2026 INVITATION – CALL FOR PAPERS: 21st IRDO International Conference

INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE & SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE SOCIETY 2026: Sustainability Management in Organisations

16th–17th June 2026, Slovenia, EU, online and onsite,
conference@irdo.si, https://www.irdo.si/en/irdo-conference/

Dates:

  • January 5, 2026, Call for abstracts and papers
  • February 15, 2026, Submission of abstracts
  • February 20, 2026, Acceptance Notification
  • April 20, 2026, Contributions Submission Deadline
  • May 20, 2026, Conference program published
  • 16 – 17 June 2026, IRDO International Conference 2026

Conference venue: online & onsite from Maribor, Slovenia

Official language: English


Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

You are cordially invited to participate at the 21st IRDO international conference INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE and SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE SOCIETY 2026: Sustainability Management in Organisations, which will take place on June 16 and 17, 2026 – online and onsite. You are invited to actively participate as an author and/or participant at the event.

The organisers are IRDO – Institute for the Development of Social Responsibility, the University of Maribor, and the Slovenian Society for Systems Research.

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers, business professionals, policymakers, students, and senior experts to exchange ideas and practical solutions for managing sustainability in organisations. It focuses on how sustainability can be effectively built into everyday management, governance, and decision-making processes. By promoting collaboration across generations, disciplines, and sectors, the conference aims to strengthen the ability of organisations to plan, implement, and report sustainability in a realistic and responsible way. In doing so, it supports the development of organisations that can innovate, adapt, and lead the transition toward a more sustainable and socially responsible society.

Themes and topics:

  1. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Organisational Practices
  2. CyberSystemics for Sustainable Organisations
  3. Inter-generational and Future-Oriented Collaboration
  4. AI and Digital Transformation for Sustainable and Responsible Governance
  5. Sustainability Reporting, certification schemes and awarding
  6. Sustainable Governance and Management

Action and learning are urgent for a more innovative, sustainable, and socially responsible society. By joining the conference, you will help co-create science-based wisdom for renewing our (un)sustainable systems, from societies and communities to organizations and businesses, and individuals too.

Therefore, we kindly invite you to participate in the conference to share your experiences, views, and suggestions with researchers, top consultants, experts, and experienced practitioners from around the globe. Young authors and students are warmly welcome.

 

Submission documentation:

  1. Call or papers: 2026 IRDO Conference Call for papers final
  2. Registration form: 2026-IRDO-International-Conference-Registration-form
  3. Abstract/paper template:2026 IRDO International Conference – abstract and paper template
  4. Copyright Statement: 2026-IRDO-Copyright statement

To date, over 1,600 authors from around the world have participated in 20 IRDO conferences. Looking back, we can clearly see that we made a change. Previous IRDO conference proceedings can be obtained here: https://www.irdo.si/en/irdo-conference/

Please, send us your registration form and other submission documents soon – to e-mail address conference@irdo.si . Thank you.

So far, more than 1,500 authors from all over the world have participated in 20 IRDO conferences. Proceedings of previous conferences can be freely obtained here: https://www.irdo.si/en/irdo-conference/

Please contribute, join us and report on your findings and suggestions.

You are kindly invited,

On behalf of the Program and Organisational Committees of the 21th IRDO Conference,

Prof. Igor Perko, PhD,

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Vice Chair of the IRDO Conference Programme Committee

  

Prof. Emer. Matjaž Mulej, PhD, PhD,

University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, President of the IRDO Research & Expert Council and Chair of the IRDO Conference Programme Committee
Organiser Info:

IRDO – Institute for the Development of Social Responsibility
(IRDO – Inštitut za razvoj družbene odgovornosti),
Cesta 13. julija 65 a, SI-1261 Ljubljana – Dobrunje, Slovenia, EU
Web: www.irdo.si; E-mail: conference@irdo.si;
Phone: +386 (0)31 344 883

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