The conference is dedicated to exploring the impact of data and artificial intelligence on business processes, consumer behavior, investment and product economics, educational processes, and the new challenges for government regulation and corporate governance.

Conference-2026 Theme: Economics and Management Transformation in the Era of Data and AI

Sections:

1. Digital Platforms and Ecosystems
2. Instrumental Techniques and Data Analytics
3. Data-Driven Marketing and Consumer Engagement
4. Digital Transformation and Intelligent Systems in Industry and Transportation
5. Education, Law, and Human Resource Management in the Digital Economy
6. AI-Driven Transformation of Science, Research and Innovation
7. Digitalization and Information Security in the Hospitality and Tourism sectors 
8. Digitalization in International Trade and BRICS Countries

Working languages: Russian and English (with synchronic translation).

Target audience: researchers, teachers, master and postgraduate students, company managers and specialists, public officers.

Participation: submission of a paper of 2000−3000 words (see templates).

Accommodation and travel expenses to the conference venue are to be covered by the participants.

Publications:

— Compilation of conference papers (electronics form), indexed in Russian Science Citation Index.

— At the request of authors, the Organizing Committee provides the article review for publication in the St Petersburg University Journal of Economics, indexed in EBSCO, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, eLIBRARY.ru, EastView, CyberLeninka, Russian Science Citation Index on the Web of Science platform, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science Core Collection), Scopus Q3.