Registration 31st August 2026

    Conference Date
     21st October 2026

       Revised Paper after Review / Camera-Ready Paper Submission
     31st October 2026


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    Main Organisers:
    Teh Hong Piow Faculty of Business and Finance,UTAR
    Centre for Accounting, Banking and Finance, UTAR
    Centre for Business and Management, UTAR
    Centre for Economic Studies, UTAR

    Co-organiser :
    Lambung Mangkurat University


    Sponsor : 

      
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