#VSEFI2026 provides a platform for researchers, academics, doctoral students, and practitioners to present their research findings and discuss current and challenging issues in innovation, entrepreneurship, and finance. This symposium is an excellent opportunity for Vietnamese scholars to exchange research experiences and develop research projects with international colleagues.
Our symposium features special sessions and round tables with participation from invited speakers from academia, industry, and government agencies. These sessions will cover contemporary issues related to the conference themes, offering a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field.
Full Professor of Management, Strategy and Innovation, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Lin William Cong (叢林)
President’s Chair Professor of Finance, Computing and Data Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Lin William Cong is President’s Chair Professor of Finance, Computing and Data Science at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), with joint appointments as Associate Dean and Professor at Nanyang Business School and Professor at the College of Computing and Data Science. He is on leave from Cornell University, where he holds the Rudd Family Endowed Professorship of Management and Finance. He is a Senior Fellow and Program Director at the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a Research Fellow at CEPR.
Professor Cong serves as Editor at Management Science and on the editorial boards of several leading journals, and is affiliated with initiatives such as IC3. His research spans financial economics, information economics, AI, FinTech, digital markets, blockchain, and entrepreneurship, with pioneering contributions to tokenomics, AI for finance and social science, digital asset markets, and FinTech regulation. He is one of the world’s most published and cited FinTech researchers, with extensive recognition through major awards, competitive grants, and media coverage. Professor Cong earned his PhD in Finance and MS in Statistics from Stanford University and holds dual degrees from Harvard University, and he is a frequent advisor to global financial institutions, technology firms, regulators, and policymakers.
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Reinhilde Veugelers
Full Professor of Management, Strategy and Innovation, KU Leuven, Belgium
Reinhilde Veugelers is a Full Professor of Management, Strategy and Innovation at KU Leuven (Belgium). She is a Senior Fellow at Bruegel and a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, as well as a Research Fellow at CEPR and a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Academia Europaea. From 2004 to 2008, she served as an advisor at the European Commission (BEPA – Bureau of European Policy Analysis). She was President of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) from 2007 to 2009 and later served on the ERC Scientific Council (2012–2018) and the EU-RISE Expert Group advising the EU Commissioner for Research.
She is currently a Co-Principal Investigator of the Science of Science Funding Initiative at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a member of the Science Board of Research Policy journal, and was a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors of the journal Science. Her research focuses on industrial organization, international economics and strategy, and innovation and science, with recent work on novelty in science and technology, global innovation value chains, young innovative firms, climate-related innovation, and the evaluation of research and innovation policies.
TOPICS
The scientific and organizing committee welcomes submissions in all areas of innovation, entrepreneurship, and finance. The main topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:
AI, Big Data, and Machine Learning Applications in Finance
Asset Pricing
Bankruptcy and Liquidation
Biodiversity Finance
Climate Finance
Corporate Finance and Governance
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
Crypto Assets, Blockchain, and Decentralized Finance
Electronic Markets, Trading Platforms, and Market Microstructure
ESG and Sustainable Finance
Financial Markets
Household Finance
Information Disclosure, Market Efficiency, and Transparency
Portfolio and Investment Decisions
FinTech, Alternative Finance, and Digital Financial Infrastructure
Tokenomics, Digital Currencies, and Payment Systems
Business Model Innovation and Corporate Digital Transformation
Digital Innovation, Knowledge Management, and Innovation Systems
Digital Human Resources and the Future of Work
Innovation Management and Growth Strategies
Innovation and Industrial Organization
Institutions, Regulation, and Innovation Systems
Science, R&D, and the Economics of Knowledge Creation
Sustainability in the Digital Economy
Crowdfunding, Peer-to-Peer Lending, and Platform-Based Finance
Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Innovation
Entrepreneurship in Emerging and Transition Markets
Family-Owned Businesses and Governance
Governance and Financing of High-Tech Firms
New Venture Creation and Performance
Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Startups, SMEs, and Resource Allocation
Venture Financing and Entrepreneurial Growth
PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit their papers in PDF files no later than 30 April 2026, through https://vsefi2026.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit?lang=en.You need to create an account before you can submit. Early submission is highly encouraged, and the decision is made as soon as the peer review is completed. No submission fee is required.
SUBMISSION GUILDLINES
A paper refers to a fully developed manuscript on a scholarly topic. We do not impose any style requirements. If needed, one can refer, for example, toAuthor Guidelines.
Note: You have to create an account to submit your article to the system
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: 30 April 2026
Notification of review results: 15 May 2026
Registration deadline: 5 June 2026
ADVISORS
Thanh Truong Dao,Vice President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi & Leader of International School
Duc Khuong Nguyen, EMLV Business School; Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge; & President, AVSE Global
Van Dinh Nguyen,International School, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
Special issue of China Finance Review International on 'New Frontiers in Sustainable Financeunder the guest-editorship of Sabri Boubaker (EM Normandie Business School, France & the University of Swansea, UK), Peng-Fei Dai (Wuhan University of Technology, China), Chengbo Fu (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada), and Xiaohong (Sara) Wang (Northeastern Illinois University, USA)
In consultation with the Editor-in-Chiefs, high-quality papers are invited to submit to the regular issues of the following journals:
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