International Conference “Analytics for Management and Economics Conference”

The St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE SEM) invites you to submit your research proposals and papers for its international scientific event “Analytics for Management and Economics Conference” due to be held in St. Petersburg on September 21-22, 2018 (AMEC 2018).

This academic conference is initiated as a response to the emerging and fast-growing trends in Economics and Business management skewed towards analytical approaches, data-driven decision making, digital transformation and disruptive innovations in IT. HSE SEM having a pronounced expertise in analytics sees its role in connecting scholars and business practitioners worldwide. We seek to build a knowledge-led ecosystem around quantitative techniques applied to study economic and business phenomena. By contributing to this event, you will become a valuable part of the developing international academic network.

Together we will encourage discussion, explore the development of new data-driven economy and share our ideas with the most prominent experts in academia and business. Furthermore, AMEC 2018 organizes a special platform for young researchers. The PhD workshop held in the pre-conference days, on September 19-20, is a unique opportunity for academic beginners to discuss their studies with peers as well as distinguished professors and receive classes on advanced quantitative methods in business economics and management.

The scope of the conference is topically broad but places an emphasis on analytics and data. Should you have an interesting data setting or research question which requires in-depth empirical study do not hesitate to submit your proposal and contribute to AMEC 2018.

The Conference will run two panel sessions dedicated to the most relevant challenges that data-driven economy sets for academia and business. The first session “Business Education towards Industry 4.0” is supported by one of the leading international graduate programmes network QTEM (Quantitative Techniques in Economics and Management). The second panel invites business to take part in the discussion of the digital transformation of companies. This session is initiated by prominent international certification institution CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)- one of the key partners of HSE SEM.

For further information please visit our website amec@hse.ru