ICEBESS- ACOMC: Uncover New Concept of Education and Business

As a form of scientific development in the fields of economics, business, and education, the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta held an international seminar on ICEBESS and ACOMC 2022 on Saturday (15/10). As reported by the Chair of the Committee, Penny Rahmawaty, M.Sc., this conference was attended by more than 700 participants from all over the world offline and online. ICEBESS and ACOMC are the main platforms for delivering new and creative research results in the fields of economics, accounting, education, and management, both theoretical and applied. This conference brings together researchers, scientists, and students in economics and business interests from around the world.

In his opening remarks, the Dean of FE UNY, Dr. Siswanto stated that FE UNY is committed to addressing issues of education as well as economy and business, which in the past two years have been heavily affected by the pandemic. In line with that, the Vice Rector for Planning and Cooperation of UNY, Prof. Dr. Siswantoyo expressed his hope that with this seminar, practitioners, lecturers, and students could exchange ideas and formulate various concepts and theories that became the basis for future research or other collaborations.

This international seminar introduced three main speakers, namely Ben-Roy Do, Ph.D. from Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan), Fitra Roman Cahaya, Ph.D. (University of Essex, England), and Mahendra Adhi Nugroho, Ph.D. (Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia). This international seminar addresses issues related to their impact on economics, management, accounting, and education. The theme of this year's seminar is “New Concepts of Education and Business: Challenges for Academics and Practitioners”, as the global economy in 2022 faces an increasing risk of changing post-pandemic environment. Therefore, ICEBESS-ACOMC continues to seek to invite academics, practitioners, and students to respond to these issues.

This ICEBESS-ACOMC international seminar is an annual event organized by the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta since 2014 and has invited many speakers from all over the world. This international seminar is expected to be a place to share knowledge for all researchers and can make a real contribution to scientific development, especially in the fields of economics, education, accounting, and management. This activity also involved eleven other universities as co-hosts and 120 articles were presented in parallel sessions. (lina/fdhl-ed:lia)