Published: 02 Jun 2022

Today, the Faculty of Business, President University (PresUniv), again held the annual International Conference on Family Business & Entrepreneurship (ICFBE) at The Patra Bali Resort and Villa, Bali. This 6th ICFBE raised the theme of Back in Business to bring together academics, business people, and the government to provide solutions to the problems that are being and will be experienced by family business enterprises and entrepreneurs in the retail business, wealth management, hospitality and tourism business, and digital business both small, medium and large scale businesses.

ICFBE also invites researchers, academics, practitioners, community service volunteers, business leaders, and government officials, to submit papers in the broad areas of business, namely family business management, hospitality and tourism business, retail business resilience, digital business, wealth management, business strategy and policy, and technology advancement in business. This ICFBE consists of two sessions, namely panel discussion and parallel session.

At this international conference, ICFBE invites seven speakers, namely Prof. Neil Towers, Editor of the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, University of Gloucestershire; Andi S. Lukman, Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs; Dr. Andrea North Samardzic, Director, Women's Entrepreneurship Research Alliance, Deakin University, Melbourne; Gerald Dericks, Ph.D Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, Hawaii Pacific University Practical Entrepreneurship; Gary Marcelino Pirono CEO, SAGA Retail Group; Jacob Donald Tan, Family Business Academician; and Dr. Anto Wachidin Widjaja, Head of the Master of Technology Management Study Program, PresUniv. This is reported directly by Silvi in Bali.