THE 9th INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING & BUSINESS CONFERENCE 2026

Towards a Sustainable Future : Accounting and Business Driving ESG

Join industry leaders, innovators, and visionaries for two days of groundbreaking discussions, networking opportunities, and transformative insights that will define the next decade of technology.

2nd - 3rd September 2026
Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor (VIRTUAL)
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Towards a Sustainable Future : Accounting and Business Driving ESG

The IABC 2026 Conference serves as a premier platform for academics, practitioners, and industry leaders to engage in critical discourse on the evolving role of accounting and business in shaping a sustainable future. Anchored in the theme "Towards a Sustainable Future: Accounting and Business Driving ESG", the conference highlights how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles are increasingly embedded in organisational strategy, reporting, and decision-making.

This conference aims to foster knowledge exchange through innovative practices, empirical research, and policy perspectives that strengthen ESG integration across sectors. By bringing together multidisciplinary perspectives, IABC 2026 seeks to advance responsible business practices, enhance transparency and accountability, and contribute meaningfully to sustainable economic and social development.

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"Towards Commercialization of Accounting and Business Synergy”

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Speaker
Keynote Speaker

YBHG. DATO’ MOHD RASHID BIN MOHAMAD

Group Managing Director / Group Chief Executive Officer

RHB Banking Group

About YBHG. DATO’ MOHD RASHID BIN MOHAMAD

Dato’ Mohd Rashid Mohamad has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, having held senior positions in well-established financial institutions both within Malaysia, as well as Singapore, namely BNM, ABN Amro NV, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and AmBank Group. He was also the Chairman of the Investment Panel of Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen Inc. from 2019 to 2021. Currently, he is a Council Member of AICB, and Chairman of the AICB Investment Committee. In 2025, he was also appointed as an Adjunct Professor Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor. He sits on the Board of Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of The Staff Training Fund and is a Director of STF Resources Sdn Bhd. Prior to his appointment as Group Managing Director of RHB Bank Berhad, Dato’ Mohd Rashid was the Managing Director of Group Wholesale Banking.

Currently, he is a Council Member of AICB, and Chairman of the AICB Investment Committee. In 2025, he was also appointed as an Adjunct Professor Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor. He sits on the Board of Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of The Staff Training Fund and is a Director of STF Resources Sdn Bhd.

Prior to his appointment as Group Managing Director of RHB Bank Berhad, Dato’ Mohd Rashid was the Managing Director of Group Wholesale Banking.

IMPORTANT DATES

Activity Date
Call for papers 6 March 2026
Article Submission Deadline (Early Bird) 30 April 2026 15 May 2026
Final Article Submission Deadline 10 June 202619 June 2026
Notification of Acceptance 30 June 2026
Fee Payment (Early Bird) 15 June 2026
Final Fee Payment 15 July 2026
Conference Date 2 - 3 September 2026

FEES & PAYMENT

Local:
Category Fees
Online presenter (Per Paper) RM 800
Online presenter (Per Paper - Early Bird) RM 750
Student RM 700
Student (Early Bird) RM 650
Participant RM 250

International:
Category Fees
Online presenter (Per Paper) USD 250
Online Presenter (Per Paper - Early Bird) USD 220
Student USD 200
Student (Early bird) USD 180
Participant USD 60

All fees include access to all conference sessions, a certificate for registered participants / presenters, and MyCite - indexed publication.

International Payment

For international participants paying via direct bank / wire transfer

Bank transfer details

Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB)

Account number
Account name UITM - AAJ1
Swift code BIMBMYKL
Branch address No. 48 & 49, Jalan Genuang Kampung, 85000 Segamat, Johor.
Branch phone 07-961 5999
Payment reference IABC2026-PIDXXXX

Replace "XXXX" in the reference with your Paper ID number (e.g. IABC2026-PID0045), and email your bank-in slip to iabcuitmjohor@uitm.edu.my after payment.

EVENT SCHEDULE

All participants are welcome to attend all sessions


Registration and Welcome
Parallel Session 1
Break
Keynote Speech
Opening Ceremony
Lunch Break
Parallel Session 2
Parallel Session 3
End of Day 1
Parallel Session 4
Parallel Session 5
Lunch Break
Parallel Session 6
End of Conference

TOPICS OF INTEREST

We invite submissions in the following tracks (but are not limited to):

Accounting Track

  • Financial Reporting
  • Auditing
  • Taxation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Cost and Management Accounting
  • Public Sector Accounting
  • Accounting Information Systems
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Islamic Accounting
  • Financial Criminology

Finance and Economics Track

  • Business Agriculture & Economic Agriculture
  • Social Economic Problems
  • International Trade
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Engineering
  • Financial Planning
  • Financial Management
  • Investment
  • Fintech
  • Behavioral Finance

Islamic Finance Track

  • Islamic Banking
  • Islamic Capital Market
  • Islamic Economics
  • Takaful (Islamic Insurance)
  • Islamic Social Finance
  • Islamic Wealth Management
  • Islamic Microfinance

Banking Track

  • Bank Management and Performance
  • Bank Risk Management
  • Central Banking and Regulatory Issues
  • Banking Institution Issues
  • Resiliency of Banking Sector

Management and Marketing Track

  • Human Resource Management
  • Marketing
  • Quality Assurance
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Retailing
  • Operational Management
  • E-Commerce
  • E-Business

Other Tracks

  • Tourism
  • Cross-disciplinary research in business and accounting
  • Business Law
  • Non-Profit Organizations
  • Other Areas of Accounting and Businesses

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

Selected high-quality papers maybe recommended for publication in prestigious Scopus-indexed journals:

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MyCite-Indexed Journals

All accepted papers will be published in
Malaysian Citation Index (MyCite) indexed Journals.

5 MyCite-Indexed Journals

List of Selected Journals:
1) INSIGHT Journal (IJ)
2) Advances in Business Research International Journal (ABRIJ)
3) Journal of Islamic, Social, Economics and Development (JISED)
4) Journal of Business and Social Development (JBSD)
5) ESTEEM Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

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Scopus/WOS-Indexed Journals

Only selected high-quality papers will be recommended
for publication in SCOPUS/WOS-Indexed journals subject to the journal's editorial review process

1 WOS-Indexed Journals

List of Selected Journals:
1) International Journal of Economics, Management and Accounting (IJEMA) [WOS]

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Best Paper Awards

Outstanding papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards.

Certificate of Award

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PAPER SUBMISSION

The paper must be original, must not have been previously published or accepted in any journal, and must not be under consideration elsewhere.

  1. The paper must be written in English
  2. The number of authors must not exceed six, including the corresponding author.
  3. All papers must conform to the IABC2026 standard format set in the (MS Word Template)
  4. The paper must be sent in MS Word format through the ( IABC Online System ).
  5. By submitting a paper to present at IABC2026, you agree that you will have the necessary funds and will register for the conference if your paper is accepted.
  6. Papers for the conference presentation will be selected through a double-blind review process.
  7. Abstract-only submissions will not be accepted. Acknowledgments, a funding statement, a Conflict of Interest Statement, an Ethics Statement, and an Author Contribution Statement are compulsory.
  8. All accepted papers of IABC 2026 will be published in MyCite-indexed journals. Authors of the selected high-quality papers will be invited to publish in SCOPUS-Indexed journals, subject to additional publication fees.

RULES OF SUBMISSION

The similarity index checked using Turnitin must not exceed 30% (excluding References).

Contact Info

The 9th IABC 2026 Secretariat
Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor
Kampus Segamat

iabcuitmjohor@uitm.edu.my
https://iabc.uitm.edu.my
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