What started as an academia workshop session during the GSBS in 2010, has evolved into the Academia Meeting in 2011 and 2012, and finally into a full research conference on social business in 2013 and 2014. Since 2015 the event is a sole academic conference.

The two-days GSBS Academia Conference on 8th and 9th of November will bring together academics from all around the world who will present their papers and abstracts on social business.

A consultation meeting with academics will already take place in Bangladesh during the Social Business Day 2017 in July.