The two-day International Conference on Economics, Business and Technology Management 2025 (ICEBTM 2025), organised by the School of Business and Entrepreneurship (SBE) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), concluded on Saturday, with an award and closing ceremony at The Westin Dhaka.
Chairman of IUB’s Board of Trustees Didar A Husain; Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr M Tamim; Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Daniel W Lund; Acting Dean of SBE Prof Dr Raisul Awal Mahmud; Conference General Chair Prof Dr Md Mamun Habib; and AKM Shahnawaj, Managing Director (Current Charge), Dhaka Bank PLC, spoke at the closing ceremony, said a press release.  
At the closing ceremony, Prof Dr Mamun Habib said, “We hope to organise thematic student research symposiums every year from now on and a major international conference like ICEBTM every two years. IUB has recently launched the Advancing Undergraduate Research Aspirations [AURA] initiative, which I believe will help develop a culture of research among our students and eventually help us organize these series of symposiums and conferences.”
Keynote papers on the second day were presented by Prof Dr Rajah Rasiah of the University of Malaya, Malaysia, and Dr Ahmad Ahsan, Director of the Policy Research Institute. 
Industry and academia leaders participated in several “Industry Talk” and “Academia-Industry Discussion” sessions.
The conference brought together more than 300 academics, researchers, students, and industry leaders from over 12 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, India, Poland, and the United Arab Emirates.