UG ECONOMIC FACULTY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

About the Conference

UGEFIC 2026

Artificial Intelligence Governance and Sustainable Economic Transformation: Ethical Challenges for Business, Management, and Accounting

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping the global economic landscape, transforming how businesses operate, how managers make decisions, and how accountants report and assure financial information. As AI systems increasingly automate decision-making, generate predictive insights, and reshape organizational processes, questions of governance, accountability, and ethics have become central to ensuring that this transformation benefits society as a whole.

Alongside the promise of greater efficiency and innovation, the adoption of AI raises significant governance challenges, including data privacy, algorithmic bias, transparency, accountability, and the erosion of trust when AI-driven decisions are not adequately explained or supervised. For business, management, and accounting professions in particular, the integration of AI into financial reporting, auditing, risk management, and strategic decision-making demands new ethical frameworks and governance structures that safeguard integrity while enabling innovation.

At the same time, the world continues to pursue sustainable economic transformation in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). AI, when responsibly governed, has the potential to accelerate this transformation—optimizing resource allocation, enhancing transparency in reporting, and enabling more informed and inclusive decision-making across sectors. However, realizing this potential requires robust governance mechanisms, sound ethical principles, and collaboration among academics, practitioners, regulators, and policymakers.

This international conference aims to bring together researchers, academics, practitioners, and policymakers to explore the intersection of AI governance and sustainable economic transformation, with particular attention to the ethical challenges faced by the fields of business, management, and accounting. Through this conference, participants are expected to share insights, research findings, and best practices, and to formulate recommendations for the responsible and ethical adoption of AI in support of a more sustainable and resilient economy.