Track 1:
Business & Management (Local and International Business)- Papers in any area of  business including administration, economics, entrepreneurs, finance, information systems, accounting, marketing, organizational behaviour, management, public relations, strategy, human resource management, quantitative methods, operations research, Agribusiness etc. Papers in any area of management including organizational behaviour, culture, decision making, organizational structure and design, organizational change and development, strategic management and planning, motivation and leadership, marketing management, production management, health care management, tourism and event management,  managing change and development, environmental management, ethics and social responsibility, retail management etc.
 
Track 2:
Finance, Banking and Accounting -  Papers in any of area of Finance, Banking and Accounting including accounting theory and practice, auditing, financial planning, financial management, cost accounting, portfolio analysis, budgeting, international accounting, etc.
 
Track 3:
Information Technology -  Papers in any area of Information Technology including resource information management, decision support systems, resource planning systems, business intelligence, systems analysis and design, software for business applications, networking systems, security, storage technologies, Web technologies, human-computer interaction, IT system acquisition, implementation, and integration, including systems development, and integration methodologies and processes, etc.
 
Track 4:
Marketing - Papers in any of area of Marketing including advertising and integrated marketing communication, international Marketing, social marketing, digital media, consumer behaviour, tourism and event marketing, hospitality marketing, services marketing,  retail marketing, strategic marketing; health care marketing, global marketing, sustainable marketing, pricing, product development, distribution and logistics, retail marketing etc.
 
Track 5:
Human Resources Management - Papers in any of area of Human Resources Management including, training and development, industrial relations, selection and recruitment, human resource planning, career planning and development, employees performance evaluation, etc.
 
Track 6:
Hospitality and Tourism Management - Emerging trends in tourism, travel and hospitality sector, Marketing Management in Tourism and Hotel Operations, Travellers perspective and marketing strategies, Service Quality and Customers Delight, Sustainable Destination Management, and Marketing Tourism & Hospitality product development, positioning, branding and management Sustainable marketing and tourism growth Tourism Business Strategies and Revenue Management.
 
Track-7:
The Growth and Economic Development track -  provides a forum for faculty and specialists in the field to elucidate some of the challenges formulating policies and overseeing implementation. The Conference is keen to see papers that focus on frontier and emerging markets, as well as exploring regional, national and trade block related topics. Papers related to gender, the environment and sustainable development are particularly welcome.
 
Track-8:
The Globalisation and International Trade track - provides the ideal forum to present papers that explore the core features of globalisation, as well as some of the unforeseen consequences. Papers from all aspects of international trade are welcome and may include, but are not limited to, the trade tariffs, logistics, infrastructure developments and emerging markets.
 
Track-9:
Education and teaching for the Life Long Learning Sector - offers considerable scope to examine a range of themes that impact on all seats of learning, as well as general capacity building. Whilst the chief focus of this track relates to andragogy, it is keen to embrace education in its broadest sense, as well as through Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and the role of the autodidact. Papers related to both theory and practices are most welcome.
 
Track 10:
Doctoral Research Session -  Papers in any area of Doctoral research including business, finance, social sciences, education, humanities, marketing, human resource management, finance, accounting, banking, management and information technology, public administration and social policy, etc
 
Example of topics appropriate to the conference includes:

1. International retailing and diversification
2. Innovation in retailing, ethical produce procurement and development
3. Customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and retention strategies
4. Customer Relationships marketing (CRM)
5. Consumer attitudes to ecological and ethical issues
6. Market liberalisation and impact on supply chain
7. The linkage between international trade and overseas aid
8. International Trade in the context of the current economic climate
9. Transparency in government procurement
10. Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
11. Remittances and their part in trade and export development
12. The interplay between the G4 and trade round implementation issues
13. How trade facilitation is conceptualized and made operational in different emerging markets
14. The role of the Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM)
15. The linkages between global trade and corporate social responsibility
16. The language and rhetoric of import sensitive products
17. The role of tariff barriers and agro-subsidies
18. Management and retail marketing
19. Business management
20. Business policies, strategies, and performance
21. Creativity in Internet management and retailing
22. Innovation and product development, Business strategies
23. Marketing management and strategies
24. International retailing, all aspect of retail management
25. Business and retail research
26. Consumer behaviour, Customer relationship management
27. Public relations and retail communication
28. Human Resources Management Practices and policies
29. Information technology, Management Information Systems
30. Globalisation, regional integration, international business, cross cultural management
31. Multinational Corporations, transfer pricing, export and economic growth
32. Regional integration
33. Productivity and global sourcing
34. Trade and economic liberalisation
35. Health and social care management, regulating in a changing health and social care sector
36. Private and public healthcare in 21st century
37. Promoting patience safety in hospital, mental health,
38. Governance practices in health care sector
39. Care in the community
40. Teaching and learning for lifelong learning sector
41. The future of business education, assessment methods and techniques
42. the structure and curricula of current and future business education
43. Cross cultural issues in education, use of technology in teaching and learning
44. Emotional intelligence in teaching
45. Leadership for innovation

Please note that this list is only indicative of possible topic areas that contributors may wish to consider while they develop their papers for the conference.