The 8th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Business, Economy, Management, and Social Studies (8th IBEMS)
A remarkable event has occurred!
The 8th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Business, Economy, Management, and Social Studies (8th IBEMS) was an outstanding event held on July 3, 2024 at Moxy Tokyo Kinshicho, Japan.
8th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Business, Economy, Management, and Social Studies (8th IBEMS) is a conference program organized by Research Synergy Foundation. This conference was held hybrid and has given a chance to increase knowledge among researchers found ideas for further research, and new found research and collaboration opportunities.
This event was held in one day and has been a great success. Participants and audiences who attended came from various countries, such as Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, Thailand, United States, South Korea, Morocco, Iran, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, and many more.
All researchers, scholars, and colleagues participated in the discussions and exchanged ideas at the scientific conference. This year, the conference aimed strengthen interdisciplinary research from basic for share their thought and findings in various spectrum Sustainability Studies, Social Studies, Education, Humanities, Business, Psychology, Entrepreneurship, Management, Human Resources Management, and other related field of studies. There were Keynote Speaker session and Invited Seapker session followed by the parallel onsite academic presentation session which is divided into 2 split rooms.
Opening of 8th IBEMS
The opening of 8th IBEMS marked by the Master of Ceremony. After that, Dr. Hendrati Dwi Mulyaningsih as the Founder & Chairperson of Research Synergy Foundation who explained about the Global Research Ecosystem Introduction.
Dr. Hendrati Dwi Mulyaningsih
Founder & Chairperson of Research Synergy Foundation
Keynote Speaker Session
The next session was the Keynote Speaker session moderated by Ms. Santi Rahmawati. There was one keynote speaker on 8th IBEMS , Professor Dr. Rosna Awang-Hashim as Professor of Educational Psychology School of Education, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Professor Dr. Rosna Awang-Hashim
Professor of Educational Psychology School of Education, Universiti Utara Malaysia
Professor Dr. Rosna Awang-Hashim’s speech was followed by a QnA session. The participants were all excited to ask questions to Professor Dr. Rosna Awang-Hashim. After that, it was time for the next Invited Speaker session.
Invited Speaker Session
The next session was the Invited Speaker session moderated by Ms. Santi Rahmawati. There were two keynote speakers on 8th IBEMS and the first speaker was Ko Konno as Open Research Account Specialist Taylor & Francis Group, UK.
Ko Konno
Open Research Account Specialist Taylor & Francis Group, UK
Ko Konno speech was followed by a QnA session. The participants were all excited to ask questions to Ko Konno. After that, it was time for the next Invited Speaker, Eric S. Parilla, DBA., FBE. from Northwestern University, Philippines.
Eric S. Parilla, DBA., FBE.
Northwestern University, Philippines
Eric S. Parilla, DBA., FBE. session also followed by a QnA session, and the participants were eager to ask questions toEric S. Parilla, DBA., FBE.. After all the Invited Speaker delivered their speech, it was time for the coffee and tea short break. The participants were asked to join again after the break for the onsite parallel academic presentation session.
Onsite Parallel Academic Presentation Session
The onsite parallel academic presentation was divided into 2 split rooms and the session chairs in each breakout room was:
Split Room 1, Session 1: Prof. Mei-chun Cheung from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Split Room 2, Session 1: Dr. Hendrati Dwi Mulyaningsih from Universitas Islam Bandung, Indonesia
Split Room 1, Session 2: Dr. Veronica Almase from Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
Split Room 2, Session 2: Dr. Leilidyn Zurbano from Polytechnic University of the Philippines Lopez, Quezon Branch and Ms. Enen from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Awarding Session and Closing Ceremony
The onsite academic presentation session was scheduled to be finished at 16.00 UTC+9. After that, the participants were asked to have a short break to wait for the awarding session. At the awarding session, there were Best Presentation awards, Best Paper awards, and Session Chair Recognition. Throughout the presentation session, the session chairs have given scores for the evaluation of each presenters. The scores were then recapitulated to determine the best presenter in each split room and session. In 8th IBEMS, there were four Best Presentation awardees:
Split Room 1, Session 1
Paper ID: BEM24142
Presenter Name : Nuttapon Punpugdee
Affiliation : Kasetsart University
Title : The Impact of Work Behaviors of Inter-City Truck Drivers on Economic Losses from Road Accidents
Split Room 2, Session 1
Paper ID: BEM24119
Presenter Name : Veronica Almase
Affiliation : Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Title : Understanding Indigenous Perspectives: A Qualitative Exploration of Sustainable Intervention Program Needs
Split Room 1, Session 2
Paper ID: BEM24129
Presenter Name : Mei-chun Cheung
Affiliation : International Women University
Title : Back You Up” Protocol: Individualized Empowerment Programme for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)
Split Room 2, Session 2
Paper ID: BEM24147
Presenter Name : Normayana
Affiliation : Universitas Haluoleo
Title : Employee Performance: The Impact of Work Motivation and Physical Work Environment
Meanwhile, the Best Paper award category was decided upon these criteria:
- Submitting the Full Paper with the time,
2. No notes in ethical consideration: Pass the plagiarism checking, citation appropriateness
3. No Revision (Accepted) or only having Minor Revision in the previous review during submission
4. Format/ template alignment,
5. novelty of the content,
6. academic, practical, and societal contribution or the impact
In the 8th IBEMS, there was one Best Paper awardee:
Best Paper 1
Paper ID: BEM24106
Name: Andi Irpan Badawi
Affiliation: Gadjah Mada University
Title: “The Problems of Local Salt Farming: Low Welfare of Salt Farmers and the Consequences of Neoliberalism”
After the Best Presentation and Best Paper award were given to the awardees, it was time for the Closing Ceremony. As the conference chair of 8th IBEMS Dr. Hendrati Dwi Mulyaningsih delivered the closing remarks and that marked the amazing conference program organized by Research Synergy Foundation, supported with all affiliated institutions that took part in making the event successful.
This year’s 8th IBEMS went successful and we hope to see more collaboration and future conferences ahead.